If it is common for any actor not to land a role at the end of a casting, some refusals are more legitimate than others. And some, totally abusive. Elle Fanning recalled an unfortunate experience when she was only 16 years old. "I never told this story, but I was trying to make a movie [...], a comedy centered on a father-daughter road trip," explained the sister of Dakota Fanning, then invited to the round table of actresses of the Hollywood Reporter, Tuesday, June 6. A role that escaped him... for an incongruous reason, invoked by "a person" whose name the actress does not mention. "Oh, she didn't land the role in this comedy ... because it is unstoppable," the latter would have told him.
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A comment that Elle Fanning would have done well, even if she "[can] laugh about it now". "What a disgusting pig!" she cried to the other actresses invited to the show. Especially since the actress "does not think" that the project has finally seen the light of day.
«Highly protected»
Fortunately, the 25-year-old has been able (and still can) count on the vigilance of her team – "an incredible manager and agent", who have surrounded her since she was "8 or 9 years old". The latter have been working, as far as possible, to protect it from these "prejudicial comments", creating a "filtration system". "I was very protected," she said, going back to her younger years.
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A benevolence that contributed to her confidence, she who has always been "immensely confident". And if the acerbic remark she suffered had not really impacted her, she questions the media coverage - as excessive as it is early - of which she has paid since childhood. "I look at paparazzi pictures from when I was 12 years old and think, 'Is it good to see such a mirror of yourself at this age?'" she asked. Before concluding: "I do not feel that it has affected me, but it has definitely made me very vigilant about the image I convey."
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