Elle Fanning

Yeah.

Wait a minute.

But no. No, we weren't really allowed, like my sister and I, like pranking. We weren't a pranking household.

Yeah, that's what my mom was like. Like, no, no. You know what?

He's from Conyers, Georgia. Oh, yes, but I know him. Oh, yeah, you know him real well. Wait, no, I know him. Wait, I think I know him.

I don't know, but I do. Jack Mahoon? From 31?

I really do. I think he knows my aunt really well, and I think they went to school.

Wait, let me make sure that I'm thinking it. Yeah, no, totally, and I've actually hung out with him a lot of times. Yay! I just want to... Because he does know my aunt.

He's just not someone that I think, you know... No, hey, trust me.

I spent a whole day with him. Exactly from there. So it's a small, small town.

And he has such a thick accent. Yes.

Oh, my God. He does. He's like. Oh, my God.

Jack is just getting offended left and right. No, no, no.

But he's the only other person, you know, that's from there.

Well, we have our answer then.

Cut that bit out.

No, right? Why? Why cut it out?

Negative numbers, negative numbers.

It really was. Yeah, totally. Because I... I mean, I went to a regular school from fourth grade on and graduated senior year, whatever. But when I would work, I would like go and I'd had a studio teacher that would teach me things. And it would be like you'd be doing this like really intense scenes like.

Be like crying and then going down to like a basement where they like set up a little, you know, picnic table and two chairs and you're there and having to do your schoolwork.

And then I also because the school that I went to was pretty hard. Like I had to keep up with the schoolwork or like I couldn't do. Well, that's good. I mean, I think it's very important, but. Then I would be, like, staying up until, like, 3 a.m., like, getting stuff done and, like, writing papers. And, like, I think now I'm like, how did I do that? No, but you think about it.

Like, I had the energy to do that when I was little. And now when I'm doing a project, I'm, like, so exhausted at the end of the day. But it used to be that I would go home and have all this, like, work to do and book reports. Right. How did I find the time?

But it's kind of nice. Yeah, there's something about it that is nice because you can just switch in and out of it. And it's I don't know, not that I'm not the type of actor anyways that really stays in it in between. Like I need to go do something else or, you know.

But go to crafty and like. laugh and relax and like I don't really stay totally in it but I think because when I was a kid I was so used to switching in and out of it that that's what I'm programmed to do it's making me think now wouldn't it be amazing if it was required of everyone not just kids but anyone during in between scenes had to learn stuff

It's crazy. We've done, I think the closest thing was an animated. We were in My Neighbor Totoro when they did the English dubbing. Like version of that. And I was four. Dakota was eight, I guess. And we played sisters in that, but it was voiceover. It's not the same. Not the same at all. No, no.

Yes, yes. And we have a production company that we're producing projects together.

Yeah, Llewellyn Pictures.

Yes, yes.

Yeah, yeah. Really cool. And Llewellyn is our she's was our family dog. But yeah, that's we're honoring her. But she yeah, we have this. We're always looking at projects. And we had a couple of projects that were like, oh, it's almost going to work out that we were going to do together. And there are still some ideas because we have to make it happen.

It's like it's crazy that, you know, we're always looking for it.

Great.

And you'll be the third sister.

Hello, sisters.

Yes.

You are wearing a cashmere hoodie under a blazer. Yeah, basically.

No, but it's like, it's a good color combo. Thank you. It's dark green with a navy.

Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, I think I always like growing up, I was kind of allowed to like put my outfits together and wear what I wanted to. I did a lot of like thrifting and vintage shopping and stuff like that. So and then it's like, I don't know, acting.

It also comes with this whole other area that's like this red carpet side, which is weird because it's like not everyone likes to do that just because you're in movies. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to get your picture taken all the time. Sure. But I think, I don't know, for me, maybe I was like, I do like this. Oh, yeah.

I do like the red carpet kind of artistic expression and getting to, it's like another character, you know? Yeah. And keeping up with those things.

It's a fashion montage every time.

Flemish armored top.

Yeah, there is. And there are some days you're just like, oh, gosh, like you have to think so much about that stuff. But then I don't know. Other times it's it's very fun. But it's interesting with like with movie like this, like certain press tours and stuff, you know that it's going to be, oh, you know.

Martin Scorsese directed that ad. Oh, really?

