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Dakota Fanning looks back on being part of the 'Twilight' franchise: 'It was a huge deal'

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Dakota Fanning looked back on her experience joining the Twilight franchise after she was cast in <em>The Twilight Saga: New Moon.</em></p><p>&quot;It was a huge deal. It was like all anyone was talking about. I was in high school at that time. I was homeschooled until I went to high school and then I went into a regular high school, and it was like, everyone was obsessed. It was a huge deal,&quot; she recalled in an interview with Josh Horowitz&#39;s on <em>Happy Sad Confused. &nbsp;</em></p><p>The actress shared that playing Jane became a memorable experience for her, especially as the film also led to lasting friendships.</p><p>&quot;Getting to play Jane was amazing and it&#39;s where I met Kristen (Stewart) who you know is one of my closest friends,&quot; she said.</p><div><br></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbf4cLEsMd/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A61631.100000000006%2C%22ls%22%3A61198.5%2C%22le%22%3A61490.399999999994%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="925" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br></div><p>Dakota pointed out that she was able to enjoy much of the excitement surrounding the franchise without experiencing the same level of pressure faced by its lead stars.</p><p>&quot;It was just a specific thing to be in the center of it and they just had no clue, that they thought they did some little vampire movie and then going to that comic-con and being like hit with the wave of the fans was super intense,&quot; she recounted.</p><p>She added: &quot;So getting to be part of that for me and I got like kind of just all the good parts of it because I was just a little character that was just pop in, pop out, so I didn&#39;t have really any of the pressure so I just got the kind of fun experience, so it was like ideal, you know.&quot;</p><p>In the <em>Twiligh</em>t films, Dakota portrayed Jane, a member of the Volturi guard who possesses the ability to inflict the illusion of intense pain on others.</p><p><em>The Twilight Saga: New Moon&nbsp;</em>went on to gross more than $712 million worldwide and became the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2009.</p><p>The film was headlined by Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, and Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black.</p>

<p>In the '<i>Twiligh</i>t' films, Dakota Fanning portrayed Jane, a member of the Volturi guard who possesses the ability to inflict the illusion of intense pain on others.</p>

In the ' Twiligh t' films, Dakota Fanning portrayed Jane, a member of the Volturi guard who possesses the ability to inflict the illusion of intense pain on others.