Dakota Johnson.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Dakota Johnsontotally gets why her famous parents didn’t want her following in their footsteps.
TheLost Daughteractress appears in the latest issue ofW Magazinewhere she spoke about growing up in a famous Hollywood family withmom Melanie Griffith, dadDon Johnson, formerstepdad Antonio Banderasand grandmotherTippi Hedren.
“They discouraged [me],” Johnson said of her parents' attitude toward her acting dreams. “See how well that turned out? But I understood. They wanted me to have as much of a childhood as I could.”
When asked how old she was when she knew she wanted to act, Johnson said, “Nothing old. Zero old.”
“I couldn’t wait because I grew up on set. My parents were always working with amazing artists, and I just loved it,” she said. “I wanted to be a part of it so badly.”
But her big break came with the role of Anastasia Steele in 2015’sFifty Shades of Greyopposite Jamie Dornan and based on the popular books of the same name.
Melanie Griffith, Dakota Johnson, and Don Johnson.Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Since then, Johnson has appeared in two more sequels from the franchise, as well asBad Times at El Royale, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Suspiriaand most recentlyThe Lost Daughter.
In March 2021, Johnson’s dad Don revealed he gave his five children, including Dakota, the option of being financially helped under one condition.
“We have a rule in the family that, you know, if you stay in school, you get to stay on the payroll. So, you go to college, you get to stay on the payroll,” DonexplainedonLate Night with Seth Meyers.
He continued, “Toward the end of high school, I went to [Dakota] and I said, ‘So, do you want to go visit some colleges?’ Or something like that. And she was like, ‘Oh, no. I’m not going to college.'”
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“I went, ‘OK, you know what that means? You won’t be on the payroll anymore,'” the actor recalled. He went on to ask Dakota how she was “going to manage.”
Dakota responded, “Don’t you worry about it” and when Don asked for details, she wouldn’t offer up any.
The actor then proudly shared that the actress was cast inThe Social Networkthree weeks after their conversation.
“And the rest is, shall we say, cinema history,” Don said.
The Lost Daughteris available to stream on Netflix.
source: people.com
