During the conversation, Tally revealed just how doggedly Foster pursued the part of FBI trainee Clarice Starling.
Somebody came and said, Jodie Foster is on the phone.
I almost fainted, Tally said.
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How did she even know to find where I am?'
The two talked generally for a bit and got to know each other.
At the end of the conversation, things turned pointed.
Finally she said, Are you going to write a good part for me?'
I said, Im already writing a good part for you.
She said, I know you are.'
I had played a lot of women in peril.
I played women who were victims.
I chose them, and I chose them for all of the right psychological reasons, she said.
