Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson, who played the role of Christian Grey's love interest Anastasia Steele, is opening up about her role and the domestic abuse claims surrounding the film.

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In a recent interview with journalist Kjersti Flaa, the 25-year-old actress dishes on Ana's discovery of her body and her sexuality and the actress said that a big part of it was watching this character lose her virginity.

"You get to see Ana sort of become a woman. [Ana] becomes a woman of strength and self worth. She's someone who's curious, and she goes on this wild and emotional and sexual journey."

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While some viewers have nothing but praise for the new film, there have been many critics who believe that Fifty Shades promotes sexual violence. The actress said that Mr. Grey never abuses Ana and her character always made her own decisions.

"I think that is sort of an uneducated opinion," Dakota said. "Maybe because I know more about the BDSM world, so it makes sense to me, but everything that these characters do, they make the decision to do it."

While Ana may not have been forced to engage in sexual activity with the billionaire businessman, some critics believe that Ana's decisions were compelled by Mr. Grey.

Fifty Shades Darker has experienced a delay in production reportedly due to an ongoing feud between author E.L. James and film direction Sam Taylor Johnson and the actors have been told to plan on an early 2016 shoot for a 2017 release.

An official released date has yet to be confirmed, so be sure to check in for more updates.

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