Dakota Fanning: Viewers will see The Alienist differently in wake of Me Too
The actress plays the first female employee of the New York Police Department in 1896.
Dakota Fanning has said she believes her new show will be viewed differently in the wake of the Time’s Up and Me Too movements.
The actress, 24, plays the first female employee of the New York Police Department in Netflix drama The Alienist, about the hunt for a ritualistic killer in 1896.
“She is focused on a career that is unaccepting of women. All of those things I was excited by and I have never seen that story told so it was something different than I’ve ever done before.”
She added: “I think it probably would resonate with the viewer differently (in the wake of the movements) and it has.
“It’s coming out in Europe and the UK now but it aired in the States and I think it did resonate with people that watched it there.
“It’s a different experience to watch it now for someone than it would have been a year ago.”
The Alienist is streaming on Netflix now.