Yes. I mean, she I play in the film. Her name is Sylvie Russo, but she's based on Suze Vertolo, who was Bob Dylan's girlfriend.

Exactly.

Yes. And that's her.

That is. And it's really honestly, it's really true to their relationship. It's just her name is different. That's the only thing. And I think it was actually out of a request from Bob Dylan himself, because everyone else's name is what their name was.

Yeah.

Yeah, it was so amazing to see. And I... Yeah, because it takes place from, like, 61 to 1965, basically. Mm-hmm. Ending when he was at the Newport Coke Festival and goes electric for the first time. It changes the course of music forever. And gets booed. Yes. And I think he was, well, he was called Judas.

At that festival.

I don't know if it was at that one. I know in our movie it is because we play... You know, we try to stay true, of course, to what happened. But then at the same time, it is a film. And James Mangold, who directed the movie, he wanted to take liberties as well because it is a movie. And also Bob Dylan himself as a figure, he is so mysterious and he himself likes to play with what's true or not.

You know, we don't necessarily know all the truth.

I know, I know.

Exactly. And it just takes... that kind of one person to be daring enough to change, you know, and step outside of the box.

We are going to host the Oscars.

Oh, completely.

Yeah, it's really shot with like such authenticity. I mean, we shot in New York and also New Jersey because obviously a lot of those iconic New York streets now are very modernized. So we we actually took like in Hoboken kind of created like Cafe Wah and West Village, you know, over there. Arianne Phillips did our costumes and she's just absolutely incredible.

I think Timmy had like 70 outfit changes because it really goes from him like starting Robert Zimmerman to Bob Dylan, like everything. in we you see him as someone from Minnesota who like literally just got off the bus and seeing New York for the first time. So there's such an evolution that he takes in the film. And I was a huge I it I Saying this, it's like, oh, gosh, I hear how I sound.

But it honestly is true. But I was a huge Bob Dylan fan because Cameron Crowe, I did We Bought a Zoo with him when I was 13. I think that's what I came on your show for the first time. But he introduced me to Bob Dylan. And I became like a Bob Dylan nut. And I wasn't allowed to have posters on my room. But I had a corkboard. And on the corkboard, I had Bob Dylan up there.

And I would write every day. It... And I have to find photos of this. But in middle school, I would write Bob Dylan on my hand right here in cursive every day.

Like, weird. I don't know why I also did that. I think I was like, I'm cool, you know. I like Bob Dylan. And in middle school, I was like, you don't know who he is, you know. And I'm like, I do, but... I did that. I really did. So I feel like I manifested like getting this part. It's kind of wild. You manifested it. You manifested it. Kids in school were like, what is that? Who is that?

Wow.

I was just more like, oh, you know.

Exactly.

I was like, what? And they came to me. I was like, freaking out.

That's right.

Totally. Totally. I mean, I... You know, they... I know this... The movie they'd been trying to do for a while and with the strike and...

All of his own singing. I was in like an auditorium for the first time and hearing him sing. I think it was a hard rain's going to fall. He was singing that. And all the background artists like in the auditorium were like, that's not him. Like he's lip singing. I was like, yes, it is. I, like, tapped him. I was like, I know it is. I know it's him.

Again.

Like, the most annoying person.

I'll start. I'll start. I don't know what that will manifest, but, you know.

Yeah. And he said he worked or that he like worked at a carnival. Yes. And yeah, he said whatever. The traveling circus, which I don't know if that's true.

Yeah, definitely. And I think even like through his I mean, obviously his songs and he's like one of the greatest writers, I think, that we have. I mean, and it is interesting, like thinking about he didn't want to kind of deal with the fuss of people judging him for his past. You know, like he just was like, this is my work. I want you to judge at face value.

I thought it was hilarious when he won.

Yes.

Exactly. But I want the fuss.

I never I haven't met him.

No, I did not. I was I was told Timothy hasn't met him either. Jim has met him, James Mangold. But we have not met him. I was told that. I was going to have a rehearsal with Jim and Bob Dylan. I got this email and I was like, oh, my God. I was like, this is amazing. Like, I have to pick out what I'm going to wear. I have like, what am I going to say to him? What am I going to ask? I'm so excited.

And I walk in the next day and it's Jim and Timmy. Oh, no. And I was like, oh, what? Boo. I know.

I know. I was like, no. What a waste of time. I thought it was Bob Dylan. We were laughing over that. Was he in character the whole time or something? No, I think it's just like, sometimes they do that on set.

