It was no real surprise that Dakota Johnson was hesitant to talk about Madame Web on the press tour last month for the disastrous, box office-bombing superhero film. “It was definitely an experience for me to make that movie,” she said, not so delicately, before moving on to her other new venture: a book club.
The glamorous Fifty Shades of Grey star, who lives in California with her partner, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, might seem an unlikely figure to front a book club, but she is just one of a growing number of celebrities turning to more literary pursuits — and many are finding the move profitable. The pop star Dua Lipa, model Kaia Gerber and drag queen RuPaul are among the latest to share their