Dakota Johnson on Stage Fright, Shopping Her Mom’s Closet, and Her First Time at Cannes

Vogue

Director: Iban RaïsDirector of Photography: Plume FabreEditors: Michael Suyeda, Evan AllanProducers: Chase Lewis, Amaury Delcambre, Xavier LotéguyAssociate Producer: Lea DonenbergAudio: Hubert Rey-GrangeProduction Assistant: Mélina FructusStylist: Kate Young Makeup Artist: Georgie Eisdell Hairstylist: Mark TownsendProduction Coordinator: Tanía JonesProduction Managers: Kristen HelmickLine Producer: Natasha Soto-AlborsAssistant Editor: Justin SymondsPost Production Coordinator: Holly FrewSupervising Editor: Kameron KeyPost Production Supervisor: Alexa DeutschGlobal Video Director: Lauren MendozaGlobal Assoc. Talent Video Director: Adèle LigerotExecutive Producer :Rahel GebreyesSenior Director, Digital Video: Romy van den BroekeSenior Director, Programming: Linda GittlesonVP, Video Programming: Thespena GuatieriFilmed on Location: Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic

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00:00Every time I do glam, I just put a lot of lotion on one of my legs only, and then I rub them together.

00:11Normally when Mark does my hair, he puts my bangs up in this tiny little garlic knot right on my forehead.

00:23We're not doing that today because it looks insane.

00:25The first thing I did when I got to Cannes on Saturday was I went and surprised Jennifer Lawrence at her after-party for her movie.

00:36Was she thrilled to see you?

00:38No.

00:39She was like, stop following me.

00:43That's why I'm here.

00:48This is Georgie, eyes down, my makeup artist.

00:52I love my life.

00:53And my soulmate.

00:57And this is Marky Mark Townsend.

01:01My hair designer.

01:05Cool.

01:07Mark has been doing my hair for how long, Mark?

01:0912 years.

01:10And Georgie and I have been working together for like six years.

01:13I'm a mega fan.

01:14I only work with people that are obsessed with me.

01:19I only hire people that stalk me, that are just like outside my hotel all the time.

01:28Outside my house all the time.

01:29Georgie's always outside my house.

01:31Oh, and this is Kate.

01:32Who's halfway dressed for the premiere.

01:35When did you put that on?

01:37In the bathroom just now.

01:38You look fabulous.

01:39Yeah, so fresh.

01:41I've never been to Cannes, right?

01:44I don't believe you have.

01:44Hello?

01:45I've never been here with you.

01:46I've never been here with you.

01:47Okay.

01:47Then I've never been here.

01:48Because I'm always with them.

01:50But I'm excited.

01:51It's fun to have a movie here that I produced.

01:53Well, it would suck if people didn't like it.

01:57But that happens.

01:59And you move on.

02:01Quickly.

02:02Georgie.

02:03You want me to change robes?

02:05That would be lovely.

02:06Be right back.

02:08Please.

02:12So many times with Dakota we go from like a more second day texture.

02:16Kind of a lived in texture.

02:18But today we want to do something really, really sleek.

02:20A little more polished.

02:21So we're going to go very straight, very, very shiny.

02:24And show off all of that gorgeous hair.

02:26Because it's all hers.

02:27So today we kind of wanted to, we were tapping into the editorial we did recently.

02:32Where it was really light, really fresh.

02:36Really kind of a pinched cheek moment.

02:38And it's so beautiful and sunny here.

02:39So we wanted to kind of, you know, it's sunny, it's Cannes.

02:42So we're going to be sunny and fresh.

02:44I still need this car.

02:45I was having my moment on camera.

02:47She was.

02:48Last night's dinner was good.

02:53Nicole Kidman gave a really wonderful speech.

02:56And she looked like she wasn't nervous at all.

02:59Which is amazing because I get so nervous speaking on stage.

03:04Do you?

03:04Mm-hmm.

03:05I have crazy stage fright.

03:07What about when you're filming a film?

03:11No.

03:11Not at all.

