‘That was so scary’: Dakota Johnson admits she suffered a panic attack while preparing for ‘terrifying’ singing scene on the set of Our Friend
Dakota Johnson revealed that she had a panic attack while filming her first singing scene in her new movie during a remote appearance Tuesday on a talk show.
The 31-year-old actress while promoting her new film Our Friend on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon confirmed that it was her first time singing on screen.
‘That was so scary,’ Dakota told Jimmy, 46, as she also admitted to suffering a ‘little bit’ from ‘stage fright’.
Panic attack: Dakota Johnson revealed that she had a panic attack while filming her first singing scene in her new movie during a remote appearance Tuesday on a talk show
Dakota said she gets ‘really nervous’, for example, when coming onto his show ‘and I laugh and then cry most of the time’.
The daughter of actress Melanie Griffith, 63, and actor Don Johnson, 71, while wearing a floral robe on the show said she’s become used to crying while nervous.
‘But, singing in front of people is actually so terrifying for me,’ she told Jimmy.
‘And we had to shoot the scene where you don’t even really see me. The camera’s in the back of… you can’t even really tell what’s going on, and I was meant to be performing in community theater. And they hit playback of my voice, my vocal recording, and called ‘Action’,’ Dakota recalled.
First time: The 31-year-old actress while promoting her new film Our Friend on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon confirmed that it was her first time singing on screen
‘And it was like I had a panic attack that manifested in all the ways that it does, that it can, so, like, I just took off running. Running, like around the theater, around backstage.
‘I was running around, and then just started laughing hysterically, and everyone on the crew’s like, ‘What’s she doing?” Running around, laughing and then just stopped moving and started crying,’ Dakota shared.
The 21 Jump Street actress blamed her behavior on being ‘so scared’.
Stage fright: Dakota said she gets ‘really nervous’, for example, when coming onto his show ‘and I laugh and then cry most of the time’
‘It was like extreme flight mode,’ she said.
Dakota earlier told viewers that Our Friend was based on a true story.
The film follows couple Nicole and Matthew Teague who are faced with Nicole’s impending cancer death as they allow their best friend to move in and help them out.
Coming soon: Our Friend follows couple Nicole and Matthew Teague who are faced with Nicole’s impending cancer death as they allow their best friend to move in and help them out
Our Friend had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019.
The film is scheduled to be released Friday by Gravitas Ventures in theaters and on demand.
Dakota has been in a relationship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 43, since October 2017.
Going strong: Dakota has been in a relationship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 43, since October 2017