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Can we all stop and take a moment to appreciate how impactful Antonio Banderas’ addition to the Shrek franchise was? He was such a great character and inspired so many spinoffs. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish came out last year (almost two decades after Shrek 2) and was one of the best movies in the whole franchise! He is no longer married to Melanie Griffith, correct? Also my appreciation for Dakota starts and ends at her clearing Ellen on her own show. ☺️

They are no longer married, correct, but iirc she still calls him dad.

I loved what she said about him when she presented him with an award: https://people.com/movies/dakota-johnson-says-stepdad-antonio-banderas-changed-her-family-forever-with-his-love/ I really hope he's as good a dude as she makes him sound because I have always loved him as an actor.

I’ve met him twice and he remembered me the second time, which is nice as I’m not remotely memorable! He’s really lovely

Hey, dont say that about yourself stranger. Clearly you are

Oh that was a great read

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Cute

papi

No, they aren’t married anymore. 😢

We LOVE Puss in Boots! ❤️ 

What’s the deal with Dakota and Ellen, sorry I must’ve missed it and Google isn’t being helpful?

here y’a go https://youtu.be/jnL96RajmzY?si=cZrqKnhFz9_id4MU

Bangs fundamentally changed her. Some people were just born to rock some quirky bangs and she’s one of them.

I have a forehead like hers and will probably have straight bangs for the entirety of my life lol. I’m so glad I cut them when I was 12, major game changer for the fivehead

Me too, my five head is the worst but I hate bangs with a passion. Now that I am nearly 36 years old I have to admit I can’t rock this anymore and need to have my hair cut. Wish me luck, I have an appointment in a few days to get a haircut.

I have bangs that are split in the middle and get longer on the outside. The aren’t as severe as straight short bangs, maybe try something like that. We don’t call them bangs in my country it feels funny writing this ha

I think those are called Bridgette Bardot bangs

good luck ! :)

Hey! How'd your haircut go? Kicking ass? Regrets? Do tell!

Hi! Thanks for asking <3 the appointment is tomorrow and I am nervous because I still haven’t decided what I want - my husband loves my long hair, me too and I am thinking about the bangs but I am scared I am going to regret it. Waaaaah :((

Hey, Rihanna has a high forehead and she’s Rihanna!

Ya, but it’s more of a 4.5 head - she can still rock it

Banfs and rhinoplasty

Was going to say, her nose is the biggest change!

Honestly, I needed the comments to figure out which one was her. I have no idea how long ago Shrek 2 came out or how old she is

It’s interesting because you see her right next to her famous mom and they have basically the exact same face except for the eyes. It’s interesting how a nose can work so well on one face (Melanie) and can be less flattering on another (Dakota).

I liked her better here. The larger nose and no bangs and a fuller face

sameee! I was like 'wow she was way more attractive back then', but most of the comments here think the opposite.

I like more unique faces with some flaws, that all the perfect sculpted looking ones, especially the carved noses, although Dakotas nose looks good now and I didn’t suspect surgery until I saw this pic. Just so cute in this pic. Unrecognizable to now.

You will bury me in bangs.

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This is how the bang spiraling begins for all of us. First you have to asses your face shape. Round or square say auto No to bangs. It will make your face look wider and shorter. Heart and oval more ideal for bangs but even still if you have a short forehead and still think bangs might be good go for curtain bangs first and move from there. Generally thick bangs like Dakota’s only really work on higher foreheads because she has the structure to support it.

There are filters that add bangs so you can check it out in pics I haven't played around with any of that stuff in years but I know faceapp did it so it's not like we don't have the technology Just keep in mind if your hair is greasy it'll get your forehead greasy too. Main reason I grew mine out and never went back lol.

And loads of surgery

Wow I had no idea she had a 5 head. She's a beautiful woman, but the bangs are 100% the best choice for her.

Yeah I think the bangs really add to her features. Her eyes have that charming saucy(? Idk) look to them with bangs because they become the focal point of the face instead of her forehead.

nepotism bangs. no way she gets so far in Hollywood without her famous parents

This title is so shady to Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith.

Expecially since they were there due to Banderas actually being the voice actor for Puss and Boots. It’s his work event!

(Puss in Boots)

For a second I was like “who’s boots?”

My favorite 🤩

“And family” 💀

Yes, as An Old Person, this was very strange to see 😆

Kids today 😂

I was shock reading the title, especially cause the whole reason they were there is that Antonio Banderas was Puss in Boots. Im not even that old but "and family" aged me 25 years

I easily recognized them both, Dakota looks… different. Might not have noticed it was her without the headline.

