Dakota Fanning said that as a child star, she was asked “super-inappropriate questions” by the media — and she said it felt like people almost wanted her to fail.
Speaking to The Cut, the 30-year-old actress — who has been part of Hollywood since she was 5 years old in movies like “Man on Fire,” “Uptown Girl,” and “I Am Sam” — said that in interviews at a young age, she remembers journalists asking her questions she thought were strange.
“‘How are you avoiding becoming a tabloid girl?’ People would ask super-inappropriate questions. I was in an interview as a child and somebody asked, ‘How could you possibly have any friends?’ It’s like, Huh?” She explained.
“I have a lot of compassion for people who have been made into examples,” Fanning said. “If society and the media hadn’t played their part, who knows? I don’t think that it’s…
