Get the latest gossip

Wes Anderson Has Tried (Unsuccessfully) to Cast Jodie Foster in ‘So Many Movies’


Wes Anderson admitted that he's "had so many movies that I tried to get Jodie Foster to be in."

Wes Anderson ‘s distinct flair for cinema has garnered top Hollywood talent from the likes of Bill Murray, Angelica Huston, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Margot Robbie, Tilda Swinton, and more. A review by Variety praised the film as being”deliciously overripe” and having an “almost campy quality” that’s “expertly balanced by the intense focus of Foster’s performance.” Rolling Stone called the offering both a “continuation of Anderson’s highly imitable, endlessly meme-able strain of filmmaking” and “an expansion of his thematic preoccupations,” that finds “Wes in a somewhat pensive mood.”

Get the Android app

Or read this on RollingStone

Read more on:

Photo of Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

Photo of Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson

Related news:

News photo

Wes Anderson Tried To Cast Jodie Foster In “So Many Movies”

News photo

Wes Anderson Says ‘I Tried to Get Jodie Foster’ in My Movies, but She Won’t Do It: I Asked Her to Star in ‘Three Movies in a Row, Maybe Four’

News photo

Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Tees Up Strong Indie Weekend With Angelika Film Center Takeover – Specialty Preview