#MVFF37: Spotlight on Elle Fanning [Interview and Photos]

#MVFF37: Spotlight on Elle Fanning [Interview and Photos]

08 Oct, 2014

On October 4, 2014, Dig In Magazine attended the Spotlight on Elle Fanning, which featured a conversation with Elle Fanning and a screening of LOW DOWN. Fanning launched her career at the age of three, and now, at the age of 16, has built an accomplished body of work. Fanning was presented with the MVFF Award. Read our interview with Elle Fanning and view our photos from this special night!

Read our review of LOW DOWN!

View our exclusive red carpet interview with MVFF Award recipient and LOW DOWN actress Elle Fanning:

Interview with Elle Fanning by Cindy Maram

Dig In Magazine: You did such a good job in this film. How was it working with director Jeff Preiss?

Elle Fanning: I love Jeff! He’s here. I just got to see him. He’s known Amy, my character, for a very long time. So, they collaborated together and are close friends. I think it was amazing to have a director like Jeff who is so absorbed in the story. And [he] just loved the memoir that Amy wrote. He knew Joe Albany’s jazz music way before the script was written, because Jeff is a huge jazz fan. I think having a director like that was so important, because he wanted to do it [the story] justice.

DIM: What were the most challenging and most rewarding parts of playing the role?

Elle: I think the most challenging part was knowing that it was a true story and knowing that these events actually happened. Amy is still alive and was on set everyday. So, it’s a little intimidating when you’re playing someone and creating their life. You want to make sure that you do it right. That was definitely nerve-wracking. I guess the best thing that came out of it was that Amy said, after it was all done, “there couldn’t have been a better me!” And that made me really happy that I succeeded in playing her.

Photos by Cindy Maram and Andrea Salles for Dig In Magazine

About the author

Cindy Maram

Cindy Maram is a Dancer, Public Speaker and our Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the entertainment, fashion and arts publication, Dig IN Magazine. She is an accredited film critic for Cannes Film Festival in the South of France, Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, SFFilm Festival and CAAMFest, as well as a runway fashion photographer and editor for London Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. She also serves as a professional sports photographer and writer. She is a prolific art critic providing media coverage for Art Basel Miami Beach and surrounding Miami Art Week fairs. As a creator, Cindy is a writer, vlogger, podcaster, social media strategist and manager possessing a Bachelor's Degree from UC Davis and Master's Degree completing graduate work in Mass Communications + Popular Culture Studies with an emphasis in Film/Marketing/Writing from Cal State Fullerton. Further, she is producer of independent feature length and short films, and is committed to supporting the visibility of underrepresented groups in the media and film industry.

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