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The actress didn't think the scenes were &34;very suggestive.&34; Jodie Foster says it was her mom's idea for sister to be Taxi Driver standin during sexual scenes The actress didn't think the scenes were &34;very suggestive.&34; By Daysia Tolentino :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/DaysiaTolentinoauthorphotob1c9bf2343cf4cf7b77759eeb9f69e8d.jpg) Daysia Tolentino Daysia Tolentino is a writer at . She has written for since 2025. Her work has appeared in NBC News, Vulture, GQ, and InStyle. EW's editorial guidelines February 16, 2026 8:00 p.m.
The actress didn't think the scenes were "very suggestive."
Jodie Foster says it was her mom's idea for sister to be Taxi Driver stand-in during sexual scenes
The actress didn't think the scenes were "very suggestive."
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When Jodie Foster played a young prostitute in *Taxi Driver,* her sister Connie acted as her body double for the more suggestive scenes.
Foster, who was 12 at the time*,* recently revealed that making the film a family affair was her mother's idea. At the time, she said the Board of Education had become more watchful of children on film sets.
"Because the Board of Education started having issues with the idea of young kids doing more adult roles, they were concerned that somehow, you know playing these characters, that we would be confused about ourselves and who we were," Foster said on the *Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend *podcast.
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Jodie Foster and Connie Foster at the 'Little Man Tate' Premiere Oct. 6, 1991.
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The Board would not sign off on work permits unless Foster was deemed "competent." In order to reach an agreement, the production had to agree to use a double for "sexually suggestive" scenes.
Because Connie was a similar size to Jodie and over 18, the Foster matriarch suggested that the older sister serve as a stand-in on the Martin Scorsese film. The *Silence of the Lambs* star thought the scenes, including one where her character Iris strips below her shoulders and another where she unzips a fly, weren't "very suggestive."**
Speaking to the *New York Times* in 2011, Connie Foster recalled thinking her sister looked "all grown up" on the set of *Taxi Driver.*
"She looks like me, even though there's a seven-year age difference," she said. "I was not self-conscious in any way, shape or form. It was really what a young prostitute on the streets was wearing at that time. If anything, it was Halloween, and we were dressed up."
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Jodie Foster attends the Opening Red Carpet during the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival.
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Jodie Foster said it was "nice" to have her sister on set with her, although it was par for the course for a show biz family.
"My brother had been an actor when he was young and it sort of felt like a family affair thing," Foster said.
Check out the full episode of *Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend *with Jodie Foster below. ****
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