Dakota Johnson reveals she only receives fan mail from 'men in prison' and VERY strange things in the post
Dakota Johnson has revealed she receives fan letters from men in prison and ‘very strange things in the post’.
Appearing on Friday’s episode of The Graham Norton Show, the Fifty Shades Of Grey actress, 34, revealed her unusual caliber of fandom when actor Sterling K. Brown divulged that he is lauded by fans for ‘changing their lives’.
Speaking about his show This is Us, he said: ‘People still come up to me to hug and to tell me that the show changed their lives. How it provided them with some form of catharsis. I didn’t know it would have such an impact. It was really lovely.’
A stunned Dakota hilariously countered: ‘That never happens to me. I just get letters from men in prison and very strange things in the post!’
Her anecdote comes after her Fifty Shades Of Grey co-star Jamie Dornan confessed he had received letters claiming he had fathered a child with Dakota.
Dakota Johnson has revealed she receives fan letters from men in prison and ‘very strange things in the post’
Appearing on Friday’s episode of The Graham Norton Show, the Fifty Shades Of Grey actress, 34, revealed her unusual caliber of fandom when actor Sterling K. Brown divulged that he is lauded by fans for ‘changing their lives’ (pictured in Fifty Shades Of Grey)
A stunned Dakota hilariously countered: ‘That never happens to me. I just get letters from men in prison and very strange things in the post!’
Back in 2020, he said: ‘Someone saying that it was my kid, and my wife should know that I have this kid who’s 7 years old…
‘I think they were trying to say that the kid was mine and Dakota Johnson’s, and we’d had this baby while we made the first Fifty Shades movie. It piqued our interest, let’s say. It was a bit freaky.’
Dakota was on the show to discuss joining the Marvel Universe and her role as Madame Web. She said: ‘She is a new character, and this is a new version of a Marvel movie. It’s different and grounded and from an entirely female perspective…
‘It’s totally stand alone.’
Asked about performing her own stunts, she went on: ‘I had a one-day stunt driving course and it was the most fun I have ever had.’ When asked if this is the first of many stunts, she coyly stated: ‘Maybe’.
Sterling, who has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for American Fiction,. meanwhile said of the film: ‘It is a very funny satire on how mainstream media often see black people in very narrow perspectives, which isn’t the whole story…
Her anecdote comes after her Fifty Shades Of Grey co-star Jamie Dornan confessed he had received letters claiming he had fathered a child with Dakota
Sterling K Brown, Dakota Johnson, Colman Domingo, Domhnall Gleeson and Paul Russell (L-R) appeared on the show
‘Every experience is different, and the film tries to show the humanity that exists in all of us.’
Asked if he is enjoying his Oscar nomination, he says, ‘There’s no losing yet. It will happen in its own good time. But I know I am not going to win, and I am totally fine with that. Robert Downey Jr. is going to win, and he is incredibly deserving…
‘The fact that I get to be nominated along with him, Robert De Niro, Ryan Gosling, and Mark Ruffalo is incredible, I am just happy to be in the room.’
Talking about This is Us, he went on: ‘People still come up to me to hug and to tell me that the show changed their lives. How it provided them with some form of catharsis. I didn’t know it would have such an impact. It was really lovely.’
Also appearing was Colman Domingo, who was discussing playing the title role of the 1960s civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in Rustin.
He said: ‘He is not well known in the US as he’d been pretty much erased from history because he was openly gay…
‘His story is great, and he was an awesome person in every way. I truly hope this film puts him back in the history books. I think that the more I am amplified, so is he and that is a beautiful thing.’
Dakota was on the show to discuss joining the Marvel Universe and her role as Madame Web. She said: ‘She is a new character, and this is a new version of a Marvel movie. It’s different and grounded and from an entirely female perspective’
Asked about the Obamas’ approach to producing the film, he says: ‘They were very hands on. They gave notes on the script and on the cuts of the film and, because we were shooting during Covid, they made sure we were taking care of ourselves and each other. We became very close and warm.’
On hearing the news of his Oscar nomination, he said: ‘I was cleaning the bathroom to distract myself when I got a text from my manager…
‘When my husband heard the news on the TV he bursts into tears and laid on the floor and I thought, ‘I guess that was what I should have done.’ I didn’t know what to do because I was so shocked.’
Domhnall Gleeson appeared to speak about his new Channel 4 romantic drama series Alice & Jack, he said: ‘It’s about love and how good people can hurt other people. It is beautiful and moving and I am really, really proud of it. It’s gorgeous.’
Asked about his fans, he joked: ‘People seem to remember me most for a comedy sketch I did years ago when I pooed in a lemonade bottle. They shout at me in the street. I want to shout back, ‘I’ve been in The Revenant god damn it!’
The Graham Norton Show, BBC One, Friday 2nd February 10.40pm. Also available on BBC iPlayer