Dakota Johnson slams studio bosses for not taking risks â calls it a âconstant fightâ
The actress hopes that her own production company can gives audiences the films theyâ??re craving
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Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson called out studio heads for refusing to take risks.
Talking at the Cannes Film Festival, via Variety, she said: âSome professionals who run studios donât feel the desire to make things that are different or risky or scary or dangerous or raw and real and human and messy.â
Describing the resistance from the studios as âreally hardâ and a âconstant fightâ, Johnson said that those in charge of green lighting movies arenât prepared to tell the stories that both actors and audiences are craving. She added: âBut we are fighters. We hustle. We really work so hard to tell the stories that we love.â
Six years ago Johnson co-founded production company TeaTime Pictures with her good friend Ro Donnelly.
She is currently at Cannes with her new dark comedy film Splitsville. The film follows a group of friends navigating divorce, open relationships and the aftermath of one friendâs infidelity.
âSo much of why I wanted to start a production company and make my own movies is because I want more from this industry,â Johnson told Variety.
Dakota Johnson (AFP via Getty Images)She said: âI want more from my experience as an artist. I felt so thirsty for more conversation and more creativity and more collaboration.â
Compared to previous sets sheâs worked on, she explained that âthe way that we build our sets is really vibe basedâ, stating that âitâs very much a no a**hole policyâ.
Drawing from her own experiences, she explained how on multiple occasions she has shown up to the film premiere for the first viewing only to think: âWoah. That is not what I thought we were making.â She added: âThat is such a weird thing to do.â
Through her own production work, Johnson outlined that she wants to ensure that every crew member understands the directorâs vision so that there are no surprises and âeverybody feels a part of itâ.
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âWorking in movies⦠the hours are long and itâs gruelling. Itâs not comfortable. Itâs not nice. When you feel like youâre genuinely invested in something, people are happier and they work better.â
Johnson signed on to produce Splitsville after seeing the surprising lack of success from the writersâ (Covino and Kyle Marvin) previous film The Climb (2019). She wanted to ensure the pairâs next project remained protected and true to their original vision.
Despite the success of TeaTime Pictures, Johnson admitted that âitâs been very challenging to get people to take us seriouslyâ.
She said: âThat was very sad and very lame. I think I have glamorised this industry my whole life and have thought itâs pure magic. To see behind the curtain in that way was just shitty. It was hard.â
The actress is best-known for her role in the raunchy âFifty Shades of Greyâ ( Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock)The Madame Web (2024) star also revealed that she hopes to make her feature directorial debut at some point. Johnson also joked: âI want to direct and I need to grow the fucking balls to do itâ¦. actually no I donât. Iâm not going to grow balls and no one can make me.â
In her 2022 film Cha Cha Real Smooth (which she both produced and starred in), her daughter was played by autistic actress and musician Vanessa Burghardt.
Johnson said: âWe have been working with her on developing scripts. She has written a script. Itâs really special. Itâs about a young woman with autism, and I feel very protective of her and her story and her mind. She is just an unbelievable woman. So thatâs kind of the thing I just donât think I could allow anyone else to direct it. So we will see.â
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