--- description: Dakota Johnson talked about shooting the film with co-star Jamie Dornan. title: Fifty Shades of Grey Star Hopes Her Parents Don't See the Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd39103b7a0239e/69869d08cd804d108accc143/dakota-johnson1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Star Hopes Her Parents Don't See the Movie ## Video: Fifty Shades Of Grey - Trailer [Watch (HLS stream): Fifty Shades Of Grey - Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GJv5ooq3.m3u8) (2:24)  _Published 2014-07-24. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Trailer_  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 3:25 PM CUT  Dakota Johnson at the Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Chanel show at Grand Palais on July 8, 2014 in Paris. Dakota Johnson at the Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Chanel show at Grand Palais on July 8, 2014 in Paris.Rindoff/Dufour—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 3:25 PM CUT If you feel awkward watching the [_Fifty Shades of Grey_ trailer](http://time.com/3023563/50-shades-of-grey-trailer/ "undefined") at your desk, imagine how it must feel to be the parents of the stars. While presenting the trailer for the [Beyoncé-approved](http://time.com/3009178/beyonce-fifty-shades-of-grey/ "undefined") adaptation of E.L. James’ wildly popular erotic novel on the TODAY show Thursday, Dakota Johnson told co-host Savannah Guthrie that she doesn’t want her mom and dad to check out her acting talents. “Not at all,” said Johnson, who is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. “I mean, if it were them doing the movie, I wouldn’t want to see that.” Johnson plays Anastasia Steele, an innocent college girl who starts a relationship with kinky billionaire Christian Grey, but the actress says shooting the steamy movie was anything but intimate. “It’s not like a romantic situation, it’s more technical and choreographed — it’s more of a task,” she said. And nothing says Valentine’s Day quite like “technical and choreographed.” **MORE:** [**Dave Barry Learns Everything You Need To Know About Being A Husband From Reading** **_50 Shades of Grey_**](http://time.com/3030375/dave-barry-50-shades-of-grey/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3029149/fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer-dakota-johnson-parents/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3029149/fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer-dakota-johnson-parents/"},"headline":"Fifty Shades of Grey Star Hopes Her Parents Don't See the Movie","datePublished":"2014-07-24T15:25:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:19:47.041Z","description":"\"If it were them doing the movie, I wouldn't want to see that”","url":"https://time.com/3029149/fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer-dakota-johnson-parents/","keywords":["movies","Fifty Shades of Grey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd39103b7a0239e/69869d08cd804d108accc143/dakota-johnson1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd39103b7a0239e/69869d08cd804d108accc143/dakota-johnson1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dakota Johnson at the Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Chanel show at Grand Palais on July 8, 2014 in Paris.","caption":"Dakota Johnson at the Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Chanel show at Grand Palais on July 8, 2014 in Paris.","creditText":"Rindoff/Dufour—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3029149/fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer-dakota-johnson-parents/","name":"Fifty Shades of Grey Star Hopes Her Parents Don't See the Movie"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Fifty Shades Of Grey - Trailer","description":"Fifty Shades Of Grey - Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/GJv5ooq3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-24T13:17:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GJv5ooq3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3029149/fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer-dakota-johnson-parents/","duration":"PT2M24S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3029149/fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer-dakota-johnson-parents/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```