Elle Fanning Takes A Big Bite Of Life's Apple, Lensed By Benny Horne For Porter Edit May 4, 2018

Actor Elle Fanning covers the May 4, 2018 issue of Porter Edit magazine, lensed by Benny Horne. Morgan Pilcher styles Fanning in purely romantic whites for 'Heavenly Creature. / Hair by Marki Shkreli; makeup by Lisa Storey

Fanning addresses the recent shootings in Parkland, Florida in her interview, a much more serious topic than how she felt opening and closing the Miu Miu Paris Fall/Winter collections. 

About Parkland, Fanning cheers on the students: "“With those students, I can’t even imagine what they’re going through. If I was going to school right now, I would be terrified. Nobody deserves to be scared in their own classroom. But it’s so great to see young voices finally being heard.”

On opening and closing Miu Miu F/W 2018: "“Afterwards, I felt really euphoric,” recalls the actress. “I’m so glad they asked me to do it! But I was very, very nervous. I do get nervous for things, before a big scene or anything. I like the feeling before a scene when you scare yourself so much that it’s like: ‘I am so scared right now but I live for the challenge.’”

On cultivating her wild side, that challenge can take many forms. In her latest film, 'How to Talk to Girls at Parties', "Fanning stars alongside Nicole Kidman as a rebellious alien from a restrictive space colony who meets a suburban malcontent and takes a romantic tour of the late ’70s London punk scene. Naturally, it required Fanning, who had limited exposure to the subculture, to perform a live punk number in front of a packed club. “All of the extras were real punks that were John’s friends. I was terrified,” she laughs. “John just wanted to get me out of my shell. He’s like, ‘Okay, spit on them!’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God!’ But eventually we were literally spitting on each other. And when I jumped on his friend, Donna, he was like, ‘Jump on Donna and make out with her! Make out with as many people as you can in the crowd!’ And I’m like, okay! Anything for John! When do you get to really let yourself loose like that? I was like, I’m just going to go for it… People might not think that I have that side. It’s a wild side but a healthy wild side,” she says. “With child actors, people sometimes think, ‘Ooh, evil wild side!’ No, it’s not. It’s just being a teenager.”