Dakota Johnson spoke about her own mom Melanie Griffith’s reaction to her movie “The Lost Daughter” in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly‘s “The Awardist” podcast.
The actress, who took on the role of Nina in the critically acclaimed flick, shared: “I’m not a mother, but I do have one, and I have a stepmother, and my family is quite complicated. “So there are a lot of maternal women around, and every single one is so different, and the way they connect to their children is so different.
It’s just so impossible to articulate. “And it’s a lie that you have to enjoy [motherhood] at all times. I think [director Maggie Gyllenhaal] just tells the truth about it in this film.” She added that her mother was still processing the film: “My mom watched it three times, and I don’t really know.
I think for some people it takes time to marinate. I think when she’s ready to talk to me about it, she will.” Elsewhere in the interview, Johnson spoke about how sometimes the darker films are the funniest to work on.
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