WHAT! When Dakota Johnson Refused To Use A Body Double For Her Scenes In Fifty Shades
Be it Fifty Shades – Grey, Darker or Freed, one reason that the franchise has been constantly in the headlines is its scenes.
Dakota Johnson is a talented actress. She rose to fame with her acting skills in Fifty Shades Of Grey. Co-starring Jamie Dornan, the film was an immediate box office success. It earned a whopping $570 million worldwide. But what also grabbed a lot of criticism were the explicit scenes in the Sam Taylor-Johnson directorial.
Be it Fifty Shades – Grey, Darker or Freed, one reason that the franchise has been constantly in the headlines is its scenes. A section of the users felt that this Dakota starrer promoted . Although such sequences, usually land in controversies – it is Johnson’s will that we want to talk about today.
Did you know Dakota Johnson refused to use a body double for her scenes in Fifty Shades? When asked using a body double, the on-screen Anastasia Steele in an interview with Mirror said, “No, because it would have felt like a cop-out if I did. 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 . I think it is beautiful and so I was OK with that.”
Just not that, as previously reported, Dakota Johnson also revealed about the challenges she went through while shooting the scenes. “It’s not real! Every time is different, but there’s a lot of scenes in this film, so you kind of just get down to business. On occasions, I’d been simulating for seven hours straight, so I’m over it. It’s not… comfortable. It’s tedious,” the actress had shared.
Albeit, the Fifty Shades trilogy was a huge success. The second instalment went onto gross over $380 million worldwide. Fifty Shades Freed, the final part, raked in over $370 million worldwide.
The film revolved is based on the novel created by E.L James by the same name. It revolves around a college student played by Dakota Johnson getting into a sadomasochistic relationship with a young businessman (Christian Grey played by Jamie Dornan).
