Dakota Johnson had ‘psychotic’ experience on ‘Fifty Shades’ set: ‘It was scary’
nypost.com“Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy opposite Jamie Dornan.She revealed in a new cover story for Vanity Fair that she “signed up to do a very different version of the film we ended up making.”“I’m a sexual person, and when I’m interested in something, I want to know so much about it,” she said. “That’s why I did those big naked movies.”But Johnson suggested that the studio, the director and even the author of the original books, E.L.
James, were all part of the problem.James — who goes by Erika — had “a lot of creative control, all day, every day, and she just demanded that certain things happen,” Johnson shared.“There were parts of the books that just wouldn’t work in a movie, like the inner monologue, which was at times incredibly cheesy,” she explained. “It wouldn’t work to say out loud.
It was always a battle.”Johnson auditioned for the movie with a monologue from Ingmar Bergman’s 1996 film “Persona,” thinking the movies would be “really special.”She was cast as Anastasia Steele opposite Charlie Hunnam, 42, as Christian Grey, with “Closer” playwright Patrick Marber revising the script.
When Hunnam dropped out, Johnson said James was so enraged, she scrapped the revised script.“I was young. I was 23. So it was scary,” Johnson said. “It just became something crazy.
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