Casting agents and rabid Twilight fans agree: they can totally see Dakota Fanning as a terrifying, psychic, control-freak leader of an ee-vil sect of Italian vampires.
According to E! News, the team behind Twilight sequel New Moon are looking to nab the 14-year-old Fanning for the role of villainous vampire Jane.
"There were no auditions," E!'s source said. "They just offered it to her outright, and now they're in negotiations. They've been going back and forth.
Fanning's camp has yet to confirm the scoop, reports MTV News, but going off the casting notice that's been circulating, Fanning could be the perfect fit.
As per the notice, Jane is a "petite blonde [check!] with a ... Botticelli angel-like face [double check!] and crimson irises [nothing a three-day bender won't solve!]."
The character is part of a mysterious group of nasty vamps called the Volturi, and according to the casting description, she's usually accompanied by two Volturi guards who "are three times the size of her, [and] they are terrified of her."
Sheesh. We're kind of terrified of Fanning already. Just imagine what she'll be like with red irises and sparkly skin! Hold us.
While Entertainment Weekly suggests that the much-older and much more chipper Kristen Chenoweth should land the role of Jane, a small -- yet apparently media-savvy -- group of Twilighters are already championing Fanning for the role. 128 people have signed an online petition to convince producers to cast Fanning (although we're sure that number will balloon by the time this news item has been picked up on all the appropriate fanboards).
Production on New Moon starts soon in British Columbia, with a release date already pencilled in for November.
And should Fanning indeed get the role, that doesn't leave much time for Twilight Bootcamp. What's Twilight Bootcamp you say? Perhaps some sort of spa getaway where vampire actors get their skin looking its sparkliest? Sadly, no. According to Rob "Bite Me" Pattinson's old pal Camilla Belle, the young Twilight cast was required to undergo media training leading up to the film's release.
As Belle says in the latest issue of Nylon, RPattz didn't take kindly to Celebrity Interviews 101.
"It was the most frustrating thing in the world because they want you to speak like someone else, not yourself. It's so silly. And I would be frustrated, too," said the actress (who, by definition, is paid to 'speak like someone else').
If our interview with Pattinson was any indication, he mustn't have been paying too much attention in class. And that's a good thing. If you haven't already, watch it here.
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