On the rack, that dress looks like nothing, but Dakota gravitated toward it, put it on, and it just worked,” Danabassis recalls. “I also really liked the city vibe to it; I liked that it wasn’t super romantic.

Much of that is probably attributable to the three stars at the movie’s center: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal may not be huge box office draws on their own, but they’ve collectively appeared in enough hit movies and TV shows to have the kind of name recognition that romantic movies (whether comedy or drama;

Intimacy coordinators have become a norm on Hollywood sets in the post #MeToo era as they ensure actors feel safe while shooting sex scenes.