Dakota Johnson claimed that Alfred Hitchcock once gave her mother Melanie Griffith a miniature of her grandmother, Tippi Hedren, in a coffin.
Hedren, one of the renowned filmmaker’s "Hitchcock blondes," or muses, starred in two of his films: 1963’s "The Birds" and 1964’s "Marine." The actress previously claimed that Hitchcock became controlling as he groomed her to be a star.
Johnson revealed that her mother received the creepy mini coffin as a Christmas gift when she was just a child. "It’s alarming and dark and really, really sad for that little girl," the "Fifty Shades of Grey" star told Vanity Fair on Tuesday. "Really scary." Dakota Johnson (left) described how Alfred Hitchcock allegedly terrorized her grandmother. (Getty Images) "What happened with my grandmother was horrific because Hitchcock was a tyrant," the 32-year-old continued. "He was talented and prolific — and important in terms of art — but power can poison people." Johnson recalled attending a screening of the Emmy-nominated HBO movie "The Girl," which depicted Hitchcock’s obsession with Hedren, now 92.
Johnson said that she nor Hedren, who attended the screening with her granddaughter, were warned about the film’s content. "It was one of those moments where you're just like, 'How could you not have warned us?'" said Johnson. "We're in a room with some execs.
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