Dakota Johnson, typically labeled a “nepo child” because of her A-list mother and father Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, is setting the file straight on what her early years in Hollywood had been actually like. In a candid new interview with Elle, the actress admitted that regardless of her privileged background, making ends meet was an actual wrestle when she first started pursuing an performing profession.
Now 35, Johnson recalled how troublesome it was to assist herself financially in her early 20s. “For a few years it was onerous to generate income,” she shared. “I’d should ask my mother and father for assist.” At occasions, she didn’t even have sufficient to cowl hire or purchase groceries.
Although grateful for her mother and father’ assist, Dakota made it clear that her journey wasn’t with out hardship. “The auditioning course of, as you realize, is the f–king worst,” she stated bluntly. Her mother and father’ assist was not at all times assured both. When she was rejected from Juilliard — the one faculty she utilized to — her father reduce her off financially. “I didn’t get in and my dad reduce me off as a result of I didn’t go to school,” she revealed. That prompted her to dive headfirst into auditions. At 19, she landed a minor position in The Social Community, which led to different small elements in movies like 21 Leap Road and the sitcom Ben and Kate.
Johnson had her first on-screen position at simply 10 years outdated in Loopy in Alabama, a movie directed by her stepfather Antonio Banderas and starring her mom. Nevertheless it wasn’t till 2013, when she was solid as Anastasia Steele within the Fifty Shades of Gray franchise, that her profession took off. The trilogy’s huge success catapulted her into stardom — and monetary independence.
Now residing comfortably in a serene Malibu mansion, Johnson displays on her nomadic life-style and evolving sense of dwelling. “In my deepest reality, I really feel I don’t dwell anyplace. I nest form of wherever I’m,” she stated. Regardless of the early challenges, Dakota Johnson’s resilience — and slightly assist from her household — paved the best way for her thriving Hollywood profession.
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