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Elle Fanning Promotes Predator: Badlands, Reflects on Childhood Premieres

At the Los Angeles premiere, she emphasized practical stunt work alongside two advanced synth roles.

Overview

  • Fanning spoke to People at the Nov. 3 Los Angeles premiere as Predator: Badlands rolled out to theaters on Nov. 7.
  • She stars in dual android roles as Thia and her rival, Tessa, in the franchise’s future-set installment.
  • Fanning said the production relied on practical effects, with her and co-star Dimitrius Schuster‑Koloamatangi performing many stunts.
  • She described one synth character as emotive, empathetic and funny, calling the pair the most advanced seen in the Alien–Predator universe.
  • She reminisced about early‑2000s kids’ premieres she attended with sister Dakota and recalled Jamie Lee Curtis’s annual Halloween charity event.