“He was talented and prolific and important in terms of art but power can poison people.”
“Really scary.”
Johnson said she attended a screening of the film with Hedren, which left a lasting impression on her.
Dakota Johnson recalls ‘alarming’ gift Alfred Hitchcock gave her mother, Melanie Griffith, when she was a child.Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Inset: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
“We sat at HBO, my family, and watched that movie together,” Johnson said.
We’re in a room with some execs.
Maybe this warranted a little conversation beforehand?
She was an amazing actress and he stopped her from having a career."
(EW has reached out to Johnson for clarification on the screening as well as HBO for comment.)
“Can you imagine the psychological effect?”
“[Hitchcock] was really weird.
He was a really weird guy.”
She went on to tell Kimmel aboutThe Girl, but called it a “really wonderful” project.
