Dakota Johnson shares how 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has affected her love life


UPDATED FEBRUARY 7, 2019 7:42 AM EST

Dakota Johnson is single! The actress opened up to Ellen DeGeneres abouthow the Fifty Shades trilogy has affected her love life. When probedabout her current status on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the 25-year-old actress confessed she was single andthat it can be hard for her to date. “I guess [boys] are scared of me," she said on Friday's episode. "They either love me or they are running for the hills.”

Dakota confesses her role as Anastasia Steele has some boys "running for the hills" Photo: Getty Images

Continuing to talk about the film, the two discussed the next film FiftyShades Darker, and Dakota revealed that the cast will start shooting “sometimein the New Year.” Melanie Griffith's daughter didn’t disclose any more information, maintaining themystery surrounding the latest installment in the much talked about series.

Dakota alsospoke about how she has prohibited her parents from seeing the film inorder to avoid any awkward conversations, “nuh-uh nobody in my family [has seenthe film],” she shared. She continued that it would be weird if any of them saw her doing that.

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She can’thowever avoid having awkward run-ins with members of the public that have seenthe film. Dakota recounted an uncomfortable encounter shehad with a taxi driver who had seen the movie with his wife. She admitted that atthe end of their chat she wanted to “roll out of the car while it was driving away."

To conclude, the actress spoke about her upcoming film Black Mass in whichshe stars with long-time friend Johnny Depp. In it, the actress plays thegirlfriend of notorious Boston mafia boss James Whitey Bulger, a role which is “completely”different to her Fifty Shades of Greycharacter Anastasia Steele.