Contemporary off the success of the A24 romantic dramedy “Materialists,” star Dakota Johnson has revealed that she is near finalizing the deal for her function directorial debut — a challenge she informed reporters would star Vanessa Burghardt, with whom she labored in 2022’s “Cha Cha Actual Easy.” Whereas showing on the Karlovy Fluctuate Movie Competition (the place she is going to obtain the President’s Award), Johnson teased that challenge was “very near her coronary heart,” and he or she thought Burghardt, “an unbelievable autistic actress.”
“I’ve at all times felt that I’m not able to direct a function,” she mentioned. “I don’t have the boldness, however, together with her, I really feel very protecting and I do know her very properly. I can see this world, so I simply gained’t let anyone else do it. That’s the actual reply.”
Johnson has directed one quick movie “Loser Child,” which premiered at TIFF TV in 2024. She has additionally stepped into the producer’s seat on a number of events, together with with “Cha Cha Actual Easy,” in addition to “Am I OK?,” “Daddio,” “Splitsville,” the collection “Slip,” and the upcoming movie “Verity,” which stars Anne Hathaway.
Johnson has usually expressed her opinions on the state of Hollywood filmmaking. Throughout an look final month on “Scorching Ones,” Johnson decried the proliferation of remakes and reboots.
“When one thing does properly, studios wish to hold that going so that they remake the identical issues, however people don’t need that,” she mentioned. “They need recent, they wish to really feel new issues, expertise new issues, see new issues, so I don’t know, I assume it’s all only a little bit of a multitude proper now, isn’t it?”
At Karlovy Fluctuate (by way of Selection), Johnson mentioned how she expects a set to be run when she works on a movie — previewing how her personal future manufacturing may function.
“I don’t wish to face people who find themselves not keen to collaborate,” she mentioned. “After which there are apparent issues. Everyone knows what a poisonous set is by now. We’re artists, so there’s room for expansive personalities, and we’re working with feelings. I really like a wholesome argument on a set, and I additionally imagine that essentially the most wonderful concept wins. It’s not a struggle. It’s not a race. It’s a collaboration.”
