Dakota Fanning: Effie's Gondola Lesson

Dakota Fanning gets a gondolier lesson from costar Riccardo Scamarcio while filming Effie in Venice, Italy on Friday afternoon (December 9).

The 17-year-old actress, dressed to the nines in her Victorian wardrobe, was seen chatting with director Richard Laxton about the scene before filming.

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Featured in the January 2012 issue of Marie Claire, Dakota dishes on the advice she’d give sister Elle: “If I were to give my younger sister beauty advice, I’d say that although it’s fun to go crazy with make-up, I don’t like seeing young girls trying to be someone they’re not. I think we should keep youthful for as long as possible.”

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