Elle Fanning could have scored high-profile roles on a wide range of indie and blockbuster flicks, however not too long ago, the actress has been upfront concerning the typically harsh truths of Hollywood auditions. Final month, Fanning revealed that she was turned down from a job for not having sufficient Instagram followers. And in an interview on Tuesday, she defined one other cringe, and positively creepier, cause why she did not get a job.

“I’ve by no means informed this story, however I used to be attempting out for a film,” she stated in a roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I didn’t get it. I didn’t hear from my brokers as a result of they wouldn’t inform me issues like this—that filtration system is basically vital as a result of there’s most likely much more damaging feedback that they filtered—however this one bought to me.”

“I used to be 16 years outdated, and an individual stated, ‘Oh, she didn’t get the father-daughter highway journey comedy as a result of she’s unfuckable.’ It’s so disgusting. And I can chortle at it now, like, ‘What a disgusting pig!’”

The remark, whereas stunning, is unfortunately one thing that actresses each aspiring and established have handled for many years within the movie trade. In the identical dialogue as Fanning, actress Natasha Lyonne detailed a equally inappropriate expertise. Brooke Shields additionally not too long ago mentioned her early sexualization within the documentary Fairly Child: Brooke Shields.

Elle, who’s the youthful sister of actress Dakota Fanning, began her performing profession by taking part in the youthful model of her sibling’s character in I Am Sam and was nominated for a SAG Award at age eight, the youngest in historical past. However regardless of her early fame, the actress says that having stable help—and a “filtration” system to remove detrimental feedback—has helped immensely all through her profession.

“I used to be all the time immensely assured, however in fact you’re rising up within the public eye, and it’s bizarre,” she defined. “I’ll have a look at paparazzi photographs from once I was 12 and assume, ‘Is {that a} good factor to see such a mirror of your self at that age?’ I don’t really feel prefer it broken me, however it positively made me very conscious of myself.”

Fanning not too long ago attended the Cannes Movie Pageant the place she dazzled in a collection of seems to be each on and off the crimson carpet—from customized Alexander McQueen to futuristic Paco Rabanne. She additionally has a handful of initiatives within the works together with season three of The Nice which premiered in Could, in addition to forthcoming movies with Kristen Stewart and Sarah Paulson.