Entertainment Awards Shows and Events Premieres Watch Dakota Johnson React to a 'Big' L.A. Earthquake Mid-Interview: 'Spooky!' The ‘Madame Web’ star’s year is off to a shaky start — literally By Bailey Richards Bailey Richards Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand in 2022. Her work has previously appeared in digital publications like Paper Magazine and TV Insider. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 13, 2024 11:15AM EST Close Dakota Johnson. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Dakota Johnson’s latest viral moment? Her reaction to an earthquake. The Madame Web star — who has previously gone viral for awkward interviews, sleeping habits and her love of limes — is now making headlines for her reaction to an earthquake that hit Southern California last week. While chatting with Entertainment Tonight in Los Angeles on Friday, the actress, 34, had a quintessentially Johnson way of responding to the 4.6-magnitude quake, which occurred mid-interview. Dakota Johnson Channels Her Madame Web Character at Film’s L.A. Premiere in Sheer Chain Metal Dress In a clip shared by the outlet, an interviewer asks if the shaking they just experienced was an earthquake, and Johnson’s jaw drops ever so slightly. "Did you just do that?” someone off-screen asks the actress, who calmly jokes, “Did I?” Seemingly unfazed, Johnson adds, “Do you like that we all just sat here? Fabulous.” Unsure how to proceed after the seismic interruption, she jokes with the interviewer that they should just “continue, I guess.” However, “there will be an aftershock,” the Fifty Shades alum notes matter-of-factly. “That was a big earthquake,” she notes. “Spooky!” Dakota Johnson Calls Her Office Finale Appearance the 'Worst Time': 'I'm Barely in the F---ing Show' Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. At the L.A. premiere of Madame Web on Monday, Johnson chatted with ET once more, this time reflecting on the moment. "Well, I feel like, you know, we live in California," Johnson told the outlet on the red carpet. "What are you gonna do? Freak out about an earthquake?" She also pointed out that neither she nor the Friday interviewers did what experts advise in case of an earthquake, which is to drop and take cover. "None of us did,” she said. "Nobody did that." Dakota Johnson at the L.A. premiere of 'Madame Web.'. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney Are Bound by Fate in Action-Packed Madame Web Trailer: Watch While Johnson joked about being able to cause an earthquake in real life during her ET interview, her Madame Web character — Cassandra, a.k.a. Madame Web herself — actually does have supernatural powers. Speaking about the film in an exclusive clip shared by PEOPLE, Johnson said that "this film and this story catapults [Cassandra] into discovering her superpowers.” Her character is "a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future and realizes she can use that insight to change it,” per an official synopsis. "Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women bound for powerful destinies — if they can all survive a deadly present." Madame Web, directed by S.J. Clarkson and costarring Sydney Sweeney, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts and Adam Scott, debuts in theaters on Wednesday, Feb. 14.