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San Francisco Chronicle
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Dakota Johnson says ‘Madame Web' tanking wasn't her fault: ‘Who cares?'
Dakota Johnson has freed herself from the ' Madame Web ' debacle. The actress says the tanking of the 2024 superhero movie she starred in 'wasn't my fault,' and put the blame on the decision-makers at Sony Pictures. 'There's this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee. Or made by people who don't have a creative bone in their body,' Johnson told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Wednesday, June 4. 'It's really hard to make art that way. Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think unfortunately with 'Madame Web,' it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point.' ' Madame Web,' released in February 2024, starred Johnson as the Marvel Comics title character, an offshoot of Sony's ' Spider-Man ' series. The movie cost $100 million to make, and took in just about that in the global box-office; typically a movie needs to gross about three times its budget to break even theatrically. The movie also got terrible reviews — it currently holds a dismal 11% positive rating on aggregate — and sparked some intense social media reactions. 'But that happens,' Johnson said. 'Bigger-budget movies fail all the time. I don't have a Band-Aid over it. There's no part of me that's like, 'Oh, I'll never do that again' to anything. I've done even tiny movies that didn't do well. Who cares?' But that's not the only news Johnson has made this week. Reports say her eight-year relationship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has ended; she had a near wardrobe malfunction on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' and, in perhaps the weirdest moment, confessed she once sent a gallon of gorilla poop to a friend's ex-boyfriend. The latter confession came on Vanity Fair magazine's famous lie detector test, posted Thursday, June 5. 'Yes, I did do that,' Johnson admitted. 'It's been quite a while, it's been some years. … I'm not a monster.' Johnson, 35, who was raised in San Francisco while her father, actor Don Johnson, was filming the TV series ' Nash Bridges ' in the city, is currently starring in 'Materialists.' The rom-com co-starring Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal and directed by Celine Song (' Past Lives ') opens in San Francisco theaters on Friday, June 13.
San Francisco Chronicle
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Dakota Johnson says dad Don Johnson cut her off financially after she didn't get into Juilliard
In a candid conversation with her 'Materialists' co-star Pedro Pascal, actor Dakota Johnson revealed that she faced financial struggles in her early 20s after being cut off by her father, actor Don Johnson, when she failed to gain admission to The Juilliard School. 'I didn't get in and my dad cut me off because I didn't go to college,' Johnson said in the interview published in Elle UK. 'So, I started auditioning. I think I was 19 when I did 'The Social Network', and then little jobs and stuff after that.' Though she comes from a prominent Hollywood lineage — her parents are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, and her grandmother is screen icon Tippi Hedren — Johnson said she found herself scraping by in Los Angeles. 'For a couple of years it was hard to make money,' she said. 'There were a few times when I'd go to the market and not have money in my bank account or not be able to pay rent, and I'd have to ask my parents for help.' She added, 'I'm very grateful that I had parents that could help me and did help me. But it certainly was not fun. The auditioning process, as you know, is the f—ing worst.' Johnson, who spent part of her childhood in San Francisco while her father filmed the television series 'Nash Bridges,' recalled growing accustomed to the comforts of luxury hotels like the Fairmont. But after Juilliard turned her down, she found herself facing a far less stable reality. 'That f—ing process was so awful and terrifying,' she said of the audition process. 'When you get accepted for an audition, it's a two-day-long chorus-line thing. You're supposed to get called back for a second audition, and I didn't. It was fine.' College never appealed to her, she explained. 'Because Juilliard felt so small — the idea of being in a classroom with the same group of people, and figuring out how to be a human in that environment, after growing up surrounded by so many different kinds of people and immersed in different cultures through traveling all over… It just felt really wrong to lock myself in one place,' Johnson said. Despite the initial struggles, the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' star said she always knew she wanted to act. 'I grew up on set,' Johnson said. 'My parents were always working with amazing artists, and I just loved it. I wanted to be a part of it so badly.' During the same interview, Johnson shared that Pascal once suggested she explore a different kind of side hustle — joining the subscription platform OnlyFans. 'Pedro Pascal told me that I should have an OnlyFans and that I could just like wiggle my toe and make money,' she said. 'Should I do that?' Johnson admitted she was unfamiliar with how the platform works. 'I don't know anything about that,' she said. 'I don't know. OnlyFans is the place where people go to watch people do weird things? Are OnlyFans models hot? Are they different to regular models?' While she appeared curious, she stopped short of seriously considering it. 'I feel like I would look at OnlyFans models on Instagram if I knew how to do that,' Johnson said. 'It sounds interesting. Sounds intriguing.' Johnson stars opposite Pascal and Chris Evans in 'Materialists,' a romantic drama from 'Past Lives' director Celine Song. The film opens in theaters June 13.