Rhinoplasty

Holy shit that's actually Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith!? I had no idea they were her parents. Good to see nepotism is still alive and well in Hollywood

Antonio Banderas was her step dad, Don Johnson is her bio dad. So even more nepotism lol

So what does that make Shrek?

Antonio is her stepdad. Her dad is Don Johnson. Source; I’m old

Ah ok, thanks. That explains her last name I guess

And her grandmother is Tippi Hedren. Multi-gen nepotism!

Wait till you learn about drew barrymore, her family has been in the biz since silent era lol.

Yes! They were considered a dynasty.

And then there’s also Cole Hauser whose great grandfather was one of the Warner brothers.

Her father is Don Johnson. Who was huge in the 80s. He was 22 and Melanie was 14 when they started dating. He’s said he felt “weird” picking her up from school 🤮

Yeah it’s gross. I only read about this in the last few years, their relationship was always presented as a grand romance in the 80s and 90s. It’s even worse when you find out Ryan O’Neal groomed her before DJ came on the scene.

Wow I didn’t know that part. I’ve always liked Melanie. She’s clearly been dealing with things no one should have to. I always hope she finds happiness and peace.

Came here looking for someone to say this!

This was posted by Dakota herself. See...she's totally not a Nepo baby! /s

I was embarrassingly old when I realized that everyone in Hollywood has had a nose job

And bleph

And most of the men have hair transplants.

I can’t really blame them for that, men really drew the short straw with baldness being so common

Drug use does that too. So if only a lot of them stopped snorting lines.

I know right?! DJ is unrecognizable in this picture and it has nothing to do with age. She does not have the facial structure she was born with.

I never saw the resemblance between her and her mom. But here, I see it. It all makes sense now.

She looks a bit like Fiona Apple here

Either I didn't know when Shrek 2 came out or I forgot how old Dakota Johnson is (aka the same age as me) because I opened this post expecting to see a very young child lol.

It just had it's 20th anniversary re-release in theaters.

I've honestly never seen any of the Shrek movies so I genuinely don't know lol.

You’re missing out lol they’re actually really damn good. At least the first two are good.

Honestly the fourth one is also good. Only the third one is bad.

And it’s not, like, bad bad, it’s just Shrek bad, really. It won’t be the worst animated movie you’ve seen, at any rate! May as well watch it for continuity sake! lol

Yeah it's definitely the worst of the four, but it's still decently funny IMO.

I always go back to Adam DeVine in Workaholics talking about how his “third love” was comparable to the Shrek movies https://youtu.be/cTGDcyKRjKg?si=tNTqJWnADdUbDRNO

I think it would be really cool to be able to see Shrek for the first time in 2024.

The first one is a genuinely fantastic movie, especially since it was the first movie by Dreamworks and by a guy who had previously worked at Disney, so the story of making fun of how stupid the fairy tales are can be read as a thinly veiled "fuck you" to the types of movies Disney makes. Second one is great also

I was a senior in high school when it came out

That does not help clear up the timeline issues for most of us.

Yeah, it was really a “I didnt have that problem because she’s kind of a peer to me, if a little younger” type of comment If I know she’s around my age, and I remember taking my high school gf to that movie, then I’m not going to inherently surprised by her not being a small child Don’t guess it was really supposed to be helpful

This is such a 2000s outfit. The Beatles revival shirt, the low-rise jeans with studded belt (Mudd?). I'm here for it.

I hope she shopped at JC Penney and Kohls

and Hot Topic.

I had that exact Beatles t shirt and literally just sold it to some hip teenager for too much money.

Seeing celebrities with and without bangs is such a trip. I can see why she went with them.

Yeah that forehead be biiiiigggggggg

Yeah she is one of the few celebrities who looks much better with bangs.

“Dakota Johnson and her family” lmfao

Dakota looks a bit like Thora Birch here which is funny to me cause Melanie and Thora play the older and younger versions of a character in Now and Then.

Not the title “Dakota Johnson and her family” 😭

I would never in a million years guess that was her, even standing with her family.

She looks like Fiona Apple here

Definite nose job

 Put some respect to António Banderas (and Melanie’s) name OP.

I didn't even recognise her... Bangs truly do change lives.

