Jodie Foster

You know what I mean?

Yeah, it was.

That's why Scorsese wanted me for the part.

I mean, my mom was not convinced.

I remember going in for the meeting and her saying to him, look, you know her.

And I came in my school uniform with a blue blazer that had a crest on it, Peter Pan collar and, you know, knee socks.

And she said, well, listen, if you think that she can play this role, then great.

So I think he liked the contrast.

I think he liked the ambiguity of that, of seeing somebody who's a child, you know, in some ways who is sexualized as a woman, but isn't a victim.

No, I didn't give them any advice.

But I did make them feel more comfortable.

I think they were both very nervous.

You know, Robert De Niro, very nervous when there's a moment where I have to, you know, pull down his fly.

And in fact, they got my sister, who was 21.

And I guess she looks a little bit like me, but she's the same size as me.

And they had to bring her on in order to actually physically do the shot where she has to unzip his fly.

And he was just so nervous.

They were both so nervous that they kept giggling when we were doing the rehearsals.

And then De Niro would be like, no, I got this.

I got this.