Dakota Fanning tells EW about her 'truth-teller' relationship with sister Elle Fanning and how it differs from her character in 'The Watchers.'
"We're not afraid to be the person who says what's actually going on, and we don't mince words," the actress tells EW.Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled., Mina, has a very troubled relationship with her twin sister. Years after a horrible family tragedy that the two witnessed together, Mina now lives on her own in Ireland and doesn’t return her sister’s calls.
Given how recognizable Fanning is not just as a cinematic presence but also as one half of a celebrity sibling duo with younger sisterhad to ask Fanning if she drew on her own real-life sibling relationship in playing this tormented fictional one. Happily, the answer is no. “My sister and I have such an easy-breezy relationship,” Fanning tells EW. “I mean, we're definitely truth-tellers to one another.
“When I was writing the script, she was the first person that came to mind to play the main role,” Shyamalan tells EW. “I think for our generation of young people, she exists in the ether as this energy and face that we all have been attached to at some point. I was really interested in picking someone who represented what I think youth is today.
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