News | Entertainment
29 Mar 2024 18:47
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Dakota Fanning felt huge pressure growing up in the spotlight

    The 25-year-old actress landed her first movie role at the age of six in 'I Am Sam', alongside Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn and admitted that she was conscious of not "messing up" during her teenage years.


    She explained to NET-A-PORTER's weekly digital magazine, PorterEdit:: "Turning 21 for me was really freeing. Before that, things could be scary... I would go to a gala dinner and all the glasses would already be filled with wine and I'd hold one up for a toast and [people would say], she's drinking wine! No, I wasn't! Stupid little things like that. I mean, I had been to bars and clubs when somebody was having an afterparty for a premiere, but I'd never snuck in. I'd never gone anywhere I wasn't supposed to go. I felt there was such an expectation for me not to mess up. Which could have driven me crazy, because that's an outrageous thing to put on a younger person, who's supposed to make mistakes. And I certainly have made mistakes, but just privately. When I turned 21, I felt like a weight had lifted; I felt more freedom to come into my own."

    However, there were advantages to growing up in the limelight, including receiving lavish gifts from her famous co-stars.

    Dakota -who stars in Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood' - said: "I got my first iPod and cell phone from Tom Cruise when we worked together [on 'War of the Worlds']. I got a horse from Kurt Russell [after working with him on 'Dreamer']. But more than the gifts, I think people went out of their way to give me a memory. Like when I turned 10, I was making a movie with Robert De Niro and there was a whole surprise set-up in the lunchroom, with my favorite food and everyone in party hats. Even on my first film, 'I Am Sam', for Valentine's Day, Michelle Pfeiffer decorated my whole trailer with pink and red balloons and little trinkets and candies, then did the same for my birthday, so that's how I remember my seventh birthday."

    And although she is now 25, Dakota admitted that she will always be seen as a child to some of her fans.

    She said: "The difficult part about starting so young, which I've totally come to accept, is that when you grow up and become a woman, people think you're younger. The other day, my mom, my sister [Elle] and I were in Las Vegas for my sister's 21st birthday and somebody said, 'Are you Dakota Fanning? You're that child?' And my mom was like, 'poor Dakota'."

    To see the full interview with Dakota Fanning read PorterEdit at www.net-a-porter.com/porter/article-b0387229b9e75ff1 and/or download the NET-A-PORTER app for iPhone, iPad and Android.

    © 2024 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     29 Mar: Simon Cowell has adopted another puppy just months after he brought home a new German Shepherd called Pebbles
     29 Mar: Tracee Ellis Ross has paid a glowing birthday tribute to Diana Ross
     29 Mar: YouTube star Ninja has been diagnosed with cancer at the age of 32
     29 Mar: Pierce Brosnan has given his seal of approval to Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the next James Bond
     29 Mar: Katie Price has warned young women to avoid filler and Botox and urged them to think twice about cosmetic surgery
     29 Mar: Anne Hathaway created a "protective layer" between herself and her 'Mother's Instinct' character
     29 Mar: Tom Sandoval feels his cheating scandal "was supposed to happen"
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    A coaching conundrum for Crusaders assistant James Marshall as they look to end their losing run in Super Rugby tonight against the Chiefs in Christchurch More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Matakana Smokehouse in its recall of a specific batch of two of its salmon products because of the possible presence of Listeria More...



     Today's News

    Business:
    New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Matakana Smokehouse in its recall of a specific batch of two of its salmon products because of the possible presence of Listeria 18:37

    Entertainment:
    Simon Cowell has adopted another puppy just months after he brought home a new German Shepherd called Pebbles 18:23

    Law and Order:
    A 30-year-old has been charged with murder after a body was found in a burnt-out car earlier this week 18:07

    Entertainment:
    Tracee Ellis Ross has paid a glowing birthday tribute to Diana Ross 17:53

    Rugby League:
    NRL Good Friday: Bulldogs take on desperate Rabbitohs, Broncos renew rivalry with Cowboys 17:37

    Cricket:
    Cricket's best female all-rounder has led England to a 4-1 T20 series win over New Zealand 17:27

    Entertainment:
    YouTube star Ninja has been diagnosed with cancer at the age of 32 17:23

    Rugby League:
    The South Sydney rugby league team is ready to lift itself off the canvas and floor the Canterbury Bulldogs in their Good Friday NRL contest 17:17

    Golf:
    Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko heads into the second round of the latest LPGA tournament in Arizona right on the cusp of the cut 17:07

    Rugby League:
    South Sydney rugby league coach Jason Demetriou has urged fans not to worry about his mental health 16:57


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2024 New Zealand City Ltd