Dakota Fanning lands a more mature role in 'Effie'. (Source: Associated Press)

At a tender age of 17, former child star Dakota Fanning is already getting married - but only on her latest movie role.

Fanning plays the title role of Effie Gray in "Effie," a historical drama that retells the young bride's love triangle with 19th-century art critic John Ruskin and artist John Everett Millais.

The movie is written by British actress Emma Thompson, who's also in the movie as Lady Eastlake, the woman who would console the distressed Effie.

Although she has been already cast in various mature and edgy roles, the actress admits that 'Effie' is another important step in her continuing transition to adult projects.

"I think actually in films I've done more adult things in other ones that I have in this one," Fanning told the Associated Press during shooting in London.

"But this is my first time being a wife and all of that, which is actually kind of exciting and very fun."

"I get married in the movie. I had a wedding dress. It was kind of surreal," Fanning gushed when asked about her wedding costume.

Looking gleeful: Fanning shares wardrobe stories during a shooting break. (Source: Associated Press)

The nuptial attire is just one of the many outfits she'll be wearing in the Victorian flick, a list that also includes a corset.

"Wearing a corset every day has been ... interesting," she said.

"It really does make you feel like you are someone else in a different time. It takes a while to get dressed in the morning and to take everything off, and you kind of get a glimpse into what it was like not being able to take your own clothes off," says the actress.

Surely, Fanning is already used to that, since she has been in the acting business for a decade. Her breakthrough role was her first movie; she played Sean Penn's daughter in the acclaimed "I Am Sam."

This certainly isn't the last as movie offers just keep pouring in - in addition to "Effie," she will be seen in the movie adaptations of novels "The Motel Life" and "Before I Die," as well as reprising the role of the cruel Jane on "Breaking Dawn."

The New York University student has recently come under fire in the UK due to a Marc Jacobs ad, which they've dubbed as "sexualizing a child", which is mostly due to her youthful appearance. Fanning is shown holding a huge "Oh Lola" perfume bottle between her legs.

Still, that stint is obviously light compared to her contemporaries who are having difficulty becoming adults, at least in the public's eye.

All grown up: Fanning looks even more womanly now that she dons the 'Effie' costume. (Source: Associated Press)