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Dakota Johnson ‘Basically Overdosed’ on Caffeine While Filming Her Directorial Debut ‘Loser Baby’


Dakota Johnson spoke to Variety about shooting 'Loser Baby,' a short film that serves as her directorial debut.

Clocking in at 23 minutes, “Loser Baby” follows a queer woman whose circle of friends gets her wondering about the state of her own relationship. Since Johnson’s breakout role in “Fifty Shades of Grey,” she has cultivated an eclectic resume with Luca Guadagnino’s supernatural horror remake “Suspiria,” the feel-good film “Peanut Butter Falcon,” director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s psychological drama “The Lost Daughter” and most recently Sony’s comic book adaptation “Madame Web.” She didn’t necessarily feel called to step behind the camera. Yet she says she doesn’t have a process to navigate the gauntlet of interviews and talk show appearances that are part and parcel of promoting a movie.

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