Dakota Fanning is now 30 years old and her acting career is almost as long. He has starred in films like War of the Worlds, Uptown Girls, The Equalizer and many more. He also won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Young Actor/Actress Award in 2001 for his role in the film ‘I Am Sam’ starring Sean Penn. She defeated Haley Joel Osment and Daniel Radcliffe to capture the trophy. Dakota was 7 years old at that time. (Also read: Couldn’t have asked for a better co-star: Dakota Fanning on working with Andrew Scott in Ripley,
However, when it came to giving the post-win speech, Dakota faced a problem: she was too short to reach the mic! Thankfully, Lords of the Ring and Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom was the presenter of the awards. He immediately came to Dakota’s defense and waved her up to the mic.
Dakota’s powerful speech
After this, Dakota gave a more mature speech than any seven-year-old child could have given. “I was not expecting that. hello. Thank you. Well, first of all, I want to thank everyone who got me here. A lot of people got involved and I think everyone really appreciated it. First of all, I want to thank God for everything he has given me and being the best agent in the whole world. I want to thank the Broadcast Film Critics Association for nominating me along with Haley Joel Osment and Daniel Radcliffe. I’m just, I’m so excited to be here tonight. And I want to thank my mom, my dad, and my little sister Elle for everything. And I just want to thank the Broadcast Film Critics Association again for everything they do, which I really appreciate,” she said. During all this the audience kept laughing and cheering.
In 2008, Dakota was asked about the episode when she said, “Later I met her again on the set of ‘War of the Worlds’ and we talked about it and had a good laugh,” Fanning told Hollywood Foreign. Pop Tarts told the Press Association. Lunch that year. “It was funny, but now I’m actually a little embarrassed thinking about it.”
Dakota in Ripley
Dakota is currently seen in the Netflix series Replayy alongside Andrew Scott. The series is based on the enduring character created by novelist Patricia Highsmith in The Talented Mr. Ripley. It premiered on 4 April. Dakota Fanning, who plays the suspicious girlfriend, says, “I was so excited to have the chance to communicate so much with micro-movements in the face and gaze – that thing where you read someone’s thoughts through their eyes. Can.” Rich dilettante Dickie Greenleaf.
