well...this being the holidays and all..
i thought i could catch up on my reading (non-course related stuff)
and i found out something very interesting *most likely interesting to me only but anyhow*

do you know Ronald Reagen, 40th President of America [the guy before George Bush Sr, Bill Clinton and George Bush Jr]??
and do you know Jodie Foster[the actress who starred in Anna and the King, Flightplan, Panic Room and the latest..The BRave One]
well...Ms Foster was actually in the movie industry since she was a young child...u can read all about her in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Foster
at age 14, she was nominated for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR for a movie named Taxi Driver...

this is directly cut and paste from wikipedia
for her role as a pre-teen prostitute in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver opposite Robert De Niro.[9] De Niro's character, the psychotic Travis Bickle, intends to "save" her from life on the streets. When that does not succeed, he tries to assassinate a presidential candidate. After this fails, he shoots Iris' pimp, played by Harvey Keitel.[10]

what is interesting was..Ms Foster had entered into Yale by then. like a few other celebrities, she soon saw the bad part of Hollywood ~stalkers~
a crazy fan of her's, John Hinkcley Jr saw Taxi Driver so many times and became obsessed with Ms Foster so much so that he even wrote love letters to her campus mail box and EVEN talked to her on the phone! now by now... i think Ms Foster was a bit spooked out by this guy and she must have [i think] notified the relevent authorities.

Unfortunately, on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assainated Ronald Reagen by shooting at him...thankfully he only wounded Reagen and 3 others
when the authorities [FBI and Secret Service .. i think] caught him, he claimed that the whole assasination attempt was an attempt to impress Jodie Foster!
this whole incident and others experiences that followed it traumatised her [well understandbly!!

but yet she overcame it all and rose up to be a gifted actress again
whatver her actions, her life can be an inspiration to people who have been in similiar situations

but what i'm really getting at is.......
her performance in THE BRAVE ONE was extremely stirring and got praises from critics everywhere....
but i wonder if she drew upon her past experiences particularly the incident mentioned above
to act the way she did in that movie...
it would have been easier for her to get into characther
and maybe this might be part of the healing process
but it might be harder to get pass the trauma i.e. not be restricted by past experiences and play her characther as never before
i probably should remind the reader that this last pharagraph is mere conjuncture and speculation on my part...i could be wrong but...
i'm just wondering......