Dakota Fanning on Sweet Home Alabama, Man on Fire, and I Am Sam | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this Screen Tests interview, Dakota Fanning talks about improvising with Sean Penn on the set of I Am Sam, playing young Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama, learning from Tony Scott during Man on Fire, her Marc Jacobs campaign, her mom’s reaction to There’s Something About Mary, her first audition, her desire to have a “normal“ high school experience, college life at NYU and taking on the risqué roll of Cherie Currie in The Runaways. Watch W Magazine on The Scene: Connect with W online: Visit : Follow W on Facebook: Follow W on Google : Wmagazine Follow W on Twitter: Follow W on Instagram: Follow W on Pinterest: Follow W on Tumblr: Lynn Hirschberg’s Screen Tests: Dakota Fanning - November 2011 Starring: Dakota Fan