Yeah. Well, there's, you know, and, you know, an assistant had like written it down, Bob Dylan. It was like both names, like Bob Dylan, all caps, bold, in bold. So maybe I should have realized. Well, I...

You have?

Oh, no.

Oh, my God.

And that was it. But he knows you.

And it wasn't the TV.

Yeah, yeah. You should have told him. I saw him at a concert right before we went at the Kings Road Theater in New York. And I saw him. And I actually... So sad. I had eaten a bad turkey sandwich and I was like in the middle, like the concert. I'd never seen Bob Dylan live before. And I'm like, I knew I was doing the movie and Timothy was there and were there.

And I just was like, oh, no, I'm going to throw up. And so it was I had to leave like halfway through. And actually, I so I ran out of the stadium and it's like a beautiful theater, like really kind of grand and.

gold it's like it's really pretty run out right next to the concession stand like in the lobby and i i can't make the bathroom just puke turkey sandwich all in the carpet oh my god and then i know i was like oh gosh and i had i had to leave and i went to the bathroom and then when i came back they had like a sad little like cone over my throw up you know like avoid this area

I was like, no, I have to get back to the concert. Oh, that's terrible. I must see. I know. So darn.

Yeah, exactly. It was the turkey sandwich.

He's like, I'm going to show these two. Yeah. Yeah.

We did make him. It's because of us. What's a major villain origin story?

Just being nice.

Everyone likes Liza.

Yeah, it's true. I mean, I think like... You must have learned a lot. Just growing up, you know, from... I didn't go to like acting class or anything. So it's just like being on set and around different personalities and different people and picking up on, you know, what people do. And I mean, honestly, it's like my mom. Yes. Like, you know, she would be on set with me or my grandmother.

And I would have, you know, write a note, get rap gifts for everyone. Like I've just always done that. Even like small things about like putting at the end of the day, like your costume, like making sure that it's like hung up, that you hang it up.

I know it just makes you feel better to I don't know, to be to be kind. I mean, it sounds so cliche and easy, but I don't in this business. It's like there's a lot of not nice people.

But you are known, you actually are known as like the nicest and the best. Well, that's very sweet. You are. Everyone says it and everyone thinks it.

Hi, my name is Elle Fanning, and I feel ecstatic about being Coded O'Brien's friend.

People remembering people's names. You know, people, you know what I mean? Like on set, you do meet a lot of people.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Completely.

Oh, no!

No, seriously. I want to pop in now. I want to like because the office is it was this is really nice with the kitchen and everything. Yeah. Yeah. Just don't go in there. That's our kitchen. Like I've already had like pockets full of snacks. Yeah.

And then you haven't seen me for, that was a long time.

I'm so sorry. Yeah. So sorry. I've never been that happy again.

We get it today. Yeah. But I feel the same.

It was a lie. I'm devastated. I can't believe that that's a lie. I know.

It was Ryan's Roses.

And I think they still do.

Yes. In the mornings, going to school in the mornings. And my grandmother, she actually tuned in. This was on the top of my mind because she said that she listened to it the other day and she hadn't listened to it in forever. And we would listen to it together. And now I'm like, I have to go break the news to her. You don't have to tell your grandmother. No, don't tell her. I won't tell her.

She's always skeptical of things being fake, though, actually.

No! Explain quickly what it is.

Well, yeah, Ryan's Roses, it's basically... It's Ryan Seacrest. Ryan Seacrest on Kiss FM, and it's a call-in show where a partner suspects... you know, that they're being cheated on. Someone from Ryan's team will call that person and say, we have, we're a free florist company and we're giving out free flowers today. And would you like to give flowers to anyone?

Meanwhile, they're being secretly recorded. Their partner's on the other line listening in. They don't know that. And then sometimes they'll send flowers to the person that they're cheating with. And then they catch them. And then like their partner comes on. It's like you.

They were really good. They were. Yeah. They're really believable. And then they would even cut out like they'd be like, oh, we lost them. Yes. You know, like, oh, they hung up. They realize they're gone. Yes. That's right. Oh, we can't. We're trying to call him. We can't get him back.

I said this to you when I... You could do it on this, but do it for real. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That could be a new segment on the show. Conan's chocolates. Coco's chocolates. Coco's chocolates.

Yeah.