Dakota Johnson thought she knew what she was signing up for, but 50 Shades of Grey took an awkward turn.The cast and crew behind 50 Shades of Grey likely knew long before finishing the films that they would be a massive hit. After all, the books themselves whipped readers into a frenzy, so there might have been some urgency behind turning the books into a three-movie set.




But according to the project's cast members, filming 50 Shades wasn't exactly what they expected, and it was sometimes hard to deal with. Even Jamie Dornan's wife was reluctant to watch scenes from the movie, but it wasn't necessarily the films' X-rated material that gave the actors pause. In fact, Dakota Johnson blamed the author of the series for the strain on set.When she first heard about the 50 Shades trilogy, Dakota Johnson knew she was on board to bring the books to life. Calling the concept "really special," Johnson stated in an interview that it's just in her nature to be physical, and that's why she "did those big naked movies.E.L. James, AKA Erika, wrote the 50 Shades series and exercised significant control over how the books were interpreted.

Dakota admitted, "I haven’t been able to talk about this truthfully ever, because you want to promote a movie the right way, and I’m proud of what we made ultimately and everything turns out the way it’s supposed to, but it was tricky.But she went on to explain that Erika wreaked havoc on set with her demands and that none of the team enjoyed the process.Amid criticism of the film franchise, Dakota did acquiesce that "Erika is a very nice woman, and she was always kind to me and I am grateful she wanted me to be in those movies."

But that didn't stop her from elaborating on the issues on set and saying in retrospect, if she had known what the project would become, she would have said no to the "psychotic" endeavor.That's because the author "just demanded that certain things happen" and argued for the inclusion of many elements in the films that didn't translate well from the books.

Dakota called some of the inner dialogue "cheesy" and said it wouldn't do well as part of the film, but Erika would insist on those aspects being included anyway.After a director change between the first and second films, plus script rewrites, there was only one scene that Dakota Johnson said was well-done, and it's because the books' author didn't mess with it.