When shooting was about to start, Luca Guadagnino still hadn't found an actress to play Penelope after Margot Robbie dropped out. He met a lot of actresses from that generation and one day, a friend, Brian Swardstrom, who is both Tilda Swinton's and director Sam Taylor-Johnson's agent, mentioned Dakota Johnson. And then he spoke to Taylor-Johnson because she had been working with Johnson on Cinquanta sfumature di grigio (2015) but nobody knew anything about it yet - the movie didn't even have a trailer yet and she recommended Johnson to him and he decided to cast her. Swardstrom would also prove to be instrumental on Guadagnino's next film Chiamami col tuo nome (2017) as he also represents Timothée Chalamet.

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