Jodie Foster Says Warner Bros. Giving Greta Gerwig ‘All the Money to Support’ Her ‘Barbie’ Vision Is ‘New for Women Directors’: ‘I Hope It Continues’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jodie Foster said at the Variety Studio presented by Audible while at the Sundance Film Festival that the $1.4 billion success of “Barbie” helps prove that Hollywood no longer views women directors as too much of a risk.
That wasn’t always the case, as Foster often saw women filmmakers being marginalized during her career ascent in Hollywood. “I’ve had the beauty of being able to be in the business since the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and so on,” Foster said to Variety’s Rebecca Rubin. “The progression or bettering of our audiences translates into a kind of new thinking about who our marginalized voices are.
In the old days, they saw women as a risk. Not sure why they saw us as a risk — 50% of the population! That thinking has changed now.
With a big success like ‘Barbie,’ they gave Greta Gerwig, who had made two mostly independent films, they gave her the keys to the kingdom and said ‘We’re going to give you our most important child’ and all the money to support it.
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