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This is a small article from a UK magazine about some of the famous actors that have played Dakota's father in her films.
Date: 2005 Magazine: Unknown
Robert De Niro
Hide and Seek sees Fanning play disturbed child Emily, who conspires with her imaginary friend "Charlie" as extreme violence erupts in
the home of her widower father (De Niro). Says producer Barry Josephson, "When I talked to Bob and John after rehearsal, they would always
be blown away by everything she brought to it."
Tom Cruise
Fanning plays Cruise's daughter in Steven Spileberg's War of the Worlds, Paramount's big summer blockbuster hope for 2005. "It's exciting, that's all I can tell," enthuses Fanning.
Comments Peter Kang from rival studio Fox, "Is there a better eye for child talent than Steven Spielberg? He just plucked her."
Sean Penn
In teary drama I Am Sam, Penn plays a mentally challenged father whose child Lucy (Fanning) is taken into care when her intellectual development
begins to surpass his own. The young actress's first big-screen performance surprised Jessie Nelson: "She often came to me after a take, saying, 'I think I could go farther,
I think I could give you more.'"
Denzel Washington
In Tony Scott's Mexico-set revenge thriller Man on Fire, Washington plays a burnt-out ex-CIA operative hired to protect a businessman's young daughter (Fanning) from kidnap.
"The first scene we did," says the Oscar-winner, "she looked me dead in the face and just performed. I was like, 'Oh shoot, I'm in trouble - this kid can act.'"
Kurt Russell
Writer-director John Gatins changed his horse-racing drama Dreamer from a father-son story to a father-daughter one when Fanning became available to co-star
with Russell. Says producer Mike Tollin, "Jurt said she's one of the best actresses he's ever worked with. He didn't qualify it by saying 'child' actress."
