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Her new film "the beaver" opens up nationwide. >> i always questioned why they titled it that. i get it, but -- anyway. peter travers, movie critic and host of "world news now popcorn" sat down to talk about the movie she directed and talked about her controversial co-star mel gibson. >> jodie foster, welcome to the show. it is great to have you here. >> thank you. >> you have a movie, called "the beaver" you probably didn't know that, but you do. >> i have heard about it. >> but it is a movie in which you and mel gibson play a married couple but he is suffering from depression and decides tha...

A leading role and directed him in her most recent film "the beaver." >> i'm is zik do you want to get better? >> who are you? >> i'm the beaver. i'm here to save your damn life. >> reporter: gibson plays a drowning and depressed family man who resorts to communicating through a beaver hand puppet. >> i knew that he would understood the drama of the film and understand walter's struggle, you know, and understand it from a really deep and authentic place. >> reporter: the indie film was scheduled for a 2010 release but after gibson's head-line grabbing controversy, it was delayed until this spr...

>> he has this incredible combination of being able to be witty and light and loveable in some ways but has a darker side, obviously. >> reporter: foster gave gibson a leading role and directed him in her most recent film "the beaver." >> i'm sick >> do you want to get better? >> who are you? >> i'm the beaver. i'm here to save your damn life. >> reporter: gibson plays a drowning and depressed family man who resorts to communicating through a beaver hand puppet. >> i knew that he would understood the drama of the film and understand walter's struggle, you know, and understand it from a really ...

>> reporter: foster gave gibson a leading role and directed him in her most recent film "the beaver." >> i'm sick. >> do you want to get better? >> who are you? >> no, i'm the beaver. i'm here to save your damn life. >> reporter: gibson plays a drowning and depressed family man who resorts to communicating through a beaver hand puppet. >> i knew that he would understood the drama of the film and understand walter's struggle, you know, and understand it from a really deep and authentic place. >> reporter: the indie film was scheduled for a 2010 release, but after gibson's headline-grabbing cont...

most complicated, infuriating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: -- to "maverick," "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love affair with mel gibson would take a turn for the worse on this highway. caught driving drunk, he mouthed off to police. now upstaged by his profanity-laced telephone rant. >> you like a [ bleep ] on heat and if you get raped by a pa...