Dakota Johnson Says It Was ‘Hard to Pretend’ During Madame Web Press Tour
Talk to HustleJohnson, who plays psychic Cassandra Webb, said of the criticism: “Unfortunately, I’m not surprised that things turned out this way.” She added that even for small films, decisions are made by committees – and there’s no way art can be created with numbers and algorithms. Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb in Madame Web. […]
Talk to HustleJohnson, who plays psychic Cassandra Webb, said of the criticism: “Unfortunately, I’m not surprised that things turned out this way.”
She added that even for small films, decisions are made by committees – and there’s no way art can be created with numbers and algorithms.
Johnson explained, “It was really an experience for me to make this movie. I’ve never done anything like this before. I’ll probably never do something like this again because I don’t make any sense in this world. And I know it now. .
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“But sometimes in this industry you sign up for something, and it’s one thing, and then as you create it, it becomes a completely different thing, and you’re like, ‘Wait, what? ‘
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“But it was a real learning experience, and of course it’s not nice to be part of something that’s being torn to shreds, but I can’t say I don’t understand.”
Johnson went on to say of the press tour: “It’s hard for me to pretend. It’s hard for me sometimes to accept the silliness of doing a press tour.”
Spider-Man spin-off Madame Web sees Johnson’s character Cassandra team up with fellow Spider-Women Julia (Sydney Sweeney), Mattie (Celeste O’Connor) and Anya (Isabela Merced) – to fight villain Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Sims.
The film is the fourth feature film in Sony’s shared Spider-Man universe, following Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius, and, with its multiverse focus, is an attempt to take the franchise in a new direction.
Even though Madame Web, which grossed $91 million worldwide, surpassed Morbius at the box office, it still falls short of the lowest opening weekend ever for a Marvel Studios MCU project – which was The Marvels, with $110.3 million.
The film was almost universally panned by critics and currently has a critical score of 12% on Rotten Tomatoes (although a much higher audience score of 57%).
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