Dakota Fanning’s Child Stardom Affects How She Treats Young Actors (Exclusive)

Dakota Fanning opened up about her approach to working with young actors after her own history as a child star.

Chatting with PEOPLE exclusively at the New York City premiere of her new Peacock series, All Her Fault, on Nov. 3, the actress, 31, said she treats child actors just like the rest of her coworkers.

“I sort of just treat them how I would treat any other actor. I think that’s what I appreciated when I was younger, so I just kind of go with that,” Dakota explained.

Dakota made her big screen debut at just 7 years old in 2001’s I Am Sam, which also starred Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer.

She went on to costar in movies with Hollywood heavyweights like Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise and Brittany Murphy, all before the age of 12.

The actress now remains busy as ever. Dakota and her sister, Elle Fanning, are currently developing a project based on Paris Hilton’s 2023 memoir. 

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“It’s one of many projects that we’re doing together [and] is something that our company’s developing,” she said. “We loved Paris Hilton growing up so much. So when the opportunity came about to sort of be a partner in telling her story, it was just so exciting.”

“We have a genuine, deep love for the persona of Paris Hilton and also now the person Paris,” continued Dakota.

Dakota’s most recent project, All Her Fault, is a tense thriller about an abducted child. The show is led by Succession’s Sarah Snook and also stars Jake Lacy, Abby Elliott, Sophia Lillis and Michael Peña.

Dakota said she and Snook, 37, were able to build an organic on-screen bond by getting to know each other in real life off camera.

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“Both of our first days on the series … was the scene where our characters meet for the first time. And so I think [it] was really helpful to get to know each other on set and then kind of have our first moment of playing these characters before the sort of mystery thriller part started, and just kind of see who these women are and see that bond,” she said.

She continued, “So that was really nice. You don’t often get to film in any sort of chronological order, so having that little bit of chronology was helpful. And then, just as you do, you get to know people on set and build camaraderie in moments where you can hang out.”

“Sarah was so busy on this. So I think we all wanted to give her rest when she wasn’t working, but it was just a lovely group of people and the best part of being an actor is getting to know people,” Dakota added.

New episodes of All Her Fault air Thursdays on Peacock.