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Elle Fanning Pays Homage to Sleeping Beauty at the Met

Elle Fanning talks with Emma Chamberlain at the 2024 Met Gala about her "sleeping beauty" look.

Released on 05/06/2024

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Wow. [Elle laughs]

This is unbelievable. Thank you.

Who made this beautiful thing?

This is Balmain.

Wow. And I am here with,

with them and with Cartier tonight.

I m a Cartier girly too.

Woohoo. Look at us go.

Getting on our jewels. I know,

we got our jewels. Yes.

[both laughing]

Okay, tell me about this.

Well, obviously the theme is Sleeping Beauty.

[Emma] Yes. Which I know,

it s not on the nose Sleeping Beauty,

but I played Sleeping Beauty in Maleficent.

Yes, yes. So I was like, gosh.

I was like, well, I have to pay homage

[Emma] to her a little bit. Absolutely.

So that was with the birds,

cause I felt like, you know, the princess-

Yes. Getting dressed

by her woodland creatures. Yes.

And it s, yeah, they re putting the fabric on me.

And then also I want it to look like ice or like glass.

Yes. That is,

you know, so delicate it could break.

So I m a glass statue in the garden.

[Elle laughs] It s so good.

So what s your favorite New York activity

when you re trying to sort of decompress

before the Met? Hmm.

That s difficult. Is it?

[Emma] I mean, I m an LA girl. Yes.

So, I mean, I guess it s a great walking city.

Like, just take a walk.

I mean, I sound so boring.

No, but it s actually true.

Also from LA I m like, wow, I can actually-

[Both] Take a walk- Around.

Like, you can clear your head- But you can also

pop into things.

That s the best. Yeah.

Well go enjoy. Thank you.

So good to see you.

You look- Good to see you.

Unbelievable. You too.

Don t melt. Yeah. [laughs]

You re gonna get that joke a lot.

And it s gonna get really- I m sure, I know.

I started something bad.

And I m going to go see if I can sit, so.

Oh, good luck.

We ll find a, if we have to stand,

I ll stand with you if nobody else will.

Exactly. [Elle laughs]

You got this.

[Elle] You look amazing. Thank you.

[Emma] Thank you so much. Good to see you.

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