“Why do I tell myself that I should listen to what they tell me? Yes, I am young, but I have been in this sector for a long time and my opinion counts “
The Great, which has already announced its second season, has made Fanning the emerging queen of black comedy and, although Hollywood reinvents itself during the pandemic, its star status is only taking hold. Fanning declares that he would like his career to follow the example of the career of Katharine Hepburn, but Fanning reminds me of Jodie Foster o la Gwyneth Paltrow from the early days, the time of Emma and Shakespeare in love, which was a splendid period for Paltrow. The same freshness and intelligence, the same fluidity and intuition are perceived in Fanning’s work. You never notice that he is acting.
The performer is delighted with her transition to adult roles. Child actors fundamentally “are dedicated to observing,” he says. “I’m excited that, hopefully, now others are watching,” he says, lowering his gaze with a slight smile, “and that they notice me.” He reaches for the earrings. “I don’t know if you understand what I mean,” he adds right away.
Over the course of several weeks, Fanning and I have two long and spontaneous conversations: the first seems like one of those intimate late-night chats in a college dorm; the next, darker, unfolds after the death of George Floyd. The first time I talk to her, the actress has already finished filming the first season of The Great in the royal palace of Caserta, Italy, and is using the break time to “get creative and use other parts of the brain.” Has been reading False mirrorby Jia Tolentino, making peanut butter cookies, photographing “small objects around the house” and learning the dances of TikTok megastar Addison Rae (“Surely I will never post them, but I’m not bad at them”). Dakota has been dedicating herself to painting by numbers, but to Elle (who says that her mother considers her her “less conventional daughter”) this activity seems too methodical. The whole family loves to watch crappy reality shows, including 90 days to get marriedAlthough Fanning’s grandmother sometimes announces that this seems too much to her and she goes to another room.
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