Dakota Johnson says showing off her body in The Lost Daughter was ‘difficult’: ‘Some days, I didn’t want to take off my clothes’
Dakota Johnson revealed that she has difficulty when it comes to undressing for the camera.
In a new interview for W Magazine’s 2022 Best Performances Portfolio, the 32-year-old actress shared her thoughts on filming scenes in which she was almost nude for her 2021 drama The Lost Daughter.
‘It is difficult. Some days, I don’t want to take off my clothes on set,’ Dakota told the publication.
Uncomfortable: Dakota Johnson revealed that she has difficulty when it comes to undressing for the camera
She continued, ‘Just because I look a certain way doesn’t mean I don’t have feelings.’
‘And my character, Nina, is almost bored by her appearance,’ the Texas native added.
‘She has reached a point in her life where her hotness doesn’t match who she is anymore.’
Speaking out: In a new interview for W Magazine’s 2022 Best Performances Portfolio, the 32-year-old actress shared her thoughts on filming scenes in which she was almost nude for her 2021 drama The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter: The film follows a woman named Leda Caruso, played by Olivia Colman, who finds herself becoming obsessed with a younger woman (Johnson) and her daughter
Trying to cool off: Often Johnson wears a bikini in the movie and she also has a nude scene
Dakota is the daughter of longtime Hollywood stars Don Johnson, 72, and Melanie Griffith, 64, and the granddaughter of Alfred Hitchcock heroine Tippi Hedren, 94.
She made her acting debut at the age of 10 when she co-starred alongside her mother and her sister Stella Banderas in the 1999 comedy-drama Crazy in Alabama.
The former model skyrocketed to fame when she landed the role of Anastasia Steele in the 2015 erotic film Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018).
Famous family: Dakota is the daughter of longtime Hollywood stars Don Johnson, 72, and Melanie Griffith, 64, and the granddaughter of Alfred Hitchcock heroine Tippi Hedren, 94. Don and Melanie seen in 2016
The 21 Jump Street star appeared naked in many of the trilogy’s racy sex scenes. In 2017, Dakota told The Mirror that she refused to use a body double for her nude scenes.
‘No, because it would have felt like a cop-out if I did,’ she explained.
‘If I was going to do this job, I was going to do it 100 per cent and give it everything. I wanted to be true and honest to the role, and the character.
‘I don’t have a problem with nudity. I think it is beautiful and so I was OK with that.’
Breakthrough: The former model skyrocketed to fame when she landed the role of Anastasia Steele in the 2015 erotic film Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
When asked at what age she knew she wanted to be an actress, the How To Be Single actress told W, ‘Zero old. Nothing old. I couldn’t wait. I grew up on sets.
‘My parents were always working with these amazing artists, and I just loved it. I wanted to be a part of it.’
The Cry Cry Cry music video director added that her parents ‘discouraged’ her from pursuing acting.
‘See how well that turned out?’ Dakota quipped. ‘But I understood. They wanted me to have as much of a childhood as I could.
No doubts: When asked at what age she knew she wanted to be an actress, the How To Be Single actress told W, ‘Zero old. Nothing old. I couldn’t wait. I grew up on sets. Seen in November 2021
The actress also discussed filming The Lost Daughter in Greece amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
‘We did hard-core quarantine,’ Dakota told W. ‘But we were in Greece, which was not hard-core at all.
‘Everyone in the film was in a bubble, on an island, and luckily, we all loved each other. We had all sorts of parties: dance parties, hide-and-go-seek parties, lots of games.’
Last month, Dakota said she had a ‘wild time’ with Olivia Colman while they were filming movie.
The actress admitted she was initially nervous about meeting the Oscar winner, 47, thinking at the time: ‘I was just like s**t, ‘I wonder what she’s going to be like?’
In a December interview with ELLE, in which Dakota graces the front cover in a striking brown patterned suit, the star talked all about her friendship with Olivia.
Fun: Dakota has spoken of how she had a ‘wild time’ with Olivia Colman while they were filming The Lost Daughter (pictured in September at the Venice Film Festival)
Dakota told the publication: ‘Well, I was just like s**t, ‘I wonder what she’s going to be like?’ But we loved each other, and she’s a wild time.
‘She’s so maternal and embracing and always wants to hang out and drink wine and talk.’
The actress also formed a close bond with Maggie Gyllenhaal. The Lost Daughter is the feature film directorial debut for Maggie who also wrote the screenplay and is a co-producer.
‘We went so immediately deep into the experience of being a woman, both in film and in this world. I was like: ‘I’ll do anything. I really wanted to follow her,’ she said.
Dakota spoke of how she saw herself in Maggie- parts she didn’t know she had before they met.
She explained how Maggie – who she dubbed a ‘truth seeker’ – ignited her to see parts of herself she didn’t know were there after they delved ‘deep into the experience of being a woman, both in film and in this world’.
Hollywood stars: Dakota spoke of how she saw herself in Maggie Gyllenhaal- parts she didn’t know she had before they met (pictured in September)
The film follows a woman named Leda Caruso, played by Olivia, who finds herself becoming obsessed with a younger woman Nina (Dakota) and her daughter while on a summer holiday prompting memories of her own early motherhood.
The movie also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal, Ed Harris and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.
The Lost Daughter was released on Netflix on December 17.
Elsewhere in the interview, Dakota discussed her romance with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.
The actress and the musician, 44, have largely kept their four-year relationship out of the spotlight yet she has now shed light on their romance.
Dakota explained how she is content keeping their romance private, admitting most of their partying happens ‘inside the house.’
Chris is father to Apple, 17, and Moses, 15, with his ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow and has been dating Dakota since October 2017.
On their home life, Dakota detailed: ‘We’ve been together for quite a while and we go out sometimes, but we both work so much that it’s nice to be at home and be cosy and private. Most of the partying takes place inside of my house’.
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