Driving seems to be a right of passage in the United States. Only, it we’re being honest, not everyone knows how to drive and some people don’t learn until they absolutely have to. As much as it is a right of passage, it is also insanely expensive and well, in todays economy…
Ya, we said that. We’re our parents and we’re thinking about the ecocnomy. We’re shocked too.
When you’re a celebrity – especially a successful one that is constantly making movies – you are driven everywhere. Driving isn’t the thing that is the most important. It’s working.
So it didn’t shock us when Dakota Fanning, who was doing press for Ripley said that she just “only learned to drive four years ago.”
This came up when talking to ELLE and her co-star Andrew Scott. He had been talking about his driving skills.
“I sort of do know a tiny little bit how to drive,” he said to the outlet. “But I live in Central London and it’s my carbon footprint.”
Makes this writer feel better as driving… well, not something done over here either.
What do you think, is it odd not to drive?
