Worth the wait
Oscar-winner Jodie Foster finally gets Hollywood star
Jodie Foster poses after her star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. PHOTO: REUTERS
Actor Jodie Foster may have had to wait more than 40 years for her star on Hollywood’s landmark Walk of Fame, but on Wednesday when she was finally given the honour, she said she was glad it was for her work as a director. Foster most recently directed Sony Pictures’ Money Monster, a high-stakes thriller starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this year and releasing in US theatres next week.
“The star ceremony is something I’ve always thought of and dreamed of. I told my children when they asked me ‘Why don’t you have a star on Hollywood Boulevard?’ that I was waiting to have the opportunity to have one as a director and Sony so nicely — we love Sony — they made my dreams come true,” Reuters quoted Foster as saying.
Money Monster tells the story of a young man named Kyle (Jack O’Connell) who holds presenter Lee Gates (Clooney), the host of a financial news show, hostage on air, demanding answers as to why a company’s stocks crashed. Kyle forces Gates and his producer (Roberts) to investigate the real reason behind the crash that caused him to lose his life savings.
A homecoming of sorts
Foster, who started acting as a child star and has won two Oscars for ‘Best Female Actor’ for her roles in 1989’s The Accused and 1992’s The Silence of the Lambs - turned to directing with films such as 2011’s The Beaver and episodes for Netflix’s House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.
Foster revealed that while the Walk of Fame star honoured her long career so far, it is also support for the exciting things she will be doing in the future.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 6th, 2016.
“The star ceremony is something I’ve always thought of and dreamed of. I told my children when they asked me ‘Why don’t you have a star on Hollywood Boulevard?’ that I was waiting to have the opportunity to have one as a director and Sony so nicely — we love Sony — they made my dreams come true,” Reuters quoted Foster as saying.
Money Monster tells the story of a young man named Kyle (Jack O’Connell) who holds presenter Lee Gates (Clooney), the host of a financial news show, hostage on air, demanding answers as to why a company’s stocks crashed. Kyle forces Gates and his producer (Roberts) to investigate the real reason behind the crash that caused him to lose his life savings.
A homecoming of sorts
Foster, who started acting as a child star and has won two Oscars for ‘Best Female Actor’ for her roles in 1989’s The Accused and 1992’s The Silence of the Lambs - turned to directing with films such as 2011’s The Beaver and episodes for Netflix’s House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.
Foster revealed that while the Walk of Fame star honoured her long career so far, it is also support for the exciting things she will be doing in the future.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 6th, 2016.