Dakota Fanning may seem like an adorable little munchkin on the outside, but don't let that fool you - girl's got some fangs already. Obviously, having been on the Hollywood scene since she was a blastocyst, Dakota has learned a few things. Like how to lash out against the press. Knowledge she's putting to good use in the wake of criticism over her appearance in a rape scene in the new movie Hounddog, which is currently showing at the Sundance Festival.
Oddly, people are behaving a bit squeamishly about the idea of a 12-year-old playing a sexual assault scene in a film. Especially religious groups, who've been mostly going after Fanning's parents and the film's makers, questioning their judgment in allowing the youngster to do that sort of thing. And this is what has raised Dakota's ire. Quoth Dakota:
"When it gets to the point of attacking my mother, my agent ... my teacher, who were all on the set that day, that started to make me mad. ... I can let other things go, but when people start to talk about my mother, like, that's really bad in my opinion ... that's an attack, and that's not fair. They hadn't seen the movie."
Well, somebody's schooled Dakota well in the art of celebrity indignation. If I hadn't known any better I might've thought that was Catherine Zeta-Jones or Jennifer Aniston speaking. You know, somebody who's long been known for tearing into the press. But no, it's little Dakota. Sweet, innocent little Dakota. Who is about three years and a boob job away from being Lindsay Lohan.
