Elle Fanning on love, the future, and "hopeless romanticism": why her story resonates with millions of women

There are interviews you read and forget immediately. And then there are those that make you look at your life, relationships, and even dreams a little differently.

There are interviews you read and forget immediately. And then there are those that make you look at your life, relationships, and even dreams a little differently.

Elle Fanning’s latest revelations for British ELLE clearly belong to the second category. The actress, known for her delicate, almost fairytale-like on-screen presence, speaks with surprising honesty about the most real topics: love, the future, and the desire for a family.

And there is no Hollywood glamour or carefully constructed image. Just the feeling of a real person who feels more deeply than the camera can show.

“I’ve always wanted this”: when a dream doesn’t change with age

Elle Fanning admits she increasingly thinks about family and motherhood — not as a sudden revelation, but as part of her inner life plan.

“I’ve always wanted this,” she says calmly, without drama.

The girl who “programs” her future

Fanning openly admits she is someone who visualizes her life in advance.

Plans, milestones, life stages — all of this forms her personal map of the future.

Gus Wenner: the person who “grounds” her

Speaking about her partner, media executive Gus Wenner, with whom she has been together for about three years, Fanning uses simple but meaningful words.

She says he “grounds” her.

“I’m a hopeless romantic”

Fanning does not hide her emotional nature: she openly calls herself a hopeless romantic.

She keeps notes, small gifts, and symbolic items — everything that marks stages of her life.

Love at first sight still exists

After her breakup with actor Max Minghella in 2023, Elle Fanning has not changed her views on love.

She still believes in love at first sight.

“You can think I’m crazy, but I believe in it. I think it’s my destiny.”