Elle Fanning Recalls the ‘Crazy’ and Over-the-Top Movie Premieres She Attended as a Kid: ‘They Were Nuts’ (Exclusive)
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Toria Sheffield, Scott HuverNovember 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Elle Fanning in November 2025; her in 2002 -
Elle Fanning, 27, reminisced about the “crazy” kids’ movie premieres she used to attend when she was a child
She went on to dish about her latest film, Predator: Badlands
The actress caught up exclusively with PEOPLE during the Los Angeles premiere of the film, which hit theaters on Nov. 7
Elle Fanning is taking a trip down memory lane — to when studios had “crazy” premieres tailored-made for kids.
Fanning caught up with PEOPLE exclusively while attending the premiere for her new action movie, Predator: Badlands, in Los Angeles on Nov. 3.
During the conversation, the 27-year-old actress reminisced about a time in the early aughts when studios held lavish premiere parties for children’s movies that all of Hollywood’s youngest talent would attend.
“Remember back then when there were kids’ premieres? Like, [they were] amazing. There were elephants and it was crazy,” Fanning recalls.
“I remember going to those with my sister,” she adds of Dakota Fanning, 31. “I’d get my little outfit ready and walk down [the red carpet]. I've always loved fashion, so [...] I loved the kids' premieres of the early 2000s.”
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Dakota and Elle Fanning at 'The Santa Claus 2' premiere in 2002
The A Compete Unknown actress also recalled an annual Halloween charity bash hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis in Santa Monica, Calif., noting that she still enjoys dressing up for Halloween to this day.
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Dakota and Elle Fanning at a Halloween fundraiser in 2005
Fanning went on to discuss her current project, Predator: Badlands, the most recent installment in the Predator franchise which also draws from the Alien franchise. In the film, set in the distant future, Fanning plays two roles: Thia, an android, and her rival, an android named Tessa.
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“This is the furthest set into the future of an Alien film or a Predator film. Meaning the synths [...] that I played were both the most advanced we've seen so far,” Fanning explains. “Especially Thea's personality is very big and emotive and empathetic, and we've played with that. And also she has great comedic timing. She is full of humor, which you've never seen a synth be quite this funny before maybe. If people think I'm funny.”
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Elle Fanning at the 'Predator: Badlands' premiere on Nov. 3, 2025
She added that the film used a number of practical effects, and that she and her costar, Dimitrius Schuster‑Koloamatangi, did many of their own stunts.
“I was really hooked up to him, back to back, flying through the air and doing all of [these stunts],” she says, noting that they became extremely close throughout the filming process.
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“We are very close, [...] and he's such a good actor. He just is so amazing with the physical challenges, the acting challenges we had,” she says.
Predator: Badlands arrived in theaters on Nov. 7.
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