Fifty Shades Of Grey star Dakota Johnson was a relatively unknown actress before being cast in the upcoming erotic romance. But the movie has turned the 25-year-old into a star, while the February issue of Vogue made her a cover model. Hitting newsstands on January 21, the story accompanying Dakota's glamorous cover shoot made it clear that the actress may not have fully wrapped her head around her coming fame. 'I think about my dwindling
anonymity,' Dakota said in her interview. 'Nobody recognizes me. It's really... cool.' Considering that Fifty Shades Of Grey has already been named Fandango's fastest-selling R-rated movie ever - weeks before its February 13 release - anonymity might soon be a distant memory. Still, Dakota did not seem to have any regrets when talking to Vogue, saying 'I wanted to be involved because it's so different, and it's an intense love story.' Her director, Sam Taylor-Johnson, and co-star, Jamie Dornan, were equally pleased with Dakota's involvement. 'Dakota is very funny,' Jamie told Vogue. 'But she also had the ability to be a very strong dramatic actress. She'd be telling a joke one minute and breaking your heart on-screen the next.' The director concurred: 'There are tough scenes in this movie, scenes where she had to be naked - and not just in the flesh. But she was utterly fearless and brave. To Dakota - the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson - the results of her work and talent seemed to be worth it. 'It looks beautiful,' the actress said of the movie's final cut. 'But it's confusing to the brain - I still can't look at it objectively or wrap my head around it.' Even before the Vogue cover story was released, the publication created a stir by posting a video short to its website on Monday.Directed by Gustav Johansson and voiced by her Social Network co-star Max Minghella, Dakota showed what it is like to be in a green room of a Hollywood star.
The clip is just one of many promotional materials to be released to coincide with the release of the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling erotic book franchise from author E L James.
It joined the official trailer for Fifty Shades Of Grey, now Universal Pictures' most-viewed teaser with more than 100 million fans watching.
Dakota shared in the anticipation preceding the release of Fifty Shades Of Grey, although perhaps not for the same reasons as fans.
'I do a bit of press for Fifty, and then I'm just going to take the rest of the year off,' said the actress, who has already finished filming her follow-up, an update of the 1969 movie, La Piscine.
'I want to hang out with my friends. I want to hang out with my family,' she added.
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