Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster has commented on how she believes superhero movies are a "phase," and one that has drawn on too long for her liking. Speaking to Elle Magazine, the Silence of the Lambs actress said she's observed a number of phases in Hollywood since she first got famous as a child actor in the 1970s, and she believes superhero movies are just the latest one.

"It's a phase. It's a phase that's lasted a little too long for me, but it's a phase, and I've seen so many different phases. Hopefully people will be sick of it soon," she said.

Foster said she is fond of the superhero movies Iron Man and Black Panther, as well as The Matrix. "I marvel at those movies, and I'm swept up in the entertainment of it," she said.