Dakota
Fanning Steps Down From My Sister's Keeper Role
2/14/08
Child star Dakota Fanning has pulled out of new movie My Sister's
Keeper - because she isn't prepared to shave her head.
The War Of The Worlds star, 13, was set to star in the forthcoming Nick
Cassavetes film, about a young girl who files for legal separation from
her parents after discovering she was only conceived to help prolong the
life of her sick sister.
But Fanning withdrew from the project after learning the role would
require her to lose her blonde locks, reports industry publication
Variety.
And the teen is not the only one to quit My Sister's Keeper - her
nine-year-old sister Elle has also pulled out of the movie.
They will now be replaced by Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin as
the elder and younger siblings, respectively.