Dakota Johnson SHOCKS Sundance audience with Armie Hammer cannibalism joke
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Dakota Johnson SURPRISES the Sundance audience with a joke about Armie Hammer’s cannibalism
Dakota Johnson made a joke about the Armie Hammer cannibalism scandal while speaking at a dinner to kick off the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
The 33-year-old actress, speaking at the A Taste of Sundance dinner at The Basin Recreation Fieldhouse, presented the Luca Guadagnino Institute Sundance International Icon Award, after working with him on films including A Bigger Splash and Suspiria.
Johnson, who gained viral notoriety for an awkward 2019 exchange with Ellen DeGeneres, joked that the acclaimed director had tried to cast her as the peach in the acclaimed film Call Me by Your Name.
The latest: Dakota Johnson, 33, made a joke about the Armie Hammer cannibalism scandal while speaking at a dinner to kick off the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Thursday.
In the film, the character played by Timothee Chalamet performed a sexual act on a peach, after which Hammer’s character ate it.
“It was here at Sundance in 2017 that audiences experienced a film that is uniquely characterized by Luca’s iconic approach to storytelling,” said the actress, who plays Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades Of Gray films.
She continued: ‘The vision and the style is Call Me By Your Name. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in that one. it was unfortunate
“Luca had asked me to play the part of the peach, but our schedules conflicted. Thank goodness, because then it would have been another woman Armie Hammer tried to eat!”
The actress presented Luca Guadagnino with the International Icon Award from the Sundance Institute
He has worked with the filmmaker on films like A Bigger Splash and Suspiria.
The daughter of Melanie Griffith, 65, and Don Johnson, 73, showed off her comedic chops at the launch concert that kicked off the film festival.
The punchline drew mixed reactions from the audience ranging from groans to cheers.
The daughter of Melanie Griffith, 65, and Don Johnson, 73, alluded to Guadagnino’s 2022 film Bones and All, in which cannibalism was part of the story.
“It’s been five years since that movie opened here and Luca hasn’t stopped taking us to exciting places. Who knew cannibalism was so popular?” she said.
Johnson posed with the filmmaker after the presentation at the film gathering
The actress attended the winter event in a dark denim outfit consisting of a long coat, an off-the-shoulder top, jeans, and pointy boots.
The stunning star had her dark locks styled with bangs at proceedings on Thursday.
Hammer received the highest critical acclaim of his career for the 2017 film Call Me By Your Name, as he was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Film Independent Spirit Award, among other honors, for his role as Oliver in the film. with Timothée Chalamet.
The actor, who has also been in films such as The Social Network, The Man from UNCLE and The Lone Ranger, entered controversy in early 2021 amid multiple allegations of sexual abuse and an outspoken penchant for cannibalism.
He was subsequently fired from his agency WME and lost a number of roles that were available to him, including the Jennifer Lopez film Shotgun Wedding and the Paramount Plus series The Offer.
Hammer and Johnson were photographed at an event in Los Angeles in November 2018.
Hammer received the highest critical acclaim of his career for the 2017 film Call Me By Your Name for his role as Oliver in the film opposite Timothée Chalamet.