Dakota Fanning Interview: The Watchers & the Horror Movie That Pushed Her to Her Limits

Dakota Fanning has done her fair share of genre projects over the years, but she’s in the midst of an especially epic horror movie one-two punch that could send her star soaring in that particular space.
Fanning headlines Ishana Shyamalan’s (daughter of M. Night Shyamalan) highly anticipated feature directorial debut, an adaptation of the A.M. Shine novel, The Watchers. Fanning plays Mina in the film, a young woman who becomes stranded during a drive through the forest in western Ireland. She manages to find shelter, but “the coop” isn’t the safe haven she hoped for. Along with three others trapped there, Mina is watched and stalked by mysterious and dangerous creatures each night.
After The Watchers hits theaters nationwide on June 7th, the next horror release on Fanning’s calendar will be The Strangers director Bryan Bertino’s new movie, Vicious. That one is said to follow a woman who’s given a strange gift from a late-night visitor. From there, she spends the night “fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hole contained inside the gift.”
With The Watchers gearing up for its big debut, I got the chance to chat with Fanning about genre storytelling. Not only did she dig into what makes Ishana Shyamalan a standout collaborator and what makes The Watchers a one-of-a-kind horror film, but she also took a moment to tease how Bertino’s project pushed her like never before.
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[@Jmadrid530]

Dakota you were amazing in the movie! Such a fan, would love the pleasure of meeting you one day!

[@moviemonster438]

I love seeing her back on the big screen 🙌🏾 looking beautifullll

[@mikebasil4832]

Dakota has a very special gift for the sci-fi and supernatural genres as seen in Spielberg's Taken and War Of The Worlds, the Twilight films, Push and now The Watcher. 🌟

[@Cotton.pickerHoarder]

Dakota fanning aged so hard 😢

[@migratory.114]

dakota's on talking about trying not to have ego about acting in front of a mirror, and here you are saying this. classy.

[@AntiEstablishmentRhetorician]

You failed so hard. 😁

[@ChrisTheAspergerGuy]

What the hell are you smoking? No she didn't.

[@petarrakoc1416]

With that user name and @ you need to go outside more and touch some grass.
Chronically online you’ve fried your brain