Dakota Fanning makes quite an impression in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.  Actually, Fanning makes a strong impression in every movie she does.  At just 15 years old, she’s already one of the best and most accomplished actresses out there, with credits spanning from I Am Sam, The Cat in the Hat (2003), and War of the Worlds to Dreamer (2005), Hounddog and the upcoming film The Runaways (2010), which reteams her with New Moon co-star Kristen Stewart.  New Moon casts Fanning as Jane, the super-nasty Volturi who can inflict serious pain merly by using her mind.  It’s a small role, really, just a few minutes of screen time, but Fanning maximizes every second of it, relying on pure performance, an assistant from creepy red contacts and face-whitening makeup, and precious little dialogue.

Popstar recently spoke to Fanning while she was doing her bit to promote New Moon — which opens nationwide on November 20 — and we came away with the following exclusive interview.

 

Jane is really only introduced in New Moon.  What elements of the character did you want to establish?

She’s a pretty scary character, and the power that she has she uses not for good.  She uses it for bad, which was interesting to me.  And I think that she’s pretty unassuming on the outside, because she’s just a young girl.  But she is actually the most dangerous of them all.

 

How did you enjoy working with director Chris Weitz?

Chris is fantastic.  He’s a really kind person and the same as a director, just really nice and very open and warm and welcoming towards me, which was great.  And he knows how to make big movies.  I couldn’t have asked for a nicer guy to work with.

 

You’ve already wrapped Eclipse, right?

I have already filmed Eclipse, so it was exciting to be that character again.  It’s still a small part in the third one, too, but it was fun to reprise her.  And it’ll be the same thing in the next one (Breaking Dawn).

 

Will there be a Jane action figure?

I don’t know.  I know there’s been some talk about it.  There are action figures for some of the characters, but I don’t know about me.  That’d be fun.  That’d be fun.  They’ve already sent me a life-size cutout of myself as Jane.  That was pretty surreal.  I actually had a Dreamer doll.

 

What are you doing next?

I don’t have anything lined up right now.  I have to do press for New Moon now and then I’ll be doing press for The Runaways.  It’s good.  I’m never far from it all, which I like.  As I get older there is so much more that I can do, and I look forward to growing as an actress.  I think The Runaways will be the first (major example) of that.

 

You seem to have struck a nice balance between career and normal childhood…

I have been really lucky to have that normal life to go back to when I’m not working.  I think it’s really important to keep that balance.  Part of that comes from going to high school, and I have great friends and a great family that’s really involved.  That just keeps me grounded when I’m doing this pretty abnormal thing.  Being an actor, everything I get to do is so unbelievable and I don’t think it’ll ever become normal to me.  So I like to have both of those things.

 

You’re not a regular in the tabloids yet.  Do you worry about that changing as you get older, perhaps when you turn 18?  Or maybe even right now, with New Moon opening?

I’ve been lucky to not have that so far, but that could change.  That comes with what I do, and I have to kind of take that with it and accept that.  But doing what I love is worth it.

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