Elle Fanning once carried chicken bones on the red carpet for good luck

Make no bones about it: Walking the red carpet can be stressful for even the most seasoned movie star.

But for Elle Fanning, who recently landed a spot on Vanity Fair’s 2019 list of best-dressed celebrities, the solution to soothing those awards-show jitters comes from a poultry carcass.

According to WWD’s coverage of this year’s VF rankings: “[Editor-in-chief Radhika] Jones said she was surprised to learn that Elle Fanning, who’s made it on the list a few times, for years kept chicken bones in her red carpet purses as a good luck charm.”

Fanning, whose “fashion marathon” at May’s Cannes Film Festival included over a dozen designer looks, confirmed her years-long reliance on wishbones in her interview with the magazine as well.

Then again, the “Neon Demon” actress has never exactly been shy about embracing her quirks. She’s often spoken about her lifelong obsession with Marilyn Monroe in interviews, having purchased the screen icon’s old face cream and powder at auction and downloaded a Marilyn Monroe app so she can quote the star whenever the mood strikes.

And Fanning’s far from the only superstitious star in Hollywood: Dame Helen Mirren has admitted that she considers “stripper shoes” to be good omens, while Heidi Klum said she keeps a bag of her baby teeth for luck.