Gene Hackman

Q&A: Jodie Foster on The Silence Of The Lambs

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WHERE?: BFI

WHEN: 3/11

It’s hard to believe that Jodie Foster wasn’t the first choice to play rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling but it was a part she lobbied hard to play.

  • Read on for reasons including why Jack O’Connell is the hardest working actor Foster’s met

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Q&A: The Crying Game 25th anniversary reunion

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WHERE: BFI

WHEN: 15/2

On 29/3 in 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles Jaye Davidson (pictured above) sat with fellow nominees including Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino to see who had won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

  • Read on for reasons including which of Davidson’s fellow nominees took a shine to him

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