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On the Dakota Fanning movie that made her want to be an actress…

Jenna decided she wanted to start acting after watching Dakota Fanning star opposite Denzel Washington in Man on Fire. Dakota was 10 years old when the movie was released in 2004. Jenna was born in 2002.

“I was happy sitting and dissecting that movie over and over again. I couldn’t fathom how someone so young could do something that would scare me so aggressively. But I also loved the way that it made me feel,” she added. “I decided that’s what I was passionate about.”