Has Jodie Foster Fallen Out of Love with Mel Gibson?

Matt Cherette  — Has Jodie Foster Fallen Out of Love with Mel Gibson? Has Jodie Foster Fallen Out of Love with Mel Gibson? Ever since Mel Gibson's abusive meltdown coincided with his filming of the Jodie Foster-directed The Beaver, his friend of 15 years has been defending the hot-headed star. 

On tonight's Late Show, however, Foster's narrative seemed to change from "God, I love that man," to a more canned, publicist-friendly, "He's wonderful in the movie, he's extraordinary in the film" one. What gives?

Not only did Foster appear to back off of her blind praise of Gibson tonight—aside from a soft "He's a very good friend" at the end of her discussion with Letterman—she also put some distance between Gibson's troubles and the shooting of her film when she remarked that his misbehavior happened "mostly after we wrapped."

Then, after being asked by Letterman if she was willing to defend Gibson's behavior, Foster shot back—before he'd even finished the question—with an emphatic "No."

'Passion Of The Christ' Star: Hollywood Has 'Rejected' Me For Playing Jesus

The man who played Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's much criticized
"Passion of the Christ," says the role has been his "cross to bear," and
that Hollywood has shunned him ever since making the film.



Jim Caviezel, who, before taking the role of Jesus, was a rising
Hollywood star with strong reviews for his work in "Frequency," and "The
Thin Red Line," told an audience at First Baptist Church of Orlando on Saturday that Gibson begged him to reconsider taking the gig.



"He said, 'You'll never work in this town again,'" Caviezel remembered. "I told him, 'We all have to embrace our crosses.'"



Caviezel recounted a similar story in 2004, when he spoke of the encounter in an interview with the 700 Club.



"The next day, he said, 'I want you to be aware of what you are going
to go through. You may never work again.' He said that several times
publicly. I told him, 'Mel, this is what I believe. We all have a cross
to carry. I have to carry my own cross. If we don't carry our crosses,
we are going to be crushed under the weight of it. So let's go and do
it.' And we began with the film.



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