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Ex-Child Star Fanning Weighs Villainous Twilight Role

Actress, 15 next month, in talks to play bad vampire in sequel

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(Newser) – Dakota Fanning: adorable child star or sadistic teen vampire? The actress, 15 next month, is in talks to star as vamp villain Jane in Twilight sequel New Moon, scheduled for a Nov. 20 release, E! reports. “There were no auditions. They just offered it to her outright, and now they’re in negotiations,” a source says. Maybe execs were swayed by an online Dakota-as-Jane petition, already signed by a whopping 130 fans.

Actress Dakota Fanning arrives at the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday Jan. 8, 2009 in Santa Monica, Calif.
Actress Dakota Fanning arrives at the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday Jan. 8, 2009 in Santa Monica, Calif.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Actress Dakota Fanning arrives at the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards on Jan. 7, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Actress Dakota Fanning arrives at the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards on Jan. 7, 2009, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo)
In this Oct. 6, 2008, file photo Dakota Fanning poses at the premiere of the film
In this Oct. 6, 2008, file photo Dakota Fanning poses at the premiere of the film "The Secret Life of Bees" in Beverly Hills, Calif.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)
Actress Dakota Fanning arrives at the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards on Jan. 8, 2009, in Santa Monica, Calif.
Actress Dakota Fanning arrives at the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards on Jan. 8, 2009, in Santa Monica, Calif.   (AP Photo)
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riffran
Jan 24, 09 4:44 AM CST
sorry....but at 15 she is still a child...no matter how talented she may or not be....But I hope she stays level headed, unlike so many other child actors...like say the cory's, Bonaducci's ect.. Reply
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