New Couple Alert: Dakota Fanning (15) & Freddie Highmore (17)

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This is so sweet I have a toothache. In the constant swirl of random teenage celebrities, I usually find myself grossed out, cringing with the total ridiculousness of these young Hollywood couplings. Couples of yore like Miley Cyrus and Justin Gaston, or even recently split Joe Jonas and Camilla Belle I find rather unpleasant. But this latest one made me smile. Dakota Fanning, age 15, might be dating Freddie Highmore, the 17 year old English actor who famously got to work with Johnny Depp twice – in Finding Neverland and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It’s an age-appropriate coupling, in my mind (when I was 15, I “dated” or “hung out” with 17 year old boys). I don’t think it’s some huge age difference, especially considering Freddie looks all of 12 years old still. And Dakota looks young for her age too, considering another Hollywood 15-year-old is Ali “Smoker’s Rasp” Lohan:

If you thought Selena Gomez and Taylor Lautner were a match made in tween heaven, think again.

Full-blown thespians Dakota Fanning and Freddie Highmore reportedly had a dinner date in Beverly Hills Saturday night. Squee!

At 15, the increasingly adorable Dakota has already gone toe-to-toe with the likes of Sean Penn, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise and, oh yeah, Robert Pattinson(!) in the upcoming Twilight sequel.

Lest you forgot, Freddie, 17, has a résumé no less impressive, serving as Johnny Depp’s pint-size protégé in both Finding Neverland and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Seriously, can you say power couple?

[From E! Online]

A dinner date is a big deal for that age group. I wonder if they went dutch, or if he paid? Dakota makes more money than Freddie, but it’s not like he’s a B-List young Hollywood kid. Who knows? He could even be the next R-Pattz. Well… with less sparkles. Less train wreck hair. But Freddie has cute little dimples, so that counts for something. Sigh… memories of my teenage years. If I could go back and do it all again from the age of 15 years old… nope, I still wouldn’t do it. I hated my teenage years. That being said, if I got to go on a dinner date with a cutie like Freddie when I was 15 years old, I would have been all over it. Even though, back then, my heart belonged jointly to John Malkovich and Eddie Vedder. Swoon.

Freddie Highmore is shown on 6/29/09 and 7/23/09. Dakota Fanning is shown on 1/29/09 and 2/2/09. Credit: WENN.com. Dakota is also shown on the set of the Joan Jett movie, The Runaways, on 7/22/09. Credit: Fame Pictures

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18 Responses to “New Couple Alert: Dakota Fanning (15) & Freddie Highmore (17)”

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  1. nikky says:

    i approve.

  2. photo jojo says:

    OMGosh he’s gotten quite adorable. 🙂 My daughter is that age and frankly I can’t wait for her to date. 🙂

  3. Jon says:

    Since when is it ok for James Blunt to be dating Dakota Fanning?

  4. ash says:

    he’s got that awkward stage of peter brady going on….but they’re both cute together. she is very pretty.

  5. Bodhi says:

    Two thumbs up!

  6. genie says:

    Lol,jon! He really looks like james blunt! But still they make the cutest couple ever! Sigh.

  7. SolitaryAngel says:

    Oh how CUTE!! Good for them. I love how Dakota carries herself—better than a lot of “stars” in their 20s. AND she can really act.

  8. mel says:

    wow Dakota is dating now. I know I’m getting old!

  9. beecee says:

    LOL!! MINI JAMES BLUNT!! Aww he’s a cutie though and she’s so pretty! I hope this is true! How cute!

  10. I Choose Me says:

    Awww, cute couple and I’m pleased/relieved with the age appropriateness.

  11. Annicka says:

    Insert additional ‘relieved about age appropriate dating’ comment here.

    I don’t mean that sarcastically, it really is refreshing to finally see some child stars dating inside their own age circle.

  12. Leah says:

    Aww, this is too adorable!

  13. daniel says:

    he’s 17? he looks about 12 in the face

  14. gryffingal says:

    I love it! They would be such sweet and perfect couple. I love both of them. Both are also talented in their acting career. Hope it’s not only gossip!!!!!!!!!!!!

  15. monika says:

    they would be really coute togehter. they both look young for their age. i do not see an age problem here, since girls usually date older boys. they are adorable <3

  16. Shea Hanson says:

    They would have went dutch.

  17. dating says:

    dakota fanning is so lovely. freddie is one lucky guy.

  18. Pepa says:

    Dakota Fanning is a great actress.. i think they will look cute together..