Dakota Johnson to play Johnny Depp's love interest

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Dakota is famous for playing Anastasia in Fifty Shades of Grey series.
Los Angeles: Fifty Shades of Grey actressDakota Johnson is in talks to play Johnny Depp's love interestin a film based on notorious gangster, Whitey Bulger.

The 24-year-old actress will play the mother of Whitey Bulger'sbaby in Scott Cooper-directed Black Mass reported Deadline.Whitey Bulger became an FBI informant in taking down a Mafiafamily who invaded his turf. However, he was later outed as acriminal himself and went into hiding when the Feds closed inon their targets. He became a fugitive for years before beingarrested in 2011.

The infamous Boston crime kingpin has a couple of womenin his life, but Johnson is circling a role of Lindsey, themother of his son Douglas. Barry Levinson was originallyattached to direct the movie, but now it has Scott Cooper atthe helm.

Joel Edgerton will play FBI agent John Connolly, who isWhitey Bulger's childhood friend. John Connolly himself ends up in prisonfor tipping Whitey Bulger when the Feds closed in on their targets.Guy Pearce will play Whitey's brother, Bill, who was presidentof the Massachusetts Senate and a big power broker in town.