Dakota Johnson has mentioned that performing on the set of Madame Net, with a excessive quantity of CGI results, was “completely psychotic”.
The movie is marketed because the fourth instalment within the Sony Spider-Man Universe, and in November, the primary trailer for the movie was launched. Based mostly on the Marvel Comics character of the identical identify, the film additionally stars The White Lotus’ Sydney Sweeney, in addition to Emma Roberts and Adam Scott. It’s launched in cinemas on February 14.
In a brand new interview with EW, Johnson, who shot to fame as Anastasia Steele within the Fifty Shades movie collection, opened up in regards to the technical difficulties of performing in such an effects-heavy manufacturing.
“I’ve by no means actually carried out a film the place you’re on a blue display screen, and there’s pretend explosions going off, and somebody’s going, ‘Explosion!’ and also you act like there’s an explosion. That to me was completely psychotic,” she mentioned.
“I used to be like, ‘I don’t know if that is going to be good in any respect! I hope that I did an okay job!’ However I trusted [director SJ Clarkson]. She works so arduous, and he or she has not taken her eyes off this film since we began.”
Directed by Clarkson and written by Jessica Jones author Claire Parker, the film centres round Cassandra Webb, portrayed by Johnson, a paramedic working in New York Metropolis. When she notices her capability to see into the longer term, she enlists the assistance of a bunch of younger girls, one in all whom is Julia Carpenter, performed by Sweeney, who later turns into Spider Girl within the well-known comics.
In the identical interview, Johnson spoke about her doubts about accepting the position. “I acquired despatched this script, and I used to be like, ‘I don’t find out about me being a superhero,’” she mentioned. “I used to be type of mystified by her powers. I felt like, ‘Oh, I actually would like to see that superhero. I’d like to see a younger girl whose superpower is her thoughts.’”
When Sweeney was interviewed in 2022 about working with Johnson, the Euphoria actor mentioned, “I used to be a bit nervous. I’ve to say – I snuck into Fifty Shades of Gray in highschool. My dad and mom didn’t let me watch it and I watched it. So I’m an enormous fan of her. She’s so scorching.”
