The writer-director of ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ revealed he offered Jodie Foster parts in ‘three movies in a row, maybe four’

Wes Anderson has worked with some of the most acclaimed actors of his generation over the course of his three-decade career, but Jodie Foster remains elusive, turning him down for multiple roles.

Jodie Foster repeatedly turned down Wes Anderson’s films but accepted a puzzling role in Mary Lambert’s confusing cult movie Siesta in 1987.