Dakota Johnson, star of the recent superhero film Madame Web, has spoken out about the movie's box office flop, attributing its failure to "people who don't have a creative bone in their body."
In a new interview with The Los Angeles Times, Johnson said, "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. Or to make something entertaining that way."
The Fifty Shades of Grey famed star explained that the film's vision changed during production, and she was "just sort of along for the ride at that point."
She added, "But that happens. Bigger-budget movies fail all the time." Johnson seems to have taken the film's failure in stride, saying, "I don't have a Band-Aid over it... There's no part of me that's like, 'Oh, I'll never do that again' to anything."
Earlier, in talk with Bustle, Johnson hinted that the experience put her off superhero movies, saying, "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. And I know that now."
She added that the film's changes during production were a "real learning experience," but it wasn't nice to be part of something that was "ripped to shreds."
Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra recently acknowledged the film's underperformance at the box office, attributing it to negative press.
"Madame Web underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it," Vinciquerra said. "It was not a bad film, and it did great on Netflix." He added that critics "destroyed" the film, suggesting that the press had a bias against the movie.
