Dakota Johnson.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty
Jon Kopaloff/Getty
Dakota Johnsonis addressing the negative response to her latest film,Madame Web.
TheSpider-Man–adjacent superhero movie, in which Johnson plays New York City paramedic Cassandra Webb with abilities that let her see the future,underperformed at the box officeand was met with negative reviews.
In a newinterview withBustle, Johnson, 34, admitted the final film wasn’t what she signed up for.
“It was definitely an experience for me to make that movie. I had never done anything like it before. I probably will never do anything like it again because I don’t make sense in that world. And I know that now,” she said.
Dakota Johnson.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
“But sometimes in this industry, you sign on to something, and it’s one thing and then as you’re making it, it becomes a completely different thing, and you’re like, ‘Wait, what?’ " added Johnson.
“But it was a real learning experience, and of course it’s not nice to be a part of something that’s ripped to shreds, but I can’t say that I don’t understand,” said theFifty Shades of Greystar.
Dakota Johnson in “Madame Web”.Beth Dubber/SONY PICTURES
Beth Dubber/SONY PICTURES
Added Johnson, “My feeling has been for a long time that audiences are extremely smart, and executives have started to believe that they’re not. Audiences will always be able to sniff out bulls—.”
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WhilehostingSaturday Night Livethis past weekend, Sweeney, 26, made a joke in her opening monologue at the expense of the superhero movie.
“You might have seen me inAnyone But YouorEuphoria,” the actress began, before joking, “You definitely didnotsee me inMadame Web.”
Madame Webis in theaters now.
source: people.com
