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Elle Fanning Reveals She Was Turned Down For Role In Family Film At 16 For Being 'Unf**kable'

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The actor made the startling revelation about an audition for a 'father-daughter road trip comedy' during 'The Hollywood Reporter''s 'Actors Roundtable.'

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Elle Fanning revealed during The Hollywood Reporter's latest "Actors Roundtable" that she was turned down for a family film role when she was just 16 because—as she was told—she was "unf**kable."

The actor—who was joined by Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jenna Ortega, Natasha Lyonne, Eyo Edebiri and Devery Jacobs—heard about it from a source other than her manager or agent who were very protective of her.


The now 25-year-old explained:

"I’ve never told this story, but I was trying out for a movie. I didn’t get it. I don’t even think they ever made it, but it was a father-daughter road trip comedy."
"I didn’t hear from my agents because they wouldn’t tell me things like this—that filtration system is really important because there’s probably a lot more damaging comments that they filtered—but this one got to me."
"I was 16 years old, and a person said, 'Oh, she didn’t get the father-daughter road trip comedy because she’s unf**kable.'”

You can watch the clip below.

WARNING: NSFW language

People on social media—as well as Fanning's fellow actors at the roundtable—expressed their disgust that such a revolting comment was made... and about a 16-year-old at that.








Of course, many also wanted the guilty parties exposed.




Fanning noted she is able to laugh about the incident now.

"Yeah, it’s so disgusting."
"And I can laugh at it now, like, 'What a disgusting pig!'"

Thankfully those kinds of comments and growing up in the public eye didn't have a negative effect on her.

Fanning stated:

"I don’t feel like it damaged me, but it definitely made me very aware of myself."

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