Dafne Keen, star of and , has revealed she was offered cocaine at a wrap party when she was just 11.
Keen had her breakout role in 2017’s played Laura AKA X-23. She shot the film when she was 11 and it hit cinemas shortly after her 12th birthday. She followed the X-Men spin-off with a lead role in the BBC One adaptation of and Disney+ Star Wars series .
Speaking on the podcast about her relationship with drugs and alcohol, Keen revealed that she was offered cocaine at Hollywood parties as a pre-teen. “I don’t think I’ve ever been drunk enough to even have a hangover. I’m such a control freak with that,” she said. “Also, as a child actor, I witnessed so much of that [and] I just had no interest [in it]. I was getting offered coke at wrap parties [when I was] tiny. Like 11, 12, 13 [years old]. I was like, ‘I don’t really have any interest in that’. I was saying no, fortunately.”
Keen said she still avoids drugs and alcohol. “I don’t really need it. I’ll go out and stay out until 6am but sober.” She added that she goes out “for the vibes” because she “likes music and dancing and people.”
“I did used to lie as a teenager so I wouldn’t get peer pressured. I’d be like, ‘Nah, I’m good. I don’t want to drink. I already took something.’ Dead sober. Like, the goodest goody-two-shoes ever.”
She also revealed that ‘ Millie Bobby Brown was also in the running to play Laura. “She was so lovely at the audition. I recall seeing her at the hotel, and I think we chatted a little bit. I remember thinking: ‘She’s going to book it, like there’s no way I’m booking it.'”
Keen got the part and then reprised her role as Laura in 2023’s , which saw he reunite with Hugh Jackman. “He gave me a lot of really positive reinforcement and a lot of really good advice. And he was always so lovely,” Keen said on the podcast. “He’s the best number one you could ever wish for. And he’s the best on-screen dad. He genuinely felt like a sort of parental figure. He made sure that no one was abusing my hours, that I was having fun on set, that I wasn’t aware of any tensions that would’ve been happening behind the scenes. He was so incredibly protective and amazing.”