03:13It's like a cartoon.

03:14Like my knees wobble.

03:16Oh, yeah.

03:17What did you say about the makeup, Georgie?

03:19We said that it's going to be gorgeous.

03:23And there's going to be, we're kind of departing from what we normally do.

03:27And we tried something new the other day on an editorial and it worked.

03:33Mm-hmm.

03:34And this way.

03:34So we're going to whack it on a red carpet and see what happens.

03:38Oh, that's scary.

03:39Should it be not?

03:40But we're going to do what we did just with more mascara because you just need mascara in life.

03:45It does change when she puts something else on.

03:49The clothes kind of do it for her.

03:51So I don't always have to.

03:52But we do, I mean, we might darken a lip or we'll pop an eyeliner on or extend the brow more or something like that.

04:00Mm-hmm.

04:00Or more mascara because there's always room for more mascara.

04:07Fashion has actually kind of always been a personal thing for me.

04:11I refused to let anyone dress me when I was a kid.

04:17And I put together some of the most outrageous looks.

04:23You ready for this?

04:24I hope you are.

04:28I'm wearing a mesh vest that has bows and baubles sewn into it.

04:35And then I was just kind of always into clothes.

04:38I was always going into my mom's closet, trying on her gowns from premieres and things.

04:43When I did Black Mass, the movie that Scott Cooper directed with Johnny Depp, I wore these jeans that were tailored to my body.

04:52They were a vintage pair of Levi's, but we tailored them.

04:56They were amazing.

04:56And that was pretty cool because it was a period film.

05:01So all the clothes were like late 60s.

05:04I think tonight in Cannes, it might very well be another moment.

05:11I'm so in love with this dress.

05:13I can't believe I get to wear that dress.

05:15I guess the thing that makes me choose a dress for a carpet, I have to feel good in it.

05:24Like this one is quite heavy as well.

05:28But it's really worth it.

05:29I think Dakota often looks best in super simple dresses because she's so beautiful.

05:36Her body's so beautiful.

05:38It doesn't like require a lot of distraction.

05:41It's Gucci.

05:42It's all beaded and it's two layers of fringe.

05:46So there's a little bit, you know, like the way it reads, there's like a little bit of architecture

05:50because there's like three levels.

05:52Underneath this, it's sequins.

05:54You see there's like baby pink paillettes under and then these like fringes that some

06:00of them are silk and some of them are beaded.

06:02So there's a lot of depth.

06:03And I really like sparkles here because I think the reason Cannes red carpet looks good

06:08is because it's natural light at the beach.

06:10Like the light's really sparkly and like real, where often it's flat light and you're on a

06:17step and repeat and it's just like harsh flash.

06:20Here it makes everything glitter, like especially.

06:23So if you use sparkles, it really goes there, which is fun.

06:27Dakota wore a fringe Gucci dress in Venice a few years ago.

06:30That was like one of the best.

06:32We love that dress.

06:33I want people to say, wow.

06:36You know, I mean, there's a whole audience when she gets out of the car.

06:40I want to hear that French sound where they go.

06:42Whoa.

06:44Because it's not an American wow, actually.

06:47They're like, whoa.

06:47I remember I was one time at the red carpet and Brad Pitt got out of my car and there

06:53was like this thunderous, like, I want that.

06:57Let's go.

07:08I have these gorgy diamonds.

07:16They are, it seems like they're leaves, I guess.

07:23And then this one is like a big teardrop.

07:26I'm not telling a story.

07:28I'm just wearing a dress.

07:30It's beautiful.

07:32I feel lucky that I get to wear it.

07:35And whatever story you want to make up in your mind, that's the right one.

07:41That's okay.

07:42Pain is beauty.

07:43Am I right?

07:46Beauty is pain.

07:48Pain is beauty.

07:49That's my version.

07:51I'm an actress.

07:55We're about to go to the premiere.

07:57I'm late, per usual.

07:58And I feel very, very excited.

08:05I'm really proud of tea time.

08:07Thank you, Vogue, for being here with me tonight.

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