Madame Web star Dakota Johnson slams 'f***ing bleak' movie industry

Dakota Johnson has described the current state of the movie industry in Hollywood as 'f***ing bleak'.

The actress is known for combining roles in big projects like 50 Shades of Grey and the upcoming Madame Web with smaller, independent movies, some of which come from her own production company, TeaTime.

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Johnson started her own production company in order to develop projects that are a bit braver than studios and streaming services are used to, otherwise they would never get made.

"I am discovering that it’s really fucking bleak in this industry. It is majorly disheartening," she told L'Officiel.

"The people who run streaming platforms don’t trust creative people or artists to know what’s going to work, and that is just going to make us implode. It’s really heartbreaking. It’s just fucking so hard. It’s so hard to get anything made. All of the stuff I’m interested in making is really different, and it’s unique and it’s very forward in whatever it is. We made a movie called Daddio that was sold at Telluride to Sony Classics, which was amazing, but it took a lot of fighting to get that made.

"People are just so afraid, and I’m like, why? What’s going to happen if you do something brave? It just feels like nobody knows what to do and everyone’s afraid. That’s what it feels like. Everyone who makes decisions is afraid. They want to do the safe thing, and the safe thing is really boring."

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Madame Web is a psychological thriller

Johnson will next step foot into the world of superhero movies with Madame Web.

The official premise of the film reads:

'Cassandra Webb is forced to confront her past while trying to survive with three young women with powerful futures who are being hunted by a deadly adversary.'

The thing that attracted Johnson to the project was the character of Cassandra and how powerful a woman she is - even before she actually gains super powers.

"I think that the minds of women are incredibly powerful, so I think that it’s a more relatable superhero," the actress explained.

"It is more of a psychological thriller. This film is a really fabulous departure for Marvel, because sometimes it’s amazing to have these other universes and galaxies doing unrealistic things in an unrealistic place. That can be escapism and really entertaining. Before Madame Web becomes Madame Web, she’s a paramedic and she is on the front lines; she is an everyday hero. So I just thought it was different. And I had never done anything like that."