Ever since watchdog groups wondered if Jodie Foster was victimized playing a young prostitute in Taxi Driver, the welfare of children acting in Hollywood is closely monitored. However, Gothamist is disturbed by one young rising star's current position as the go-to victim: Little Dakota Fanning, who stars in today's new release, Man on Fire. Not only is she playing yet another preternaturally aware little girl in today's new release whose charming ways soften the reserve of her bodyguard, played by Denzel Washington, but whose parents' wealth get her kidnapped, her character's name is Pita and her movie father is Marc Anthony, the J. Lo-ader! Other examples of her victimization: Having to show that yes, Brittany Murphy is as skinny as an eight year old in Uptown Girls, playing a retarded Sean Penn's daughter in I Am Sam (having a mentally retarded father is not victimization; being the lesson in which Michelle Pffeifer learns about love and family is), and acting in Cat in the Hat. Mr. and Mrs. Fanning, we know that you want to make sure your daughter cashes in on her cherubic yet wise charisma, but please, think of her mental health - hearing that she resorts to having an imaginary friend when movie father Robert DeNiro is morning movie mother Famke Janssen's suicide in Hide and Seek is disturbing enough knowing it's a movie, let alone acting in it!
Gothamist is also looking out for Fanning's costar in Cat, Spencer Breslin, who had the unfortunate luck of being the "kid in the Bruce Willis-with-a-kid-movie that's not The Sixth Sense." While Breslin's pudginess lends him to be a comic victim (playing a young Bruce Willis in The Kid, being Kate Hudson's nephew in Raising Helen), it's still a bad fate to bestow a child.
A.O. Scott calls Man on Fire partly a "moody, foreboding adventure in high-risk baby-sitting" and also a way for director Tony Scott to exhibit a "borderline creepy fondness for filming [little girls] in bathing suits."
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Fametracker audited her yesterday. Hilariously.
http://www.fametracker.com/fame_audit/fanning_dakota.shtml
Saw her on Leno the other day. She was quite adorable, especially with the missing tooth. She was MUCH more outgoing than most kids her age. I did wonder if she was on a bit of a sugar high.
The best part was when Leno asked if she had met President Clinton. She mentioned he stopped by a set and then with a straight face said, "but he really wanted to meet my mom". The audience went nuts and it was clear that she had no idea why.
Ooh, thanks for the Fametracker link, herkimer. I just got back from a brief vacation last night and didn't have a chance to scour my usual favorite sites as comprehensively.
And whatisee, I saw that DF was on, looking cute, but didn't know about the Clinton remark. Jay Leno famously does pre-interviews - I wonder if they worked that out beforehand.
Wow...Britteny Murphy really IS about as skinny as an eight year old.
Wow...Brittany Murphy really IS as skinny as an eight year old.
I'm going batty without my Fametracker forum fix (they're installing new software--it's been almost a week). I've resorted to *working* at work!
What's the point of this article? Should all child roles be played by middle aged men? Dakota is a happy, intelligent, well-balanced kid with loads of talent. Leave her alone!
I agree with ETI....leave thek id roles to the kids...
Dakota Fanning is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cooooooooool
She is a really beautiful and cute girl. She got a real sense of humor and i really cute
hello dakota; i`m chilean and i like you. will you get me your mail please, i want talk with you. sorry for my english, i`m not expert.
Dakota: Hello, I'm Delfina Jackson( I'm anything about Michel Jackson).
I'm ypur fan number 1! I love how you act, your really good in your "work". I hope someday I could meet you, taht's my first wish...but I think it can¿t come true because I live in Argentina....but my sister lives there,in EEUU. When I'll go to visit her I try my best to try to meet you...but there is another dificulty: I'm only 12 years old. I'really hope I'll meet you.
God luck on your next movie!!(I think it is one with Tom Cruse!!!)
Bye Delfina Jackson
Dakota Fanning has me as her #1 fan. Not only she is coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool but beatiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiful. Dakota remember my name DuJuanna Williams AKA #1 fan
Dakota Fanning has me as her #1 fan. Not only she is coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool but beatiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiful. Dakota remember my name DuJuanna Williams AKA #1 fan
Dakota Fanning has me as her #1 fan. Not only she is coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool but beatiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiful. Dakota remember me as your #1 fan
Dakota Fanning rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her acting is the best. I can't believe that she started reading at an age of two that is realy amazing! I can act too. I was in a touring CO of Peter Pan. I was John. So long
-Jeremy Harris
wow thats impossible but not for dakota fanning she is a great actor and really pretty
cya olivia (a.k.a jacoblover)
wow thats impossible but not for dakota fanning she is a great actor and really pretty
cya olivia (a.k.a jacoblover)
wow thats impossible but not for dakota fanning she is a great actor and really pretty
cya olivia (a.k.a jacoblover)