Dakota and Elle Fanning grew up in front of the cameras as child actors with impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
The sisters made their film debut in the 2001 Sean Penn drama, “I Am Sam,”<\/a> where Dakota, 31, starred as Lucy, and Elle, 27, played a younger version of the character.<\/p>\n While each sister took a different path with their careers in the spotlight, they both successfully navigated away from the perils often associated with young actors in Hollywood, thanks, in part, to their desire to put family over everything.<\/p>\n Emma Watson Admits Hollywood \u2018Broke Me\u2019 After Years In Supportive Harry Potter Community<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning said there’s no competition between them when it comes to their Hollywood careers.<\/p>\n When Vanity Fair<\/a> questioned why the Fanning sisters weren’t more “f—ed up,” Elle jokingly said, “We\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re so f—ed up. You don\u2019t even know the half.\u2019”<\/p>\n Elle continued, “Even though we were young in this business, I don\u2019t feel like I missed out on anything. People want us to feel like we missed out. They love that narrative.”<\/p>\n Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Dakota delved further into their relationship and admitted there was “zero” competition between her and her younger sister.<\/p>\n “We obviously share a lot, but we\u2019re very different,” Dakota said. “So I don\u2019t even see something that\u2019s right for her as being right for me. I don\u2019t feel competitive. But I know that people probably don\u2019t believe that.”<\/p>\n Elle noted, “When we were younger, we wanted to make sure that people saw us differently, and we wanted to give each other space to carve our own path. But as adults, it\u2019s been very fulfilling to merge.”<\/p>\n 10 Former Child Stars Get Candid About Life In The Limelight<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Fast-forward to 2025, and Elle wears her status as Dakota’s little sister with a badge of honor.<\/p>\n “I just want to do everything that she does,” Elle said. “I\u2019m a nepo sister. Of course I got opportunities because people are like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s Dakota Fanning\u2019s sister.<\/a> We\u2019ll see her audition.\u2019”<\/p>\n Dakota and Elle Fanning both made their film debut in the 2001 Sean Penn movie, “I Am Sam.”<\/p>\n Dakota’s attitude toward her younger sibling has evolved through the years and “changed as I\u2019ve gotten older,” but the award-winning actress stands by a family-first mantra.<\/p>\n Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “I just want her to have everything that she wants,” Dakota said. “What\u2019s mine is hers, and I feel the same thing back from her. We have that mentality in our family. When something good happens, it\u2019s shared by all of us, because we\u2019ve all helped each other get to where we are.”<\/p>\n Each sister boasts more than 70 credits in the nearly three decades they’ve been in business, but Elle noted she had a slight advantage over other child actors, thanks primarily to her older sister.<\/p>\n “Dakota was always there to protect me,” Elle said. “It\u2019s molded both of us, the responsibility that she\u2019s felt \u2014 that I don\u2019t even know that she\u2019s felt.”<\/p>\n Dakota Fanning starred alongside Tom Cruise in “War of the Worlds” in 2005.<\/p>\n The “Man on Fire” actress<\/a> was subjected to the early aughts of Internet gossip culture, where Elle noted “someone was always trying to catch” her sister doing something.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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