Dakota Johnson Jokes She's 'Always Psyched' to Film Sex Scenes

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Dakota Johnson isn't blushing 50 shades of red over intimacy.
The Materialists actor teased that she doesn't fully prepare to perform a sex scene, as she's become more comfortable filming them.
'I don't have to,' Dakota joked during her June 10 appearance on Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast. 'I'm, like, always psyched up for sex.' In fact, the 35-year-old has a certain trick she uses to navigate those sensual moments. She studies her characters' background, which helps her interpret how they might approach sex in the film's plot.
'First, it depends on who the character is and who the character's supposed to be to the audience,' she continued. 'Is she like a super idolized hot girl? Is she a housewife? Is she lonely? Is she scared? Is she conservative? So that's obviously character work.'
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Though she has her own tactic, the Suspiria actor also credited her comfort around these scenes to her mom Melanie Griffith, who created a safe space for her to talk about sex growing up.
'My mom raised me to be really proud of my body and love my body,' Dakota—whose dad is actor Don Johnson—explained. 'I've always felt so grateful for that, especially in my work because I can use it and it feels real. It was the way she spoke about it with me. She talked to me about sex and how precious and important it is.'
Dakota then reflected on the last sex scene she filmed 'a few months ago,' noting that experience was the 'first time' she's worked with an intimacy coordinator. And while she had a 'great' interaction with the coordinator, it dawned on her that she didn't have an on-set professional for her most intimate character: Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy.
'There were no intimacy coordinators,' she explained, before noting the behind-the-scenes work in creating the first film—which was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson—was a bit tough. 'I think the movie is as good a version as it could be. But it was challenging. I signed on to a script that was different than what we ended up shooting.'
And with those changes being out of her control, the Fifty Shades Freed star toughed it out.
'You're attached, you signed a contract, signed on to do it with a different actor—and then it all changed,' she continued. 'I was so young, I think I turned 24 when we were shooting. But I'm proud of myself for being brave.'
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