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Dakota Johnson has become one of the biggest names in Hollywood over the years and continues to act in many movies across the industry. However, many people would remember her from Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and its sequels, where Dakota Johnson took on the role of Anastasia Steele, one of the boldest roles she has ever played.
The films weren't critically successful, but they were a sensation at the time. Before the movie came out, Fifty Shades was already one of the most popular novel trilogies.
In an interview with NPR in 2023, Dakota Johnson addressed her character in Fifty Shades of Grey and admitted that she was not entirely ready for the role when she took it.
When asked in this interview if she knew what she was getting into while taking the role, Dakota Johnson said:
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"I don't think I had a full grasp of what it would do, and I don't think that I was fully ready for it."
She elaborated on this further in the same interview.
"I guess to an extent I understood that it would be popular"- Dakota Johnson addresses her role in Fifty Shades of Grey
While Dakota Johnson did brilliantly in the Fifty Shades franchise, it seems that she was not completely certain what she was getting into.
She spoke about this in this same interview, where she admitted to not being completely ready for the role
Continuing on the topic, Dakota Johnson said:
"I mean - but I guess I understood on some level that it was going - I mean, the hope was that it would be a hit and that it would be good because, you know, I think that's what you want. You want your work to end up being good. It doesn't always. But I don't know."
She continued about this:
"I guess to an extent I understood that it would be popular because the books were so popular, and I think people were so speculative. They were so curious about what it would be like that that was a lot of where the drive to the cinema came from, I think. But, no, I don't think there's a way to be fully prepared for that."
Even though the films themselves weren't exceptional, they did give Johnson a huge boost in popularity. She got her big breakthrough in the film franchise and never looked back after this trilogy.
A year after the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, Johnson received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination.
She went on to star in many other films, prominently dramas, like Black Mass (2015), Bigger Splash (2015), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022), and, more recently, Madame Web (2024).
Dakota Johnson also has several projects coming up, including Splitsville (2025), Materialists (2025), and Verity (2026). Stay tuned for more updates.
