Elle Fanning Says Her Dream of Working With Sister Dakota Fanning is Coming True This Year

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At the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival, Elle Fanning chats with THR on the red carpet and talks about her dreams for the new year and fulfilling one by working with her sister Dakota in 'The Nightingale.' Plus, she talks about binging her sister's latest limited series 'All Her Fault.'

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00:00Happy New Year. I'm just going to keep saying it to everyone.

00:02Happy New Year!

00:03Are you a New Year's resolution person?

00:06I am. I mean, I don't know if I ever stick to them.

00:09They're always the same.

00:10You know, stop biting my nails.

00:13Now it's like stop biting all the gel polish off my nails.

00:17Or also, I think, to stay more present.

00:20Sometimes I can get caught up in thinking about the future.

00:24Like, yeah, I am a big dreamer, and that's a good thing.

00:29But sometimes I'm like, just live in the moment a little more.

00:32And so how are you doing that? Are you meditating? Are you like...

00:35No. I've been told that I should meditate.

00:40I've tried, and I don't know if it's for me.

00:43It probably would help me.

00:45Well, speaking of being a dreamer, you gave me the great segue to it.

00:48Because I wanted to ask you, I was just reading an interview with you

00:50where you talked about working with Yo Kim was like always a dream of yours,

00:54and you just never knew how it would possibly happen

00:56because he doesn't really make typical American movies.

01:00So now that you have accomplished that dream and worked for him,

01:03what's next on the bucket list, or what's next on the Elle Fanning dream list?

01:07Whoa! There's a lot on there.

01:10There's a lot on there still to come.

01:12I mean, I do feel like a lot of dreams are being fulfilled, though,

01:16because this year I'm working with my sister for the first time.

01:18Yep. So we're doing that at the end of March.

01:22Wow.

01:22And, yeah, we're going to finally get to film that together

01:26and play sisters and act on screen.

01:28So that's definitely a dream fulfilled.

01:31I mean, I would love to work with Yo Kim again.

01:33You know, he seems to be...

01:35He works with...

01:36You know, he's worked with Renata a few times.

01:39Yeah.

01:39You're going to be in the troupe now.

01:41I hope, yeah.

01:42I mean, tonight I am.

01:43I'm like, International Star Award.

01:44I'm like, I never thought I'd be international, but I'm honorary Scandi.

01:49Yeah, I love that.

01:50And also, I'm so excited to see you working with your sister

01:52because I feel like you guys...

01:53I mean, first of all, you guys both are brilliantly talented,

01:56but seeing you both promote stuff at the same time a few months ago

02:00was so wonderful to see her out there and ask, you know,

02:04you guys speak of each other so lovingly.

02:05So now tell me why Nightingale was the right project for you guys to partner on.

02:09I mean, it is based on Kristen Hanna's novel, The Nightingale,

02:13which is just such a beloved book.

02:17I think that people, their response to it,

02:19they have such an emotional response to it.

02:21And it's kind of the ultimate sister story, I think,

02:26the way that both sisters fight in different ways,

02:30one in a kind of louder way, one in a quieter way.

02:34It's really beautiful.

02:36Shows kind of all the complications, the beauty of having a sister.

02:40So it just felt right.

02:41And did you binge all her fault like everybody else did?

02:45Yeah, I did.

02:46And I didn't know any of the twists.

02:48I didn't know anything.

02:49She kept it a secret from me.

02:51So I was like, what?

02:54But I love binging.

02:55So that was like two days.

02:57I knew all the secrets.

02:59But she wouldn't tell me.

03:01Did you text her and be like, who did it?

03:02Yes.

03:03And I had theories.

03:05And she's like, yeah, yeah.

03:06I was thinking it was her.

03:09I ran through everything.

03:11I did not see the twists coming, though.

03:13I binged in two days, too.

03:15And I had no idea where it was going.

03:17And I also just was like, it was so fun to see her sophisticated,

03:20like pouring a glass of wine and being the friend,

03:22but also having her own career.

03:24It was very exciting.

03:25Yeah.

03:26I loved how their relationship, too.

03:28Like her and Sarah, like the characters, you know,

03:31they were they weren't against each other.

03:34You know, it's nice change.

03:36Ellie, I heard you say that last Oscar season was your first sort of going to the Oscars.

03:40But red carpets are not new for you.

03:42And as somebody who I've been in Cannes, I think every year you've been there.

03:45And it's like every time you make an appearance,

03:47they're always waiting to see what you're going to wear.

03:48So what's the strategy for this season or this award season with this movie?

03:54Wow.

03:55Well, you know, I always like a classic look.

03:57Like I don't necessarily want to.

03:58I mean, I will be a risk taker in fashion,

04:02but I have to go back and look at it and be like, oh, I felt comfortable.

04:06Like the dress wasn't wearing me.

04:08Like it was perfect for that moment.

04:10So, yeah, I think that that's what I'm going for.

04:13A little like classic.

04:14I don't want to have any fashion regrets.

04:18But, yeah, this is a vintage dress, actually, that has been in my closet.

04:22So I just, yeah, I bought it a couple years ago.

04:24Pulled it out tonight.

04:25Well, it looks amazing.

04:27Who knows?

04:28Do you have like a big collection of vintage dresses?

04:31I have some.

04:32I mean, I was a big, even just like thrift store girl, like back in the day.

04:35I have tons of that.

04:37So I do love vintage clothes, yeah.

04:39I have tons of that.

04:51And now I have a деньги with dép Gravityvette.

04:53The last time I say,

04:55it's easy for women to wear.

04:55I'm good.

04:56Cause I don't have any buys one binder indeed.

04:57So, yeah, I got it.

04:58I don't even know.

04:58So yeah.

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