Jodie Foster on Struggles of Women Directing in Hollywood; Shares Advice for Nicolas Cage’s ‘True Detective’ Role

Jodie Foster takes on her first French-language leading role in “A Private Life,” but she already has her sights set on her next dream project: teaming up with Kristin Scott Thomas in a French-language film…whatever that might be.

“I want to play Kristin Scott Thomas’ sister because we’re the two people who speak French fluently,” Foster tells Variety while promoting her latest film at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Me and Kristin, we can do this together. We’ve known each other for a long time, so I’m going to come knocking at her door. She’s a director now, so I’m like, just direct us in a movie where we play sisters.”

Foster added that she would also love to share the screen with other French-speaking actresses like Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp, who previously worked with “A Private Life” director Rebecca Zlotowski on “Planetarium.