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The 1994 role Jodie Foster spent years hoping to reprise: “I would love to do another”
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.
In short
- 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.
Explained simply
Maverick is a 1994 comedy western based on the television series of the same name. It stars Mel Gibson as gambler Bret Maverick and Jodie Foster as Annabelle Bransford, a con woman travelling with him towards a high-stakes poker game.
Foster has said making the film was a joyful experience and that she hoped to return to Annabelle for a sequel. Mel Gibson had an idea for a follow-up, but it did not progress; the proposal was not described. The film is one of Foster’s few roles she has said she wanted to revisit.