Dakota Johnson blames Hollywood executives for ‘Madame Web’ disaster: “It wasn’t my fault”
Dakota Johnson has reflected on Madame Web flopping at the box office and blamed it on Hollywood executives making creative decisions “by committee”.
Johnson starred in the Marvel movie alongside Sydney Sweeney and Emma Roberts which arrived in early 2024. The film not only performed below par at the box office, but the viewing public also ridiculed it, landing Madame Web a score of four out of ten on IMDB as well as 11 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Additionally, Johnson was awarded ‘Worst Actress’ at the Razzies for her performance in the ill-fated movie. The award ceremony, which highlights the worst of cinema in the last 12 months, also named it ‘Worst Picture’.
Shortly after it arrived in cinemas, Johnson described Madame Web as a “learning experience” and admitted in an interview with Bustle, “I had never done anything like it before. I probably will never do anything like it again, because I don’t make sense in that world.”
Meanwhile, Sweeney also distanced herself from the film around the same time, telling the LA Times, “I was just hired as an actress in it, so I was just along for the ride for whatever was going to happen.”
In a new interview with the LA Times, Johnson reflected on the flop, “It wasn’t my fault. There’s this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee. Or made by people who don’t have a creative bone in their body. And it’s really hard to make art that way.”
She continued: “Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think unfortunately with ‘Madame Web,’ it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point. But that happens. Bigger-budget movies fail all the time.”
Johnson’s next movie sees her star in Celine Song’s Materialists alongside Pedro Pascal and Chris Pratt, which will hit cinemas in the UK and Ireland on August 16th.
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