Dakota Fanning used to be such a cute little girl – until the 15-year-old donned vampire clothes and custom contacts that make her eyes glow like blood.
Chris Weitz, director of the second installment of the “Twilight” saga, wanted to stay true to author Stephenie Meyers’ description of the vampires known as Volturi – and her wish to steer clear of anything that looked too wizard-y.
So he outfitted all the actors playing Volturi, including Dakota, with specially made contacts handpainted red. “They’re opaque red, almost like preying mantis eyes. You can’t really see into them. There’s something terribly off-putting about it,” Weitz tells People magazine.
Summit Entertainment has just released photos of the evil Volturi and Dakota – who plays an angelic-looking vampire named Jane who tortures her victims – is particularly sinister-looking. And that’s the way she wanted it, says Weitz.
She is very strange and very spooky in this movie,” says Weitz. “I think (Dakota) wanted to play an evil character for once.”
“New Moon” opens Nov. 20.

source: kansascity.com