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Didn’t get role at 16 because she wasn’t “fuckable”


According to her.

https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/elle-fanning-lost-role-age-16-1234871600/

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I'm sure there was an internet basement-dwelling community at the time who would have disagreed with that statement.

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You mean normal straight men?

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I guess that depends on where they are, and whether a 16 yr old is legal!

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It was not about the age, it was about the look, that was the discussion.

It is not very honest to change it like that, to aid your argument.

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Nature determines attractiveness. Not a calendar.

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Of course it does. But a calendar can affect what people say publicly!

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I am guessing they were looking for another young Drew Barrymore for "Far from Home" kind of role.

As for major franchise role, all I can think of is spiderman, maybe lost to Emma Stone.

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Drew was around 14 when she made "Far from Home". I didn't see that movie until a few years after it came out and I remember thinking that she was probably around 18-19 while filming it. About a decade later, I found out that the movie was made in 1989 and she was only 14.

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There are girls look mature for their age, another prime example was Traci Lords, who lied about her age and became a famous porn star at the age of 15.

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this is transformers 4, Michael bay is the director

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It is not a comedy, is it? And I don't think Nicola Peltz had more social media followers.

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It's shocking if true, why in the hell would a young teenage girl need to be "Fuckable" for a film about car journey across America with their father.

She took it in good grace when saying it but that must of sucked hearing it at the time.

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She'll probably never be fuckable. Skinny fair haired women with teeny-tiny facial features are asexual looking. Like Taylor Swift.

Brunettes have more sex appeal, some curves go a long way and you either need a cute or sexy face. Not a doll like one that can be called 'pretty'.

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Go and watch Super 8.

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Why would I do that? I googled it there now and it's a movie from 2011 when Fanning was 13 years old? Are you saying she was sexy in it or something?

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It is like seeing Scarlett Johansen in the Horse Whisperer. You know from seeing them they will always look good.
https://youtu.be/DLs--5pbWlc

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Can’t argue with that.

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Super 8 is a very good film.

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Taylor Swift is hotter
than all her supermodel
friends.

I daren’t imagine who you find sexy.

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THE WORLD IS BIGGER than Hollywood starlets and too young Russian Instagram models

You got music
The environment
And politics
And comedy
And music
And music

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All filled with fuckable women.

Well, music anyway.

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