# The 1994 role Jodie Foster spent years hoping to reprise: “I would love to do another”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1994-role-jodie-foster-spent-years-hoping-to-reprise-i-would-love-to-do-another/
- Published: 2026-11-03T07:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T07:39:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-1994-role-jodie-foster-spent-years-hoping-to-reprise-i-would-love-to-do-another/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Foster wanted to reprise Annabelle in a *Maverick* sequel.
- She said Gibson had an idea, but it was shelved.
- Foster has never appeared in a sequel.

## Summary

Jodie Foster said she had spent years trying to encourage a sequel to the 1994 western comedy *Maverick*, in which she starred as con woman Annabelle Bransford. She described the film as a joyful experience and said she would have loved to make another, highlighting a rare occasion when she wanted to revisit a role.

Foster made the comments in a 2002 interview while promoting *Panic Room*. She said Mel Gibson had an idea for a follow-up, but it went no further; the article gives no details of the proposal. Foster later declined to reprise Clarice Starling in *Hannibal*, with Julianne Moore taking the role, and has never appeared in a sequel.

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