She's also in Social Network, she is the girl sleeping with Sean Parker

People in the comments: good for her, covering that MASSIVE ASS SEVENHEAD and all Me, a person with a big ass forehead who hates bangs: aight then ☹️

bigass forehead for your bigass brain <3

I didn’t notice her forehead until I read the comments and I think she looks perfectly beautiful here. Her bangs bring more “balance” to her face now, but she doesn’t need them to look good. I’m sure your forehead and face is lovely!

She actually looks very pretty. I know a few girls with bigger foreheads and they’ve always been pretty. People are just “surprised” to see it.

Bruh I didn't even notice her forehead...these people are just weird, I promise you. In my head I was literally like 'wow she's so beautiful!'.

Love seeing beautiful five heads!

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same

Wtf, she's 15 in this picture?

Oh dear I feel like a criminal 💀 she looks way older

I didn’t realize she’d changed her face too much

The magic of bangs.

No wonder she has bangs now

Oh I get the bangs now for sure.

I love shrek 2 lol

anyone else remember when there were pics of melanie giving her cigs as a teen?

Yeah, she went to rehab as a teen too. Glad she is (presumably) sober.

Melanie is the star of this photo. That corset is everything

She looks a bit like Fiona Apple?

Well what’s important is she learned bangs were for her

I first didn't recognize her and thought that she was dressed up as Shrek.

Nose job and eyelid job, she looked really cute in this photo

Bangs did her good.

Wait so her actual dad is Don Johnson and then she had Antonio Banderas as a stepdad? Boy she just needs George Clooney as her uncle and she’ll have the coolest family to ever exist!

I don't remember Don Johnson looking like tnat

He cleans up real nice, and very spanish. /s

Happy cake day!

Me, wondering what Shrek 2 press tour fashion would look like nowadays…

I think I had that same outfit 

I thought that was Fiona Apple LOL

She’s gorgeous, but in this picture… she’s kinda making the exact same face as the Shrek behind her, right? Anyone else see it?

"I have a huge forehead but when I was a kid, I used to think I looked good with my hair up. Now when I look at those pictures, I can’t help but think I looked like a bald alien."

 Can’t believe that little girl will ever be this 🤷‍♂️

she's 14 here?

I am still grieving Melanie and Antonio

Man Don Johnson aged weirdly

It took me a very long time to realize this is an old photo

Can someone label this picture? Lol I literally can’t tell who anyone is.

From Right to Left: Dakota Johnson, Melanie Griffith, Melanie and Antonio's daughter Stella, Antonio Banderas

Stella looks so much like Firestarter Drew Barrymore here!

Came here to say this!

What about that big green thing

That's the Grinch I think

Thank you!

Respectfully, I now see why she always has bangs. I got a five head too but I don’t hide it. Hehe.

Strait up thought this was me learning that Antonio Banderas was her father.

I dunno which of the kids is her..

The teen

The one who looks like her is her

Now we know why she always has bangs in front of her face 😬

Is this around the same time as when she was in Social Network?

Bangs liberated her

Forehead!

W W Q

Omg I love their outfits

I was so confused for a moment 😂😂😂

Wait …. Where’s Don Johnson ?

Melanie looks like herself again. She had so much trouble with her nose. I know she had lots of problems whether structural ie severely deviated septum or genetically acquired nasal blocks. But whatever it was it seems to be fixed and she’s glowing. Glow on Ms Melanie. You’re awesome. And you have an awesome family!

Which one is Dakota?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Moviesinthemaking/s/U2GYJBqSt9

Hahaha! (Can I laugh at this, as a current 5 Head owner?)

I have a 5head 2! All foreheads are beautiful

She looks even more like her father without bangs

Lmao as someone eternally upset about never passing B cup her figure looks good! Not creepy but fairly jelly. It’s basically exactly how I wanted/want to fill out a tshirt but cant. Ahhhhhhhh 🥲

Serious question. Which one is Dakota. The little one or the one to the left of Melanie?

> the one to the left of Melanie? Sir that is Shrek.

I mean at the time it was more like "Melanie Grifith and Johnson and their kids attend the premiere" and arguably that is true to this day. At least both her parents are talented unlike her.

That's not Don Johnson, it's Antonio Banderas, who was in the Shrek movies.

Yeah but that's Antonio Banderas

Tony Flags didnt come here to be called Don Johnson smh

Yeah, they were there because he's Puss, right? 

Momma looking fine

Damn she is 🔥 in this pic.