Dakota Fanning Was Never Carrie-d Away!

Dakota Fanning takes a walk to grab dinner with friends on Tuesday (March 27) in New York City.

Multiple news outlets are reporting that the 18-year-old actress lost out to Chloe Moretz for the leading role in a remake of the classic horror film Carrie – but it’s not true!

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Sources tell JustJared.com that Dakota passed on the role and never even auditioned for the movie.

Dakota is currently fielding other movie offers and may go back to school in the fall.