Sean Penn says he felt 'misery' making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’d felt misery in making movies,” the two-time Oscar winner recalled during a recent interview. “At first you’re putting it off to, ‘Well, this script is a problem, and this director is a problem.’ But then I caught myself a few times working on great things with great people and just as miserable.” That is until his neighbor, Dakota Johnson, knocked on his door with a script and an invitation to be her co-star. I felt like you would feel getting your first movie,” Penn recalled of his initial response to reading “Daddio,” which hits theaters nationwide Friday. “I think that a lot of the studios, well streaming platforms mostly, are run by people who don’t even really like movies or watch them.” Johnson said she “attacked” the script for “Daddio” when she first read it because she loved it so much, and spent years through TeaTime, her production company, working with Hall to get the film financed.