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Dakota Johnson Takes Aim At Armie Hammer With Incredible Cannibal Joke
She introduced CMBYN director Luca Guadagnino with some humor.
Last night was the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and Call My By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino was honored with the International Icon Award.
At the inaugural “A Taste of Sundance” dinner, the Italian film director was introduced by his friend, Dakota Johnson, who made an incredible joke at his (and Armie Hammer's) expense.
In case you're not familiar with the situation, Hammer starred in Call My By Your Name alongside Timotheé Chalamet. In 2021, a woman came forward and accused him of sexual assault, abuse, and cannibalistic fetishes. Hammer has denied all of those allegations and despite it all, Guadagnino said he would invite Hammer back for the potential sequel to CMBYN. Late last year he coincidentally released Bones and All, another film starring Chalamet that just so happened to be a cannibalistic coming-of-age romance.
The jokes write themselves. Step forward, Dakota Johnson, who called back to CMBYN's infamous peach scene in her introduction.
“Luca had asked me to play the role of the peach, but our schedules conflicted," she said. "Thank God, because then I would have been another woman that Armie Hammer tried to eat.”
Oop.
“It’s been five years since [Call Me by Your Name] premiered here and Luca hasn’t stopped taking us to exciting places," she added. “Who knew cannibalism was so popular?"
\u201cDakota Johnson jokes that she wasn\u2019t cast in #CallMeByYourName: \u201cLuca had asked me to play the role of the peach, but our schedules conflicted. Thank God, because then I would have been another woman that Armie Hammer tried to eat.\u201d\u201d— Variety (@Variety) 1674187537
The joke comes over a year after she defended Hammer, previously saying she was “sad for the loss of great artists” like Hammer, Johnny Depp, and Shia LaBeouf, all of whom are former film costars who face abuse allegations.
“I never experienced that firsthand from any of those people,” she said at the time. “I do believe that people can change. I want to believe in the power of a human being to change and evolve and get help and help other people.” Johnson concluded the thought with, "cancel culture is such a f*cking downer. I hate that term.”
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
