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Child Star Offered Cocaine at 11
5 Nov
Summary
- Dafne Keen was offered cocaine at age 11 during film wrap parties.
- Keen experienced unsettling attention from male fans as a young actress.
- She reprised her X-23 role in Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024.
Dafne Keen, known for her breakout role as Laura/X-23 in the 2017 film Logan, has revealed the harsh realities she faced as a child star. Appearing on a podcast, Keen disclosed that she was offered cocaine at wrap parties from as young as 11 years old. She stated that witnessing such drug use during her formative years led her to have no interest in them.
Keen also detailed disturbing interactions with fans, particularly concerning male admirers. She described receiving Bibles, music boxes, and experiencing being followed to school. These experiences highlighted the challenges of navigating the industry as a young woman in male-dominated spheres like Marvel and Star Wars.
Despite these early difficulties, Keen has maintained a prominent acting career. Following her performance in Logan, she starred in the BBC and HBO series His Dark Materials and Disney+'s Star Wars series The Acolyte. She reprised her role as X-23 in the 2024 MCU film Deadpool & Wolverine and is set to appear as Athena in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
