Elle Fanning’s Lack of Instagram Followers Snubbed Her From a Major Movie Role

How could you say no to Elle Fanning? The young actress has become America’s sweetheart, a bona fide fashion It girl, and number one on practically everyone's list. But there was a point in time when Fanning lost a major movie role before — and not for the reasons you’d assume. The star was turned down because of her lack of social media presence at the time.

On Thursday, the actress appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast and opened up about what it was like to work with her sister, Dakota, as well as her latest dramedy project The Great. But during her chat with lifelong friend Josh Horowitz, she revealed a shocking tidbit about her career. 

"I didn't get a part once for something big," she shared, without revealing the major movie role. "It might not have just been this reason, but this was all the feedback that I heard — because I didn't have enough Instagram followers at the time."

Her reaction to their feedback was a head-turning “OK,” but she added that she "firmly" doesn't "believe" social media presence will be the reason for "ever not getting a part."

Luckily for her, Fanning won't have to worry about her follower count costing her any future roles as she currently rings in at 6.2M followers on Instagram. But there was a time when Fanning was MIA from all things Internet.