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Christy Hall Shares How Dakota Johnson Helped Snag Sean Penn for Her Filmmaking Debut ‘Daddio’


Director Christy Hall Credits Dakota Johnson for helping to cast Sean Penn in 'Daddio,' a film set almost entirely in a taxi cab.

Today, Hall is the writer-director of “ Daddio,” an acclaimed two-hander starring Sean Penn as a taxi driver named Clark and Dakota Johnson as his passenger, known only as Girlie. The film is both a love letter to New York and a reminder of the importance of human connection set almost entirely inside a cab ride from JFK Airport to Manhattan. After giving him the screenplay, Hall found her script the buzz of the town, landing on The Black List, a catalogue of best unproduced features, pilots and plays for industry professionals to consider.

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Dakota Johnson makes a splash in quirky fish dress as she joins co-star Sean Penn for Daddio screening at Toronto International Film Festival