Dakota Johnson Talks Working With Taylor Swift on ‘Patient Zero’

Apparently, Dakota Johnson has a simple rule when it comes to mixing friendship and work: don’t. Taylor Swift, however, is rightfully the exception.

As Swift prepares to debut her new “Patient Zero” music video during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (Sept. 27), Johnson is opening up about what it was like to collaborate with one of her longtime friends.

“Taylor and I have been friends for a really long time, and we’re very close,” Johnson said in a Sept. 24 interview with Fan Girl Nation, which she did alongside her “Verity” co-star Josh Hartnett. “And we decided to work together,…