Six months after her media blitz for , is still singing her series’ praises. Now, thanks to 19 Emmy nominations (including an outstanding lead actress mention and, for her producer work, a best limited series nom), she says she’ll keep playing hype woman for Issa López’s spin on the HBO franchise until their September reunion. “I could talk about it for the rest of my life,” says Foster.
“And I think there are maybe two occasions I’ve ever felt that about something. This one is special.” Speaking on the phone in late July, Foster discusses the more challenging parts of her shoot, what she wants to see more of in Hollywood and how the comparisons finally caught up with her while she was trying to work out.
It’s whatever the job calls for. I’ve had to do that a lot in movies. Even though it doesn’t seem like much, I’m always carrying a child up a staircase or hiding under a bed or whatever.
And because I’ve been in the business for a really long time and watched my co-stars go through so much, I know how to handle stunts in a really disciplined way. I also know which ones I’m not going to touch with a 10-foot pole. I have! And it’s not easy.
They’re dead weight, especially on ladders. Well, empathy is kind of an interesting word, right? It just means that you can feel them. It’s always fun to play a villain or just play the edges of somebody, even the parts of yourself that you’re ashamed to mine or like to talk about.
But I work the same w.