(21 Dec. 2011)
I am psychic, but only with regard to things that don't actually offer any real benefit to me. I can't tell what numbers will come up in the state lottery and didn't foresee the stock market crash--in fact I was hardly aware of it at all until some six months later.
What my psychic powers are good for is telling when young kids are going to grow up to be hot. Which, in addition to being useless, is also mildly creepy.
But let me just say this:
I. FUCKING. CALLED IT.
Dakota Fanning has been in and out of movie spotlights for the last dozen years or so, but it wasn't until around 2005-2006 that she was really getting attention. About the time she starred in the remake of 'Charlotte's Web' and she was in all the newspapers and magazines as a new up-and-coming child actress, I distinctly remember having a conversation about her with a friend of mine. Now, at the time she was just plain adorable, all of eleven years old (it was filmed a year before it was released, remember) with baby teeth missing and dimples and big blue eyes. She was just as cute as a button and everyone knew it--even me, and I hate kids.
This is Dakota Fanning in 2006:
I mean seriously, what a little peach she is.
But when I was talking with a movie-obsessed friend of mine, I distinctly remember saying the following words: "Yeah, she's cute now but, seriously, give it a few years and she's gonna grow up to be a fucking knockout. Like, she'll appear in one movie as a cute little girl and then a year later in another as a total hottie."
At the time I think my friend just sort of brushed me off--well, child stars aren't exactly well known for having a long shelf-life--but right now I feel pretty vindicated.
Because THIS is Dakota Fanning today:
Holy cow.
She's not an adult yet, only about seventeen (thus turning me into a total creepoid), but my point still stands.
Dakota Fanning grew up to be a knockout.
I totally fucking called it, five years ago!
What my psychic powers are good for is telling when young kids are going to grow up to be hot. Which, in addition to being useless, is also mildly creepy.
But let me just say this:
I. FUCKING. CALLED IT.
Dakota Fanning has been in and out of movie spotlights for the last dozen years or so, but it wasn't until around 2005-2006 that she was really getting attention. About the time she starred in the remake of 'Charlotte's Web' and she was in all the newspapers and magazines as a new up-and-coming child actress, I distinctly remember having a conversation about her with a friend of mine. Now, at the time she was just plain adorable, all of eleven years old (it was filmed a year before it was released, remember) with baby teeth missing and dimples and big blue eyes. She was just as cute as a button and everyone knew it--even me, and I hate kids.
This is Dakota Fanning in 2006:
I mean seriously, what a little peach she is.
But when I was talking with a movie-obsessed friend of mine, I distinctly remember saying the following words: "Yeah, she's cute now but, seriously, give it a few years and she's gonna grow up to be a fucking knockout. Like, she'll appear in one movie as a cute little girl and then a year later in another as a total hottie."
At the time I think my friend just sort of brushed me off--well, child stars aren't exactly well known for having a long shelf-life--but right now I feel pretty vindicated.
Because THIS is Dakota Fanning today:
Holy cow.
She's not an adult yet, only about seventeen (thus turning me into a total creepoid), but my point still stands.
Dakota Fanning grew up to be a knockout.
I totally fucking called it, five years ago!
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