Who played the 12 year old in Taxi Driver?
Who played the 12 year old in Taxi Driver? In addition to De Niro, the film's cast includes Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, and a 12-year-old Jodie Foster as Iris, a child sex worker Bickle befriends on one of his insomnia-fueled cab runs.
Is Taxi Driver Based on a true story?
Based on a real-life story, the film centers on a taxi driver from Seoul who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980.
How did Jodie Foster feel about Taxi Driver?
Foster agrees that the film helped shed light on important issues. I think the movie's a really important movie, she said in the Yahoo interview. I'm really proud of it. Those girls existed, those girls exist, and female sexual slavery is something that we need to discuss — the complexity of it.
Who turned down the role in Taxi Driver?
In another example of constant comparison, Pacino was offered the role of Travis Bickle before De Niro in Scorsese's classic film Taxi Driver. Along with Pacino, Dustin Hoffman also rejected the role, publicly turning down the offer before De Niro was roped in to play what now seems to be an iconic character.