Jodie Foster expresses selective interest in just a couple of things on social media. The 61-year-old actress mentioned she would be “all for” joining social media if it revolved around “just dancing and cats.” She highlighted the positive fan response to her show True Detective: Night Country at the Saturn Awards on Sunday.
Speaking exclusively, at the ceremony, the actress said, “I’ve never been on it, so there you go. I do look over other people’s shoulders on Instagram every once in a while because of course, dancing and cats.”
“And if it was just dancing and cats, I’d be all for it,” Foster added at the event, held in Burbank, California.
In discussions about the online response to True Detective, Foster informed, “I don’t have social media, so I have no idea, but I have read the reviews, so I know about the reviews, and I know how I feel, so I feel incredibly proud of this one.”
She expressed immense pride in the HBO series, stating, “I’m more proud about this one than anything I’ve done in a long time,” especially after the airing of its fourth episode on Sunday.
“And so I just assume that if it connects with me, it must connect with other people,” the actress continued. “I think I’m pretty realistic about the films that I’ve made. If I’m not directing it, there’s only so much I can do. So you can say, I wish this had happened. You’re always revising in your head, but not this one.”
In True Detective’s fourth season, titled Night Country, Foster takes on the role of Liz Danvers, a detective in Ennis, Alaska, investigating the mysterious disappearance of eight men from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station.
Foster was honored with the prestigious Life Career Award at the ceremony on Sunday, recognizing her remarkable five-decade-plus acting career. Her journey began with a role on Mayberry R.F.D. at the age of 5 and has encompassed iconic films such as Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs, and Contact.
Reflecting on her full-circle moment in her career, Foster, the former child star, shared, “This was my film school, so I was watching as a child, just watching the different directors that I worked with and trying to figure out how they managed to get the results that they were getting … and making the films at the same time. That was how I learned. And yeah, I feel like I learned from some of the best of them.”
Foster shared the stage with fellow honoree Keanu Reeves, who received the inaugural Lance Reddick Legacy Award.
This award, named after Reeves’ late John Wick costar Lance Reddick, who passed away last March, “symbolizes and celebrates not only a performer’s talent, but their character,” as stated in a press release. Reeves, 59, was also nominated for the best actor in a film award.