Silence of the Lambs Star Jodie Foster Explains Why She Returned to Horror for True Detective: Night Country

Jodie Foster reveals the reasons behind her return to the horror genre with True Detective: Night Country, 30 years after her role in The Silence of the Lambs.Foster shared that the moment she was offered the lead role in the series she immediately had no second thoughts about accepting it due to being a huge fan of the iconic first season of True Detective starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Despite her acclaimed performance in the 1991 horror classic Silence of the Lambs, a film that made history at the Academy Awards by sweeping the big four Oscars (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay), Foster chose not to reprise her role in the 2001 sequel Hannibal, leading to Julianne Moore taking over. Foster credited True Detective with reigniting her “deep, gnawing curiosity” for the horror genre.In True Detective: Night Country, written and directed by Mexican horror filmmaker Issa López, Foster plays Detective Liz Danvers. Danvers collaborates with her estranged former partner Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) to investigate the disappearance of several men from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in the small town of Ennis, Alaska.

Jodie Foster reveals the reasons behind her return to the horror genre with True Detective: Night Country, 30 years after her role in The Silence of the Lambs.

Foster shared that the moment she was offered the lead role in the series she immediately had no second thoughts about accepting it due to being a huge fan of the iconic first season of True Detective starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Despite her acclaimed performance in the 1991 horror classic Silence of the Lambs, a film that made history at the Academy Awards by sweeping the big four Oscars (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay), Foster chose not to reprise her role in the 2001 sequel Hannibal, leading to Julianne Moore taking over. Foster credited True Detective with reigniting her “deep, gnawing curiosity” for the horror genre.

In True Detective: Night Country, written and directed by Mexican horror filmmaker Issa López, Foster plays Detective Liz Danvers. Danvers collaborates with her estranged former partner Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) to investigate the disappearance of several men from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in the small town of Ennis, Alaska.

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