Sisterly squabble.
Dakota Fanning shared the one and only âsister tiffâ she and Elle Fanning got into while filming their upcoming movie, âThe Nightingale,â based on Kristin Hannahâs novel of the same name.
âRight towards the end, there was a scene we were doing together, and it was this really hot room and we were on this couch, and I was like, âMove your leg!ââ Dakota recalled on Tuesdayâs episode of âThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.â
âShe was like, âMy leg has been here all day!â And I was like, âNo, it hasnât. Get off of me! Iâm too hot. Youâre sweating on meâ ⊠I was like, âStop talking!ââ
Dakota continued, âIt was the only quote-unquote âfightâ â but the crew was dying because we had kept it so together the whole time. It was totally a sister tiff.â
The former child stars have appeared in some of the same films in the past, including âI Am Samâ in 2001 and âMy Neighbor Totoroâ in 2005.
Dakota, 32, explained that in those movies, they shot separate scenes, as Elle, 28, played younger versions of her characters. So they have never truly acted alongside each other â until now.
âThe Nightingaleâ follows the story of estranged sisters Vianne (Dakota) and Isabelle (Elle), who navigate Nazi-occupied France during World War II through contrasting paths of quiet survival and active, dangerous rebellion.
Dakota admitted that she and Elle were âsilently panickedâ about sharing scenes for the first time.
âWe were very quietly nervous about it. I think we didnât really want to tell the other one how nervous we were,â she explained. âWe were like, âAre we going to laugh? Are we going to be able to keep it together?ââ
âItâs the person that knows you the best in the world that youâre acting with,â she added. âWeâre super close and we were a little silently panicked.â
The âAll Her Faultâ star also revealed that Elle had one request for her on set â to leave her âolder sister behaviorâ at home.
âI had to treat her like I would treat any other actor,â Dakota explained, noting that she struggled to do so.
âThe Nightingale,â directed by Michael Morris, hits US theaters on March 19, 2027.
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