The real Dakota Fanning bald head story

**Nerissa** · February 16th, 2008, 05:01 PM

I'm sorry but I don't believe this...

**sparkly** · February 16th, 2008, 05:02 PM

^I'm really hoping she either didn't say it, or it was taken out of context. There's no excuse for that kind of insensitivity, but sometimes people just blurt things out without thinking first.

**Nerissa** · February 16th, 2008, 05:59 PM

^ I'm hoping so, too...

Because of what I have seen of her she is a nice girl.

**MsDark** · February 16th, 2008, 06:25 PM

What an insensitive little shit. Good riddance anyway. Abagail Breslin is way more talented than that little Gollum anyway.

DitaPage* · February 16th, 2008, 06:33 PM

I think she did say it, she strikes me as a little bitch who's had too much, too soon.

Originally Posted by MrsDark

Abagail Breslin is way more talented than that little Gollum anyway.

Gollum, oh god, she really does look like like him!

Yeah, she's not an attractive girl.

**MrsMarsters** · February 16th, 2008, 10:47 PM

She may be "mature" for her are, however doesn't mean she can't be a little bitch. I doubt she said it, but eh whatever.

**Kathie_Moffett** · February 17th, 2008, 03:13 AM

Originally Posted by Sm0kah0ntas

Really? Skeptical...

lemme find out this grown azz man is planting cruel false stories about a child because she dropped out of his movie...

This is one of the monumentally rare times when I can actually give firsthand info. I know a man who was Dakota's bodyguard for a while, a few years ago. Mind you, this is an embittered, cynical guy who is not easily impressed. He is also a pretty sharp judge of character. And, although he's a father, he's NOT a 'kid' person and is not melted by cute little precocious kid antics.

All that, and he said that Dakota was not only the sweetest kid actor he encountered in years of working in Hollywood, but she was also very well-mannered and almost preternaturally intelligent, basically 'prodigy' or genius level IQ. He REALLY liked her, and again, this is a guy who is extremely difficult to endear yourself to.

He also despised her mother and called her "a fucking idiot" and a pushy, demanding stage mother. One stunt I remember hearing about was her was giving Dakota Coke after Coke to drink on a hot outdoor shoot, until she basically got sick and had to go lie down. Caffeine and sugar by the bucketload for a little kid working long hours out in the sun--brilliant. He'd tried to intervene and get her water or juice instead but was treated to the old "I'm her mother and I know what's good for her" BS. There were quite a few incidents of that sort.

So anyway....I tend not to believe the Cassavetes story.

**MsDark** · February 17th, 2008, 01:43 PM

Who knows? Seen some sweet kids morph into cunty teenagers. Certainly seems like all the ingredients and then some were there for that recipe.

Anyway, if she really said that I hope her hair falls out after a coloring procedure or something and she has to wear a wig for awhile.

**Novice** · February 17th, 2008, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by MrsDark

What an insensitive little shit. Good riddance anyway. Abagail Breslin is way more talented than that little Gollum anyway.

Which is the one that Ryan (Gosling?) took to a toy store & bought a big $300 toy (giraffe?) for? & she stage whispered to her mom that he was an idiot for buying her something that expensive???

I remember reading that & then reading this a couple of days later & thinking that the generation after Lyndsay/Paris/Britney et ho has learnt well.....

**PinkCadillac** · February 17th, 2008, 03:26 PM

That kid gives me the creeps

**sparkly** · February 17th, 2008, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Kathie_Moffett

This is one of the monumentally rare times when I can actually give firsthand info. I know a man who was Dakota's bodyguard for a while, a few years ago. Mind you, this is an embittered, cynical guy who is not easily impressed. He is also a pretty sharp judge of character. And, although he's a father, he's NOT a 'kid' person and is not melted by cute little precocious kid antics.

All that, and he said that Dakota was not only the sweetest kid actor he encountered in years of working in Hollywood, but she was also very well-mannered and almost preternaturally intelligent, basically 'prodigy' or genius level IQ. He REALLY liked her, and again, this is a guy who is extremely difficult to endear yourself to.

He also despised her mother and called her "a fucking idiot" and a pushy, demanding stage mother. One stunt I remember hearing about was her was giving Dakota Coke after Coke to drink on a hot outdoor shoot, until she basically got sick and had to go lie down. Caffeine and sugar by the bucketload for a little kid working long hours out in the sun--brilliant. He'd tried to intervene and get her water or juice instead but was treated to the old "I'm her mother and I know what's good for her" BS. There were quite a few incidents of that sort.

So anyway....I tend not to believe the Cassavetes story.

Thank you for posting this.

It's so refreshing to read stories about child actors who aren't roped into the shallow lifestyle that is so prevalent in Hollywood. I didn't want to believe she said this, and I'm glad to know she's a sweet girl.

**Honey** · May 22nd, 2008, 10:09 PM

Gollum

Good one MrsD

**maryk** · May 23rd, 2008, 04:23 PM

she was willing to be fake molested for an award in a crappy film but a great novel which is very popular but requires shaving her head she won't do? And if she DID make the comment well then I'm glad she's already going the way of Haley Joel Osment...