ROBERT ZEMECKIS on JODIE FOSTER in CONTACT

"Jodie was always attached to this project; she loved the idea of the character, she loved the idea of the story, and in my mind she's perfect for the movie. I can't imagine another actress who can bring both the emotion and the intellect to the character which is needed. She's able to play someone who's a really brilliant scientist and also a complete human being; it's not like she played any of the science cliches, she played it as a real person and a real woman. And that's what grounds the entire movie in an emotional place where you can actually identify with this very very complicated and strange fantastic story, and still be able to understand it.

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