Actress Elle Fanning is photographed by Billy Kidd for NET-A-PORTER's The Edit magazine. She talks about her upcoming transgender role, growing up acting, and her relationship with her older sister, Dakota.
- Became an actress because of her sister: "It was like, if Dakota can do it, I can do it."
- Chooses her own projects since Super 8.
- About her upcoming movie, About Ray: "I was really nervous not to screw up, because this is for transgender kids out there. We had trans kids at my school. They come back after the summer and you have to use different pronouns."
- She and Dakota never talk about their work: "I never look at her scripts. She’s doing a movie right now in Berlin; I don’t even know what it’s about."
- "I used to steal Dakota’s clothes, but one time the paparazzi got me. She called me from New York: 'What are you doing in my clothes?'" Says Dakota never stole her clother back because they were "too weird" for her.
- Why she won't be on social media: "This generation is so into [social media], they’re always on the phone, some celebrities have all of these photos and witty captions. But what if I didn’t have that and [my account] was a complete fail that no one followed?"
- Jeff Bridges taught her how to draw: “When you’re little, you just draw a triangle dress and stick legs, but Jeff said, ‘No, legs should look fatter.’ Thank you, Jeff!”
- “There are times when I work all day, come back to the hotel, and do schoolwork until 4am.”
- Patricia Clarkson, her co-star on Phoebe in Wonderland, had a lasting effect on her:“When Patty was in makeup she said, ‘My character wouldn’t have it that way.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I have a say in how my character is!’ That was the first movie where I realized what acting was.”
(this one makes me feel like the FBI is coming smh)
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She seems adorable. Dakota is a better actress imo tho. TYFYA!
