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Jodie Foster

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1036 total appearances

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They weren't really very suggestive.

But yes, because the Board of Education started having issues with the idea of young kids doing more adult roles, they were concerned that somehow, you know, playing these characters that we would be confused about ourselves and who we were.

Um, so, and some of it started with Brooke Shields doing Pretty Baby.

I think a lot of people had a lot of issues with that.

So when I was about to do Tax Driver, the Board of Education came down and said, okay, we, this is, we're not going to allow, we're not going to sign the work permit for this.

And I had to, we had to get a lawyer and we had to prove that I was, that I was competent, I guess.

Um, and part of the deal that we made with them was if there are any sexually suggestive scenes, we'll get somebody else to do it.

And my mom was like, look, her sister can come, this can,

can come to New York for the summer.

She's over 18 and she's about the same size.

Although they weren't very suggestive.

I think it was her taking down her shirt to below her shoulders.

Which they do on Nickelodeon now.

Now they do that on Nickelodeon.