--- title: Fifty Shades of Grey Movie: Dakota Johnson Makes Anything Sexy on Fallon description: Jimmy Fallon doesn't quite have the same effect canonical: https://time.com/3704822/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-dakota-johnson-sexy/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-11T15:30:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:29.188Z og:title: Here's Proof Fifty Shades' Dakota Johnson Can Make Anything Sound Sexy og:description: Jimmy Fallon doesn't quite have the same effect og:url: https://time.com/3704822/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-dakota-johnson-sexy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Proof Fifty Shades' Dakota Johnson Can Make Anything Sound Sexy twitter:description: Jimmy Fallon doesn't quite have the same effect twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Proof _Fifty Shades'_ Dakota Johnson Can Make Anything Sound Sexy ## Video: Video: Fans Welcome E.L. James to New York [Watch (HLS stream): Video: Fans Welcome E.L. James to New York](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fooCMHAM.m3u8) (7:09)  _Published 2012-03-30. Enthusiastic fans welcome E.L. James, the author of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy, to New York_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 11, 2015 3:30 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 11, 2015 3:30 PM UTC _Fifty Shades of Grey_ star [Dakota Johnson](http://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/) can make anything sound sexy and she proved it Wednesday on _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon._ The young star, who plays Anastasia Steele in [the global phenomenon](http://time.com/3699585/fifty-shades-of-grey-screening-superfan/), was challenged to make sentences like, “Let me slip into my sweatpants” and “Excuse me, sir, this strawberry-flavored Chapstick just fell out of your fanny pack” sound alluring. Johnson had no problem making those un-sexy lines sound like sultry come-ons. Fallon, however, could barely keep a straight face, let alone a come-hither look, while trying to work his magic on his lines like, “You’ll have to excuse the cloud of Gold Bond Powder.” Even a simmering over-the-shoulder look couldn’t give Fallon the same power Johnson (or [even Steve Buscemi](http://time.com/3703273/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-steve-buscemi/)) has in one little wink, proving there’s a reason [Jamie Dornan](http://time.com/3702688/jimmy-fallon-jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey/) was cast as [Christian Grey](http://time.com/3696868/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-christian-grey/) instead of Fallon. _Read next:_ [_Watch Jamie Dornan Read_ Fifty Shades of Grey _in a Scottish Accent_](http://time.com/3702688/jimmy-fallon-jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey/) ### Fifty Shades of Grey: TIME's Exclusive Portraits of the Cast and Director  Dakota Johnson (Anastasia “Ana” Steele) and Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey) photographed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015. Malerie Marder for TIME  Dakota Johnson (Anastasia “Ana” Steele) photographed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015. Malerie Marder for TIME  Sam Taylor-Johnson (director) photographed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015. 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