Dakota Fanning is breaking her silence about her controversial new role in her upcoming film Sweetness in the Belly.
The actress, 25, shared a statement on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday to give insight into why she accepted the role of a Muslim woman in the drama. Her statement came on the heels of some users protesting her casting on Twitter believing she had taken the role from black Ethiopian actresses.
“Just to clarify. In the new film I’m a part of, Sweetness in the Belly, I do not play an Ethiopian woman,” Fanning wrote. “I play a British woman...
The actress, 25, shared a statement on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday to give insight into why she accepted the role of a Muslim woman in the drama. Her statement came on the heels of some users protesting her casting on Twitter believing she had taken the role from black Ethiopian actresses.
“Just to clarify. In the new film I’m a part of, Sweetness in the Belly, I do not play an Ethiopian woman,” Fanning wrote. “I play a British woman...
- 9/5/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Johnny Vegas' wife Maia Dunphy has given birth to their first child. The 'Benidorm' star, who already has son Michael, 10, from a previous relationship, has revealed he and the Irish TV presenter welcomed a baby boy into the world last Friday (17.07.15) and have named him Tom Laurence. The 44-year-old comedian, whose real name is Michael Joseph Pennington, posted a photograph of three pairs of converse in different sizes, including a new pair for Tom, on his Instagram profile today (21.07.15), with the caption: ''He's got his Mother's eyes & my taste in footwear. Tom Laurence, born last Friday, 7lb 2...
- 7/21/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
Johnny Vegas' wife Maia Dunphy has given birth to their first child. The 'Benidorm' star, who already has son Michael, 10, from a previous relationship, has revealed he and the Irish TV presenter welcomed a baby boy into the world last Friday (17.07.15) and have named him Tom Laurence. The 44-year-old comedian, whose real name is Michael Joseph Pennington, posted a photograph of three pairs of converse in different sizes, including a new pair for Tom, on his Instagram profile today (21.07.15), with the caption: ''He's got his Mother's eyes & my taste in footwear. Tom Laurence, born last Friday, 7lb 2...
- 7/20/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
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