Dakota Fanning Adds 'Twilight' To Her Reading List

Long before rumors began to circulate about Dakota Fanning joining the "New Moon" cast, we here at MTV News wanted to know if 14-year-old Fanning was among the teenagers obsessed with the "Twilight" series.

Fanning, of course, being the busy working actress that she is, admitted that she'd heard about the vampire-book phenomenon but hadn't yet found time to jump on the bandwagon.

"I haven't read them, but I have a lot of friends that read them all the time," she told MTV News in September while promoting "The Secret Life of Bees." "They're so excited about the movie. When I went to Comic-Con, 'Twilight' was there. I have to read these books now, 'cause everybody's reading them, and I'm sure they're fantastic."

Well, if the rumors are true, then Fanning will have to start reading the series soon to find out all about Jane, the "New Moon" vampire she's supposedly in talks to play. (Summit Entertainment, the movie's studio, has yet to comment on the report.) In the book, Jane has dangerous mental powers, which she puts to use as a guard for the Italian sect known as the Volturi.

"There were no auditions," a source revealed to E! Online. "They just offered it to her outright, and now they're in negotiations. They've been going back and forth."

In a casting notice that went out earlier this month, Jane is described as a "petite blonde with a ... Botticelli angel-like face ... [and] crimson irises," E! reported. The notice also said that "fellow Volturi guards Demetri and Felix ... are three times the size of her, [and] they are terrified of her."

"Twilight" fans have already shown their support for the casting. A petition sent to Summit Entertainment, the studio producing the films, says the 14-year-old would be "perfect" as Jane.

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