Jodie Foster talks about the trauma she endured after the John Hinckley Jr. case. assassinate President Ronald Reagan .

On March 30, 1981, Hinckley, then 25 years old, shot Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C. in what he later said was to impress Jodie Foster , a young actress who was 18 at the time of the shooting. job. Hinckley was eventually found not guilty by reason of mental illness and was admitted to the hospital.

Jodie Foster reveals the reason she will never act again has to do with her connection to Hinckley

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Speaking with The Bikeriders actress Jodie Comer for Interview magazine , Jodie Foster (61) revealed that the reason she never acted again had to do with her connection to Hinckley.

Jodie Foster, who studied at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (USA), said: “I can finally admit that the stage performances I participated in when I was in college caused me too much pain.” a lot of emotional trauma. The play took place over two weekends. I did it the first weekend and the second weekend when John Hinckley shot the president. It was a big moment impressed me. He had written to me before. So that was an important moment in my life.”

Hinckley’s letter read: “Dear Jodie, there is a possibility that I will be killed in an attempt to assassinate Reagan… I must do something now to make you understand… that I am doing all these things.” This is for you, Jodie. I hope you will feel it in your heart and at least give me a chance to receive your love and respect, with this historic act.”

Student Jodie Foster at Yale University

Jodie Foster continued, “a guy was sitting in the front row. I noticed that this was his second night there. The next day, it was revealed that this particular guy had a gun and he brought it to the show, then ran away,” she continued.

“The world seemed to collapse, secret agents were everywhere, I had bodyguards and was taken to a safe house. I thought, ‘I have to keep acting,'” she recalled.

The Hollywood star continued: “It was a sad moment and I never admitted that maybe it had something to do with the fact that I never wanted to do theater again. I convinced myself I loved theater and go to the theater, but somehow I feel like I can’t make that commitment anymore.”

Hinckley is now 69 years old and will be fully released in June 2022. In an interview with CBS News in 2022, the lover apologized to the victims he shot in the assassination and apologized to Jodie Foster for linking her to the incident.

Hinckley is now 69 years old and will be fully released in June 2022

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Hinckley said: “Maybe they can’t forgive me but I wish they could. I feel terrible for what I did. I regretted what I did for years. If anything If I can take back everything, I will take it all back. I don’t have a good heart. So, it’s hard for me to have a relationship related to Jodie at that time”. He added: “At that time, I suffered from a serious mental illness that made me unable to distinguish between right and wrong.”

Jodie Foster has been famous since she was a teenager with the role of a young prostitute in Taxi Driver (1976). She continuously had big roles in Hollywood, typically two roles in The Accused (1988) and The Silence of The Lamps. (1991) helped her win two Oscars for Best Actress. Since the early 2000s, she has participated in many popular films such as Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007)…