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Here’s a new promo still of Dakota’s upcoming film, ‘Effie’.

Vía: LovelyDakota

As you may know, Lynn Hirschberg (writer/photographer) has her very own ‘Screen Test’ for W Magazine. A couple of weeks ago we posted the interview and scans of W mag with Dakota and her sister Elle; now you can enjoy the video.

Check out the Scans + Interview here.

Both Dakota Fanning and her sister Elle are on the cover of W Magazine‘s December’s issue. They look flawless!

Here are some highlights of Dakota’s interview:

W:Are you living on your own, or do you have roommates?
No roommates. Because I’m only 17, my mom is staying with me in my apartment for a little bit. She’s teaching me how to wash clothes and such. But I’m so excited to be on my own. In my house in L.A., we all feel that everything is everybody’s, and so doors are never really closed. My sister and I share a bathroom, and when you have a sibling, nothing is actually your own. I’ve never really had anything or any place that was just mine.

W:Your first film was I Am Sam, opposite Sean Penn. You were 6. On the first day of work, you had all your lines memorized, and he started to improvise.
And I thought, Okay, that’s what it’s going to be like. There was no other choice. I think he said, “Knock, knock,” which was not in the script. I said, “Uh…who’s there?” [Laughs.] And, yeah, that’s what it was like. It definitely prepared me for the future. At other times, in other movies, actors would go off script and kind of test me like, Ah—maybe she’s not going to be able to reply. And I already knew how to be ready for anything.

W:One of the things that always impresses me about actors is their ability to fake a skill at a high level. An actor won’t be able to boil water, but he can convincingly play a chef.
I’ve had to learn so many different things for movies. When I played a competitive swimmer in Man on Fire, [director] Tony Scott wanted me to do all the swimming myself. I had to race against girls who were competitive swimmers—and he wanted me to actually win the race. There would be some takes where I didn’t win, and we had to do it again. I willed myself to win.

Read the complete interview at the source.

Outtakes:

A few days ago, Collider published the first images, poster and Synopsis of Dakota’s upcoming film ‘Now is Good’.
We get an excellent glimpse of what we’ll be seeing in her next project!

Synopsis:

Tessa is seventeen and passionate about life. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, she determines to use every moment, compiling a catalogue of what normal teenager would experience, including losing her virginity and taking drugs. With the help of her friend, she sets the list in motion. And while her parents and brother each deals with their fear of losing her in their own way, Tessa explores a whole new world, determined to live every day as intensely as possible. Falling in love with Adam, her new neighbor, wasn’t on the list, but it proves to be the most exhilarating experience of them all.

Images:

More info at the source.

The lovely Fanning sisters attended the Rodarte Spring 2012 Fashion Show during NYC fashion week.

>> See the pictures here!

How cool is this? Dakota will star in a movie written by Emma Thompson, along with Rob’s best friend, actor Tom Sturridge.

EXCLUSIVE: Dakota Fanning will star in the title role of Effie, the Emma Thompson-scripted period biopic about the unfortunate marriage between Euphemia Gray and the famed critic John Ruskin in 1850s London. Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York) is directing. Though the teenager was gorgeous, Effie’s husband never consummated the marriage over five years because Ruskin was for some reason disgusted by her body. After suffering through a loveless marriage and browbeating by her in-laws, Effie fell in love with Ruskin’s protégé, painter John Everett Millais.

Greg Wise will play Ruskin, and Tom Sturridge will play Millais.

“It’s Emma Thompson’s first original script after doing several fine adaptations, and it gets to the heart of Victorian England,” said Rosenfeld, the former head of Merchant Ivory Productions. Rosenfeld and Roald are also producers of the Terrence Malick-directed The Voyage of Time, for which Thompson has signed on to be one of the narrators. “The script for Effie was always brilliant, but sometimes these things take time.” Rosenfeld said. The timing allowed them to raise the funding without having to pre-sell foreign or domestic territories. That won’t come until the film’s premiere, which the filmmakers hope will come at the 2012 Venice Film Festival.

More information on the story and cast at Deadline.

Dakota Fanning will star in “Now Is Good” with Kaya Scodelario, according to Kaya herself, who shared the news on Twitter:

Just been told that I'm aloud 2 tell u guys what my next project is!It's called Now Is Good and I'll be working with Dakota Fanning!Excited!

24 June 2011 12:26 via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite

@kayascollywogs

kaya scodelario

IMDb has the following synopsis:

Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Irvine are to star in “Now Is Good” the film adaptation of Jenny Downham’s debut novel “Before I Die”, about Tessa, a teenager with just a few months to live who has a wish list of things she wants to experience before she dies, including sex, drugs and crime led by the goal of losing her virginity.

Sounds interesting!

A very moving clip from Oprah’s farewell show. Dakota introduced the “Oprah babies”, children born during the time the show aired.

Via LionLambLove.

The final Oprah Winfrey show was filmed yesterday and Dakota Fanning represented young viewers by taking the stage. US Magazine reported:

Dakota Fanning takes the stage with young fans who explain what The Oprah Show means to them. “We call ourselves Oprah Show babies,” Fanning says. “Every step of our lives, you were there. We’ve learned from The Oprah Show that we matter, that we’re enough. Because of The Oprah Winfrey Show, we believe that girls can run the world.”