Dakota Johnson reveals a ‘scary’ childhood in the spotlight as Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson’s daughter

Growing up with famous parents, Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson and stepfather Antonio Banderas left an indelible mark on Dakota Johnson — sometimes for the better and sometimes not.

“I don’t think I ever really realized what Hollywood was, but I grew up on set and was always surrounded by people who made movies,” Johnson told German Vogue in its November cover story. “I mean I was born in Texas because my dad filmed there.”

The “Fifty Shades of Grey” actress said she always knew her family’s profession was different from her colleagues whose mothers and fathers go to the office every day.

“It’s been a challenge because it’s hard to make and keep friends when you’re on the road as a kid,” she said. “But I’ve always accepted it: This is what we do. It’s in our blood.”

Because of this influence, Johnson said she wanted to be an actress since she was a child and “be a part of what the people around me were doing.”

“When I was a kid, I was obsessed with movies,” she told Vogue. “I was a kid who watched the same thing over and over again for a year. I think that shapes your imagination and what you think is possible for you, especially when you watch movies with other kids, like ‘Mary Poppins’ or ‘Home Alone.'”

But Johnson’s parents did not allow her to act as a child until she graduated from high school, except for a small role with her mother in the 1999 movie “Crazy in Alabama.”

Despite all the positive exposure to the creative industry, having famous parents can be unsettling as a child.

“When I was little, there were times when it was very scary, and people would forcefully and physically try to get to my mom when we were just going to the supermarket or something like that. If you accept that as normal as a young child, it can lead to a lot of complexes,” she said.

She continued: “And then, of course, the fact that you’re in the public eye and the world knows about your private life in a very aggressive, rude, hurtful way. So, yes, there are downsides, but there are also incredible upsides — as with everything, I guess.”

Griffith, best known for the 1988 film “Working Girl,” married Don Johnson, of “Miami Vice” fame, in 1976 for six months. They married for a second time in 1989, shortly before Dakota was born, and divorced in 1996.

Griffith married Banderas in 1996, and they divorced in 2015.

Dakota Johnson has never been married. She was in a long-term relationship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, until this year.