Casting news of fifty shades of grey

Posted by AnastasiaSteele on October 21st, 2013

Fifty Shades movie is based on the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ written by E L James. It is a bestselling erotic novel. The novel presents a sadomasochistic romance between Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. The wealthy Christian Grey is dominant and his sex partner Ana is submissive. She is a college girl of 21 years. The production unit of the movie was searching for a perfect person to play the lead roles in the Fifty Shades Movie. After a prolonged period of speculations and discussions, it was decided that Charlie Hunnam would play the role of Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson would play the role of Anastasia Steele.

The speculation about who would play Christian Grey was at peak intensity even in March 2012. A million names were discussed and E L James finally locked down her on screen Anastasia Steel and Christian Grey on September 2. She announced that ‘Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam have been cast to play the converted roles of in the film adaptation of her erotic love story’.  Dakota, who is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, is best known for her starring role on the now-defunct Fox sitcom Ben & Kate.

Charlie Hunnam also had agreed to play the role of kinky billionaire Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades movie, but on October 13 along with the production team, he announced that he has parted ways with the movie. According to Hunnam, he has denied the lead role due to his ‘immerse TV schedule. He has assured the production team that he also would help them in finding a perfect star for the Fifty Shades movie. Charlie Hunnam had received criticism from the fans and experts in casting in this film. They said that he is not sexy enough to handle such a high profile job. The fans did not spare Dakota Johnson too, but she is still in the movie.

It has assumed that Charlie Hunnam walked away from the Fifty Shades movie after developing ‘cold feet’ because of extreme attention from fans. He is a man who does not like to be famous. He isn’t the only one who feels pressure about his role. Dakota Johnson, contracted to play Ana in the adaptation of the bestseller also is reportedly having problems with the media attention from her casting. The twenty four year old actress feels pressure about the hotly-discussed role. Fans were not thrilled when it was announced that Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson would play the lead roles in the film. The announcement was received with lukewarm response. They seriously doubt her potential of being the sex slave of Christian Grey. The angry fans of the trilogy took to the campaigning web platform to express their unhappiness at the casting. The trilogy has huge fans support as 70m copies of it were sold worldwide.

Though Charlie has walked away from the movie, Dakota Johnson would play the role of Anastasia Steele as scheduled if nothing drastic takes place over the coming days.