Los Angeles April 9 (IANS) Actress Dakota Fanning says "The Bell Jar" is an important story to tell. She is confident the movie will surprise people.
Fanning 24 will essay Esther Greenwood and her battle with depression in Kirsten Dunst s upcoming adaptation of Sylvia Plath s classic novel reports thetimes.co.uk.
"It s such an important story and really different from what people think it is. People think it s depressing or a biography of Sylvia Plath but it s not and there s so much humour in it " she said.
"You follow a young woman during a formative time in her life and see how overwhelming the expectations of what women feel they are supposed to be like can be. We all feel that to some extent " she added.
Fanning says she is looking for similar roles in the future.
"I like playing characters where everyone thinks they re one thing but they know they re not. That interests me because I feel like in my life I m trying to work that out " said Fanning.
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