Jodie Fosteris acknowledging the many flaws of her latest character.
The 61-year-old actress, who portrays Detective Liz Danvers in the upcoming fourth season ofTrue Detective: Night Country, described her as an “Alaska Karen” at the Los Angeles premiere of the show on Tuesday.
“Liz Danvers is awful. She is ‘Alaska Karen.’ No two ways about it,” Foster told reporters at the Paramount Theater. “She’s an awful, awful character. But you see why.”
Foster plays Detective Liz Danver in season four of ‘True Detective: Night Country’.Michele K. Short/HBO
Michele K. Short/HBO
The new season of theEmmy-winning show follows Detective Danvers as she attempts to figure out what happened to eight missing men who worked at the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in Ennis, Alaska.
Teasing her favorite part of the new season, Foster — who is also executive producer of the show — said Tuesday, “I love Episode Six. Yeah. Episode Six is unbelievable. It’s such a film. It in itself is a film, so I’m especially proud of that one.”
“I think they get better as they go on and it feels very complete to me,” she continued. “It feels like an extended short story with a beginning, middle and end. That’s the advantage to doing a limited series as opposed to having to come up with stories for years and years and years. This one has a great trajectory.”
Foster at the show’s season L.A. premeire on Tuesday.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
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At the premiere, the actress also highlighted the differences between Danvers and her most famous detective role as FBI student Clarice Starling inSilence of the Lambs.
“Clarice is pretty different than Liz,” Foster said of her previous Oscar-winning part. “I think Clarice probably wouldn’t have ended up continuing to be an FBI officer. I just feel like someday she would’ve quit and maybe worked in a soup kitchen or something.”
True Detective: Night Countryis available for streaming in full on HBO Max on Jan. 14.
Foster, Kali Reis, and Francesca Orsi pictured at the premiere.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
source: people.com
