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FilmographyPanic Room (2002)
  • Cast Highlights:
  • Jodie Foster
  • Forest Whitaker
  • Dwight Yoakam
  • Jared Leto
  • Character: Sarah Altman
    Production Status: On DVD
    Release Date: March 22, 2002 (USA)
    Director: David Fincher
    Writers: David Koepp
    Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
    MPAA Rating: R

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    Trailer:


    Plot Outline:
    It was supposed to be the safest room in the house.

    After purchasing a brownstone in New York, a thirty-something divorced woman and her daughter are forced to take advantage of the hidden room- the "panic room" -when intruders break into their home. However, they soon find that what the intruders want is locked in the panic room with them.

    Kristen Stewart's Role:
    Kristen Stewart plays the sullen, diabetic daughter of a divorced mother played by Jodie Foster. Kristen received much praise for her performance even being compared to a young Foster.

    Kristen Stewart Quotes:
    “I worked with her but Jodie Foster is obviously, a role model. She's not just an actress, she's not one-dimensional. She has more than one creative outlet. She's a writer, producer, a director. She has a pretty level head on her shoulders and I like the idea that she can keep her personal life private and separate from what she does. I admire most of her values. She's pretty cool.”

    “I really liked the movie. It’s awesome. Of course, I’m excited about it.”

    “Wearing pajamas for four months was weird, but very comfortable.”

    “Everything in the house in Panic Room worked. Every outlet, every sink, everything. There's a scene where Jodie Foster takes a minute to go pee, and you could hear it when she got up and flushed the toilet.”

    On the previously casted Nicole Kidman
    “She hurt her knee. Then Jodie came in.”

    “Everyone always says, "Kristen got Panic Room because she looks like Jodie Foster." But it was actually Nicole Kidman who was supposed to play my mother."”
    Trivia & Facts
    Filmed in New York City and California, USA.

    Nicole Kidman was originally cast in the role of Meg Altman and Hayden Panettiere was cast as her daughter, Sarah. Before filming began, Panettiere was replaced with Kristen Stewart. Then, only eighteen days into filming, Kidman had to leave the film as well, due to a recurring knee injury, suffered during the filming of Moulin Rouge! (2001). David Fincher suggested that the studio close the production and collect the insurance, but the studio decided to go on. Jodie Foster was offered the role. She was due to be the president of the Cannes Film Festival jury but withdrew to work with Fincher, with whom she was originally supposed to work on The Game (1997) in the role eventually played by Sean Penn. Foster had only nine days to prepare for the role.

    Daveigh Chase auditioned for the role of Sarah but lost to Kristen Stewart.

    Jodie Foster was pregnant with her second child during filming. Because of this, reshoots had to be made in the autumn of 2001 after she had given birth, as principal photography took longer than planned.

    Maynard James Keenan, the lead singer for Tool, was offered the role of Raoul but declined owing to other commitments.

    Nicole Kidman has a voice cameo, as the voice of Stephen Altman's girlfriend.

    David Fincher directed three actors on this film who have previously directed movies of their own: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker and Dwight Yoakam. Sandra Bullock was originally attached to star at one point.

    According to David Fincher, Kristen Stewart grew more than three inches during filming of this project. She was smaller than Jodie Foster when the production satrted and towered over her when the final shots were done.

    All of the indoor scenes were shot entirely in the sequence in which they appear in the finished film.

    Because the sets had been designed with Nicole Kidman in mind, who is much taller than Jodie Foster, the green safety lasers on the panic room door ended up exactly at the level of Foster's eyes, constantly blinding her as she entered and exited the room.

    David Koepp wrote the first draft of the script in six days.

    External Links
    Official Website
    Internet Movie Database
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    Video clips

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