Amandine Lhoste“We have plans for sure,” said Cannes regular and Sentimental Value actress Elle Fanning about reteaming with her sister Dakota Fanning in a future project.
Fanning fielded the question today at the Cannes presser for the Joaquim [Sabina] Trier movie.
The sisters previously starred together in the 2001 Sean Penn-Michelle Pfeiffer movie, I Am Sam, playing the older and younger version of the character Lucy. They also provided the voices of the sisters in the English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 title My Neighbor Totoro.
While the Cannes red carpet – and subsequent photo calls – are often a place of unapologetic glamour courtesy of the world’s most renowned fashion houses. The Fannings were originally set to star in Sony’s feature take of the Kristin Hannah bestseller The Nightingale with Melanie Laurent directing about two sisters during WWII dealing with the German Occupation in France. However, the project was halted during Covid.
Fanning’s shirt, which features the slogan crudely scrawled, is courtesy of Dylan’s T-shirt Club, a streetwear brand founded by an 11-year-old named – you guessed it – Dylan. For those hoping to get their hands on the shirt to pledge allegiance to Trier, you’re out of luck; Dylan’s T-shirts are one-of-a-kind and drawn by hand. In Trier’s latest, Fanning plays a young Hollywood star who scores a part in an esteemed filmmaker’s movie (Stellan Skarsgård) after his daughter Nora (Renate Reinsve) passes on the part. The pic deals with the complexity of estranged family dynamics.
This isn’t the first time a white T-shirt has turned heads at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Earlier this week, Alexander Skarsgård turned up at the Pillion photo call in an extra tight t-shirt featuring Tom of Finland boot-licking artwork.
Fanning said that working with Trier was on her “bucket list”. She was sent the script, read it quickly, which is always a sign of her passion, and hit it off with the Danish-born Norwegian director on zoom.
“I was floored. You don’t come by scripts like this that are moving and nuanced,” said Cannes’ once youngest jury member of the 2019 edition.
Prior to shooting the next Predator movie in New Zealand, Fanning made a pitstop in Oslo, Norway to go through a rehearsal process with Trier. “We were doing rehearsal scenes, of rehearsal scenes.”
“There was a meta-ness of an actor playing an actor,” she added.
“He creates a space to be open, and gets things out of you; you’re surprising yourself every day. It was creatively fulfilling.”
Sentimental Value received a mindboggling 19-minute standing ovation last night at its Cannes premiere.
The pic reps the fourth premiere for Joaquin [Sabina] Trier at Cannes. The director himself has yet to receive any prizes here, however, Worst Person in the World took home Best Actress for Reinsve. That movie also went on to be nominated for two Oscars including Best International Film and Original Screenplay.
To complete the look, Fanning wore light wash flare jeans, chunky wooden platforms and an elegant silk scarf tied around her head – a cheeky ’70s moment on the Croisette. Are you ready for Joachim Trier summer?
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