How has Jodie Foster changed and not changed from The Silence of the Lambs to True Detective?

Term True Detective: Night Landwith Jodie Foster as the protagonist. There were 6 episodes that, although many found it difficult to accept, had points in common with the first season, with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. That season of the HBO original series is considered the best of all.

It was Jodie Foster herself who equaled her True Detective: Night Land with The Silence of the Lambs.

Before moving on to the comparisons, similarities and differences of the characters he plays, let’s see what he said.

In an interview with Collider, Foster ensured that her characters Liz Danvers and Clarice Starling couldn’t be more different people. “They’re totally different, except they’re complex and have a lot of duality and a lot of layers. These two things have in common. I thought about it very quickly, right from the beginning, when I read the script. I immediately felt there would be comparisons to The Silence of the Lambsbut I continued because they both have this disturbing universe that comes from this place that is anxiety, and that’s what fuels horror and thrillers.

It’s also a reflection of the characters’ inner workings and what they’re going through. Somehow, The Silence of the Lambs he is the grandfather of True Detective: Night Land. I’m proud of it. And I feel like the audience benefits from that little wink of, “Oh, I remember that.” The Silence of the Lambs‘”.

True Detective: Night Land It is Jodie Foster’s first television acting role since the 70s. What convinced you? She was excited about the narrative potential of season four.

But the most extraordinary and true thing is that Foster’s characters are present The Silence of the Lambs AND True Detective: Night Land They each have unique motivations in their quest.

We all know this isn’t exactly the first time Foster has taken on the role of detective at the center of a multiple murder investigation. The actress won her second Oscar for leading actress for her performance in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, the rookie FBI agent who turns to Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) for help in her search for serial killer Buffalo Bill.

And Jodie Foster played two strong and determined detectives.

Set in the town of Ennis, Alaska, during the “long night” of New Year’s Eve, True Detective: Night Land explores the aftermath of the murder of Annie K. (Nivi Pedersen), an indigenous woman who disappeared years before the eight bodies of men who worked at the Tsalal research station were found. When Annie’s severed tongue is found at the station, questions about what really happened come first.

Danvers is called in to investigate alongside her partner, police officer Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), but a history of conflict between the two forces them to conduct separate investigations. Although Danvers is a much less emotional protagonist than Clarice Starling, the thought-provoking investigations in True Detective: Night Land AND The Silence of the Lambs They are quite similar.

And while other performers tend to repeat themselves when it comes to playing similar characters, the vast differences between Chief Liz Danvers and Clarice Starling show Foster’s incredible range as a performer.

In both cases, in the series as in the film, Foster plays a determined and courageous character who has the responsibility to protect an entire community. In The Silence of the Lambsare the young women vulnerable to Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), and in True Detective: Night Land It is the indigenous people who are forced to confront the violence that has shaken their community. But are Clarice and Carol ready to solve their cases?

Clarice and Carol’s approaches

The two take different approaches when it comes to research. In the series Foster plays a character who is openly hostile to any suggestion that there is a supernatural component to the disappearance of the scientists or Annie K. He has seen enough and suffered enough personal tragedies that he doesn’t need to fantasize to explain them. They.

Likewise, Starling’s approach to conducting interrogations with Lecter is impressive: she’s willing to treat him like a person, not a monster. And in both productions Foster demonstrates how prioritizing procedure and logic is the key to solving cases that seem baffling to other detectives.

But more than 30 years have passed between the film and the series, and this maybe, maybe, in one of them, leads Danvers to be a more cynical character than Starling due to his age.

There are, of course, marked differences. Clarice, being a rookie, an FBI intern on a criminal case, has no idea what it’s like to hunt down a serial killer. And it’s not easy for him: she has to deal with the state bureaucracy, and every time she meets Lecter his hands sweat.

Although Danvers is a much more skeptical character than Starling, Foster shows that if both protagonists succeed it is thanks to their qualities. Starling carries herself with absolute professionalism during her sessions with Lecter, but Foster shows how Starling’s personal desire to free Buffalo Bill’s victims is what motivates her. She realizes that her sense of empathy is not a weakness, but rather what sets her apart from other FBI agents. Danvers is the complete opposite. She is argumentative and rude to anyone who dares approach her.

But the handicap that both Jonathan Demme’s film and the series have is that Jodie Foster shows that there is much more to each of the cases than simply solving them, getting to the truth and catching the person responsible.

For Starling, it’s a chance to prove his worth, and for Danvers, it’s one last chance at redemption. Danvers is the opposite of Starling, his vulnerabilities aren’t apparent until the case gets underway.