Dakota Johnson and Alexander Skarsgård tempted each other with sexy stares before making out in a new fragrance ad for Valentino Beauty.
Dakota Johnson and Alexander Skarsgård may need to get their own red room.
The Fifty Shades of Grey star and Big Little Lies alum put their chemistry on full display in a new fragrance ad for Valentino.
In the 60-second spot—set to the tune of the 1987 song “It’s A Sin” by the Pet Shop Boys—the pair share stolen glances as they drive along a mountainside and lounge around the house. But Johnson and Skarsgård ultimately can’t keep their hands off of each other, with the Materialists actress beginning their intimacy with some playful choking.
The couple’s tryst then takes them to the beach, a grassy field, an airport landing strip and the living room floor as they wrap their arms around each other and share multiple steamy kisses.
Emphasizing their draw to each other, they say in unison at the end of the ad, “The scents of unstoppable passion.”
While the Valentino Beauty brand ambassadors may have been channeling their acting skills to portray their passion, it’s not the first time Skarsgård’s charms have translated to the screen, as he recently went viral for transforming into a sexy wicker man in the new trailer for the erotic film Wicker.
Johnson is no stranger to leaning into risqué scenes as well. In fact, having filmed multiple intimate scenes beyond her Fifty Shades movies, she recently quipped she is “always psyched up for sex.”
But, as she told Amy Poehler on a June 2025 episode of her Good Hang podcast, “It’s a sex scene. It’s not sexy. It doesn’t feel good.”
“First, I think it depends on, who is the character, and who is the character supposed to be to the audience,” Johnson explained. “Is she a super idolized hot girl? Is she a housewife? Is she lonely? Is she scared? Is she conservative? So, that’s obviously character work, but then certain prep would go into it.”
Meanwhile, the Verity actress—whose parents are actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson—emphasized that embracing her confidence has always helped her, too.
“I want to feel good in my body if I’m showing my body,” she continued. “My mom raised me to be really, really proud of my body and love my body. So, I’ve always felt so grateful for that, especially in my work because I can use it and it feels real.”
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When it comes to onscreen nudity, the Silver Linings Playbook actress has found that her mindset has shifted over the years. Indeed, when she filmed her first nude scene in 2018’s Red Sparrow, Jennifer was initially very uncomfortable with the experience.
“Red Sparrow really scared the hell out of me because I get nude,” she told Vanity Fair at the time. “I tried to do the movie without nudity but realized it just wouldn’t be right to put the character through something that I, myself, am not willing to go through.”
