Alas,  Dakota Fanning, I knew her not at all. In fact, the sweet charms of this little girl have never invaded my heart whether it be War of the Worlds, Uptown Girls or That Film Where She Gets Raped and Says the N-Word That Got No Distribution Because It Was All Hype and No Real Content. But Defamer caught word that Rowan Woods, director of Winged Creatures, was rather annoyed with the plucky starlet:

Woods said his high profile cast was a pleasure to work with except for teenage starlet Dakota Fanning, who could be a diva on the set.

She initially refused to come out of her trailer on day one of shooting because her scene wasn’t filmed first, and was “intensely jealous” of her young co-star Josh Hutcherson.

“Everyone was on their best behaviour on this film because they have got a `really serious Australian director who is known for his ensemble work’,” Woods laughed.

“(Fanning) was the only one who was naughty.”

Woods said while he thinks Fanning is a fine actor, on this film she didn’t hit the mark.

“She is a gorgeous girl … but she was the disaster,” he said.

Oh noes! Woods wrote into Defamer today with the following,

I am very upset and disappointed on behalf of Dakota that such untruths have spun around the internet in regards to Dakota and WINGED CREATURES and that those opinions be attributed to me. They are not my opinions.
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Dakota Fanning is an incredible actor and a wonderful person. She is brilliant as Anne in WINGED CREATURES. The climactic scene of the movie is the most difficult scene and she hits it out of the park.

Take that!

So, either she’s a jealous, stuck-up diva or a delight to work with. Sounds like those old SNL Sketches ring way too close to home after all.

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