You’re telling me that there is a fourth season of the HBO gold that isTrue Detective? And you’re also telling me thatJodie Fosterwill be starring in it, too? Well, hot damn, we’re here and ready for it! We couldn’t be more stoked about the upcoming installment ofNic Pizzalatto’s gritty psychological crime thriller, and the fact that Ms. Foster will lead it is the very sweet cherry on top.Foster will play Detective Liz Danversalongside Detective Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis). If, for some reason, you’re wondering if the decorated, two-time Oscar winner will be a good fit for the celebrated anthology, then let us provide you with some reference points that prove she will be just fine in the upcoming season entitled,True Detective: Night Countrythat is set in the Alaskan hinterlands and headed up byBarry JenkinsandIssa Lopez.
True Detective
Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
Jodie Foster Is No Stranger To Dark Psychological Films
Jodie Foster has seen and done it all in the film industry. As a 13-year-old, she was catapulted into stardom as a young sex worker in one of the most disturbing but celebrated films of the 20th century —Taxi Driver. No one, including the young actress, knew that she was starring in a film that would define the decade of the 1970s. Nor did she know she was working with one of the finest directors of the modern era,Martin Scorsese.Her exposure to the dark and seedy underbelly of human existence came early in her career.
Remarkably, Foster was able to not get caught up in the acclaim of child fame and parlay the star turn into a career that is still churning out gripping characters some 50 years later. In that half-century,Foster has displayed the kind of versatility and commitment to roles that are reserved for Hollywood royalty. 12 years later, she was awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Sarah Tobias in another distressing film,The Accused. Her portrayal of a young woman who takes legal action against the scumbags that raped her is one of the most important performances of the 20th century and remains one of the finest of Foster’s illustrious career.
‘Silence of the Lambs’ Already Proved She Can Play a Detective Well
Silence of the Lambsbecame the new gold standard for ominous psychological thrillers upon its release in 1991. Foster starred as green FBI Agent Clarice Starling and her quid pro quo, cat-and-mouse exchanges withAnthony Hopkinshave been written about ad infinitum. She’s one of the two central figures in the film that would establish the tropes and norms of characters that represent the true darkness of a human soul and the nefarious psychopathy — which are at the heart of Pizzalatto’s demonically disturbing villains inTrue Detective. Give Pizzalatto high marks for developing several richly layered antagonists, but he, along with everyone else, is standing on the shoulders of the characters inSilence of the Lambs.Foster was a pioneer and one of the first witnesses to the disturbed mindas we know it in pop culture and entertainment today. So, we’re going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she won’t be fazed by whatever showrunners throw at her inNight Country.
‘The Brave One’ Showed How Dark Jodie Foster Can Go
In 2007, Foster showed that she was still primed to immerse herself in the darkness of a psychologically tormented soul when she starred inThe Brave OneoppositeTerrance Howard. It is a movie that may have flown under the radar for some, but it is further proof that she is still eager and able to confront the genre. Erica Bain (Foster) is on the verge of a nervous breakdown after her fiancé is killed in front of her by a group of men during a walk through Central Park. Her only coping mechanism is a raging hunger to seek vengeance for the death of the love of her life. She becomes a vigilante and takes on the darkest part of her own humanity to save herself from the torturous trappings of an unnerved and idle mind.If she brings even half of the intensity and tension that she brought to her role in this film toTrue Detective,it will be a very compelling season.
‘True Detective: Night Country’: Trailers, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far
Winter has come… for the newest season of the crime thriller series.
‘Hotel Artemis’ Sees Foster in Total Control
As recently as 2018, Foster headed up an all-star ensemble cast in the hardscrabble thrillerHotel Artemis. In thisDrew Pearce-directedapocalyptic film set in the near future,she plays an agoraphobic nurse who is in complete control inside a hotel for criminals on the run from the law. Known as “The Nurse,” spots in her hotel are in high demand when riots break out in the Los Angeles area and scores of wounded criminals are seeking asylum for a variety of reasons. Foster runs Hotel Artemis with an iron fist and isn’t afraid to mix it up with the likes ofDave Bautista,Sterling K. Brown, and the timelessJeff Goldblumin a part that requires both toughness and the vulnerability of a woman struggling with emotional demons.
True Detectiveis known for delving deep into the rich and troubled background of all the cops that it features, and we are looking forward to what kind of backstory Jenkins and Lopez have in store for Foster in the role of Danvers. The setting forNight Countryis unlike anything we’ve seen before as they move from previous locations in Louisiana, California, and Arkansas and take on the snowy Alaskan climate where all manner of bad things can happen and no one would be around to hear you scream. We envision theCoen Brothers’FargomeetingDavid Fincher’sSe7en-type atmosphere and know that the decorated acting veteran will knock it out of the park in one of HBO’s flagship original series.
True Detectiveis available to stream on Max in the U.S.
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