In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Dakota Johnson, who has been cast as Anastasia Steele in the adaptation of E.L. James’ erotic novel, said she couldn’t stop crying when she was told she had the lead role in Fifty Shades of Grey.

“When I got the call and they said ‘You got the offer’ and I couldn’t speak,” she recalled.

“I was just so relieved. I was crying and crying. Water was literally squirting out of my eyes because I had been so stressed out. And there’s this giant Doberman Pincher lying on the bed next to me. And he just slowly fell asleep. It was so special and this dog didn’t give a f**k about me and what I was going through.”

Dakota said the producers weren’t ”pussy-footing” around the subject of love during her audition for the role but she finds the whole story romantic.

“I just really understand it,” she said. “I think it’s an incredible love story and that’s why it’s affected so many people. Erica (EL James) did a really good job of explaining how that just can happen sometimes and you have this chemical pull to someone. Adding in the love makes it perfect. Sometimes you feel a little bit naughty and that’s okay.”

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