Jodie Foster’sHollywood career began at age three whenshe appeared in her first Coppertone commercial.
This was highly uncomfortable for Foster, who was just 12 when the movie was filmed in 1975.
However, during one instance when Evelyn was away, a film producer tried to take advantage of Foster.
Foster was summoned to the home of the producer, who’d claimed she’d missed a meeting.
However, it seems this was simply his way to lure Foster away from a sleepover she was attending.
Thankfully, it doesn’t appear that anything physical took place.
I was the only source of income in our entire family."
Evelyn even chose her daughter’s earlier movie roles, seemingly guaranteeing the family was always cared for.
While Foster did follow a bumpy road as a child star, she has excelled throughout the years.
That’s certainly a lesson that plenty of former child actors have had to learn.
