The Fifty Shades Of Grey alum Dakota Johnson is allegedly said to have made Sony unhappy with Madame Web‘s failure. According to reports, her unprofessional behavior during promotion, lack of support towards the film, and her constant public digs at the Marvel movie are what got her into hot water with Sony and the bosses.
Meanwhile, as Dakota Johnson gets reportedly accused of dragging the film towards its failure, fans united on social media to support the actress. Claiming that Johnson is in no way responsible for the failure of Madame Web since it was already subject to ridicule, netizens support the star amid reports of Sony accusing her.
Dakota Johnson has Infuriated Sony and Madame Web Bosses
Turning into an embarrassing mess, Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off Madame Web simply managed to make $92M at the global box office against its $80M budget. Following this catastrophic failure, DailyMail reported how the titular star of the film, Dakota Johnson, is now being allegedly accused of dragging the movie to its downfall.
Infuriating Madame Web bosses and Sony with her unprofessional behavior during the film promotion, lack of support towards her own movie, and her constant public digs at the Marvel flick, Dakota Johnson is now said to be in hot waters. According to reports, Johnson’s behavior during interviews and lack of interest in her film is being called out as a reason for the failure.
During several interviews, Johnson was heard claiming that she still hasn’t seen the movie and even appeared to take a shot at movie bosses. Speaking with Bustle, the actress was heard implying how the interference of the committee perhaps ruined her film. Further, during another interview, Johnson’s lack of awareness and inability to name a single Tom Holland Spider-Man movie made her go viral and subject to ridicule.
“Lots of people at Sony are questioning her star power, and how she reacted to this failure will likely come back to haunt her… Producers and Sony aren’t laughing over Dakota’s continued dragging of how she sees the fallout of Madame Web and how she isn’t taking any responsibility for its lackluster results… Dakota is being looked down on over her talk of the film”, an insider told DailyMail.
Claiming that the bosses are fine with Sydney Sweeney’s playful joke on Saturday Night Live, insiders revealed that the studio execs are drawing the line at Johnson’s constant jibe.
Fans Unanimously Support Dakota Johnson Amid Backlash
In the meantime, while Dakota Johnson began getting allegedly accused of dragging Madame Web to failure by Sony and the bosses, fans unitedly took a stand for the actress. Although previously several netizens called out Johnson for being unable to promote the film properly and even criticized her performance, now it seems fans are showing their unwavering support towards the star.
Taking to social media, after the reports from DailyMail we’re corroborated by The Hollywood Handle, fans unanimously supported Johnson amid Sony’s backlash. Claiming that the actress was neither unprofessional during promotion nor responsible for using her star power to launch Madame Web to its success, netizens mentioned that the actress is unnecessarily being attacked and blamed.
Why should she take responsibility for the movie flopping? She's just following a script.
— ReelTalker (@TalkerReel92) March 9, 2024
Well she’s getting blamed and laughed at so she needs to do these things to save her reputation and detach herself from such a horrible movie. Even if Scarlett Johansson or Margot Robbie was in it, won’t make the film any better
— joey (@Fan_FlickOn) March 9, 2024
Why should she take responsibility for the studio's mistake?
— mimicracy (@mimicracyy) March 9, 2024
Literally nobody wants these Spider-Man villain films or should I say Spider-Man adjacent. Regardless did they really expect a Madame web movie to do venom 1 numbers. Sony is at fault for this sonyverse mess. The cast did their job and moved on.
— Eddie (@OHMYDIAZ) March 9, 2024
She doesn’t wake up every day trying to make creatively bankrup execs happy. Thankfully she has integrity, unlike many others who will guilt trip their own fans trying to make them believe there’s something wrong about their personality and morals for not liking a film.
— Rino (@RinoTheBouncer) March 9, 2024
Well here’s a thought Sony, make better films? Or if you can’t, sell the character rights back to Marvel? Also she made ONE lukewarm comment about how the film performed. She’s not responsible for crappy writing or narrative choices, YOU ARE.
— Max MediaVerse (@MediaverseCU) March 9, 2024
Sony should just admit that their universe is not working
— Shy Guy misses MatPat 🇵🇸 (@fuckcrystalized) March 9, 2024
Calling out Sony and Madame Web bosses for not taking any share of the blame upon themselves, fans pointed out how they are simply trying to shift the negative spotlight towards Dakota Johnson. Openly calling out the film’s failure as the studio’s responsibility, fans noted that the film wouldn’t have succeeded even if big stars appeared alongside Johnson. Admitting that no one wants to see Spider-Man spin-offs, netizens offered clarity as to why the film tanked.
Madame Web is out now, in cinemas.
