What would it be like starring in a huge movie at 23 years old?
Remember when the Fifty Shades books seemed to take the world by storm? One day, it felt like they were everywhere. People were reading them on planes and in parks, and the inevitable movie series was fast-tracked. There were a lot of questions about who would be ready to take on roles that thrust them into the spotlight and demanded physicality from the performers.
Enter Dakota Johnson, the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. At just 23 years old, she was trusted with the role of a lifetime. Now, as she’s grown into the movies and past them, she’s looking back at the chaos and weirdness that summarized them in her mind.
Creative control on Fifty Shades
Johnson recently sat down with Vanity Fair to talk about her career. In it, she discusses a range of topics from her encounters with Hunter S. Thompson to the strangeness of internet culture.
The one I think was most pertinent for our readers was the way the Fifty Shades movies went down.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
