The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

…starred opposite Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a drama about a man who ages backward. Two years later she appeared as Marion Loxley in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. The action drama starred Russell Crowe in the title role as the outlaw hero.

…to broaden his range, directing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), an adaptation of an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story about a man (played by Pitt) who ages backward. Although it was not as widely critically acclaimed as Zodiac, the film did earn Fincher his first Academy Award nomination…

…same year, she appeared in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as a younger version of Cate Blanchett’s character. In 2010 she starred as the daughter of a Hollywood actor (Stephen Dorff) in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, again earning plaudits for the subtlety of her performance. The following year Fanning gained…

…in a supporting role for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), in which she portrayed Queenie, the title character’s nurturing mother figure. Her other films included Talk to Me (2007), Not Easily Broken and I Can Do Bad All by Myself (both 2009), No Good Deed (2014), and Term…

…backward in the poignant fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. His chameleonic turn in the latter film earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor.