Dakota Fanning grew raised in Hollywood, for the most part. Since she was five years old, she has been an actor.
She started out in commercials before going on to the big screen.Her career has been amazing, with major assignments under her belt at a relatively young age.
The actress has a lot of fascinating anecdotes to share, having worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood before she was even thirteen. To learn more, continue reading.
In a recent interview, Fanning recalled how Cruise initiated the practice with an extremely special gift during their time together on ‘War of the Worlds’ filming.
‘Tom sends me a birthday gift every year and has since that birthday,’ Fanning said.
Recently, Dakota Fanning has been appearing in press to promote Ripley, her Netflix series in which she co-stars with Andrew Scott.
She related the tale of how she obtained her first cellphone during the interview. In a game that Scott and Fanning played, Scott was asked, ‘Who gave Dakota her first cell phone?’ and he answered,
‘All right, so it’s going to be a famous Hollywood person… Tom Cruise? His response was accurate,
as Fanning attested to the fact that Cruise was the one who had left her her first mobile phone—a Motorola Razr.
Oh my God, I was ecstatic,’ she said, remembering how it felt to receive the movie star’s incredible birthday gift.
She ‘didn’t have anybody to call or text at that time,’ but having her very own flip phone made her feel great anyway.
‘You know, I was eleven,’ she explained. But I cherished owning it. I adored it. I was so cool.
She disclosed
that she had observed Cruise’s considerate nature ever since they worked together on a movie in 2005.
Since they worked on War of the Worlds together, she claimed the actor has remembered her birthday each year. He was so thoughtful as to remember to send her a gift as well.
Since that birthday, which was just her 30th, Tom has sent me a birthday present every year, the woman revealed.
She applauded Cruise, saying, ‘Yeah, so thoughtful, really really nice.’ Scott laughed, ‘That’s lovely, he’s never given me anything,’ and then he turned to face the camera.