HQ Pictures of Dakota at "Materialists" Premiere at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 6th, 2025)

New Interview of Dakota with Deadline at the 59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival

“This place looks Disneyland,” says Dakota Johnson admiringly. It’s her first visit to Karlovy Vary, and her attempts to take in the local sights and delicacies have been sadly scuppered by the sheer number of sightseers on the spa town’s picturesque main drag. “It was kind of hard to get around, so I went to the gym instead,” she recalls. She does, however, admit to having tried absinthe — an extra-strong local spirit also known as The Green Fairy — the night before. “It burned my nose,” she says. “Is it healthy? I only had a mouse-sip.”

Johnson has two films at the festival, Celine Song’s surprise sleeper Materialists and Michael Angelo Corvino’s Cannes hit Splitsville, both female-skewed, adult romcoms set in the modern world of relationships. Though she jokes about her dark side (“I would love to play a psychopath”), right now Johnson has found herself in a good groove. “I’m so interested right now in romance and love,” she says, “and how it can help people and save people and ignite some hope in people’s hearts.”

New Interview of Dakota with Variaty at the 59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival

“Madame Web” star Dakota Johnson, attending the Karlovy Vary Film Festival where she is set to receive the event’s prestigious President’s Award, is close to locking in final details for her directorial feature debut.

Speaking with Variety in the Czech spa town, the actor says her debut is a project “very close to her heart.” The film is one she is working on alongside “Cha Cha Real Smooth” co-star Vanessa Burghardt, who she calls “an incredible autistic actress.”

“I’ve always felt that I’m not ready to direct a feature,” she continues. “I don’t have the confidence, but, with her, I feel very protective and I know her very well. I can see this world, so I just won’t let anybody else do it. That’s the real answer.”

On top of receiving the award, the “50 Shades of Grey” alum is at the festival with two films: Celine Song’s three-hander romance “Materialists,” in which she stars alongside Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal, and Michael Angelo Covino’s Cannes-sensation “Splitsville,” which she also produced under her TeaTime Pictures banner.

HQ Pictures of Dakota at the screening of the "Splitsville" Premiere at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 5th, 2025)

HQ Pictures of Dakota at Karlovy Vary International Airport in the Czech Republic (July 5th, 2025)

UPDATED: HQ Pictures of Dakota on a Yatch with friends in Ibiza, Spain (July 3rd, 2025)

HQ Pictures of Dakota with Kate Hudson and more friends in Ibiza, Spain (July 4th, 2025)

New Video of Dakota at Mohammed Al Turki's birthday party in Ibiza, Spain yesterday (July 3rd, 2025)

📹 New Video of Dakota Johnson at Mohammed Al Turki's birthday party in Ibiza, Spain yesterday (July 3rd, 2025), via esthercanadasofficial on Instagram. pic.twitter.com/6OqmWS7IhL

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New Behind The Scene Pictures of Dakota on the set of "Materialists" shared by Celine Song on Instagram

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New Interview of Dakota, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal about "Materialists" for Empire Magazine

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In Materialists, Dakota Johnson's matchmaker must choose between Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal.

We squeeze onto a sofa with the trio to discuss love and money.

Give anyone the task of naming the most influential, charming stars of today, and odds are Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal would make that list. Who better to bring them together in a thorny love triangle than film director Celine Song, who brings them together—directed by decades of unfulfilled desire.

Materialists is more than just a trope role-reversal. All three actors take up roles that tantalising all the same: Johnson plays Lucy, a calculating art market economist who’s working as a matchmaker. Chris Evans plays one of the men, bright, good looking and some of their shared history makes him more difficult to resist. Pedro Pascal plays the other. It’s a classic romantic triangle, given a fresh edge by Song’s deeply felt perspective on love and longing. (Which you may remember if you saw her breakout Past Lives.)

The trio sit down in a North London studio to discuss their chemistry on set, how the film reflects their relationships to money and love—and why the best scenes are the ones that sneak up on you. Johnson, who is also a producer on the film, says she’s proud of Love. And it is another worthy entry into the list of ambitious romantic comedies that explore whether it’s not enough to sustain a relationship.

UPDATED: HQ Pictures of Dakota with Kate Hudson and more friends on a beach in Ibiza, Spain today (July 2nd, 2025)

New Picture of Dakota with Zoey Deutch and Isabela Grutman on the Ritz-Carlton Yacht

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New Picture of Dakota with Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal and writer Iana Murray for Empire Magazine during the "Materialists" Promotion.

New Still of Dakota and Pedro Pascal in "Materialists"

New Behind The Scene Pictures of Dakota on the set of "Materialists" shared by A24 on Instagram

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PRESS JUNKET: Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans's Interviews for "Materialists"

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New Pictures of Dakota shared by TeaTime Pictures on Instagram

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New Video of Dakota during a party aboard the superyacht Luminara of the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection last night in Italy (June 30th, 2025)

📹 New Video of Dakota Johnson during a party aboard the superyacht Luminara of the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection last night in Italy.

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HQ Pictures of Dakota with Kate Hudson, Douglas Chabbott, Maha Dakhil and Ricky Martin in Rome, Italy yesterday (June 28th, 2025)

New BTS Pictures of Dakota on the set of "Materialists" shared by Celine Song on Instagram

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