Fifty Shades of Grey is a scheduled to be produced
by Universal Pictures. The Fifty Shades Movie is based on the best-selling
novel written by E L James. It was decided
that Charlie Hunnam would play the lead role in the film along with Dakota
Johnson, but the film makers and Charlie Hunnam agreed to find another actor to
replace him. It was announced by the Universal Pictures on October 13.
Fifty Shades of Grey tells the story of a college
student, Anastasia. She starts a love relationship with Christian Grey, a very
successful businessman of 27 years. Their relationship started when she
interviewed him for her college newspaper. Eventually, Anastasia Steele lost
her virginity to him. In order to keep their relationship purely sexual, he
wants her to sign a secret agreement. He defines their relationship as one of
‘dominance and submission’. There is a lot of tension in the novel over the
nature of relationship and the possibility love and romance. The novel also
gives importance to Anastasia’s sexual explorations. It is a very popular novel
with thousands of fans.
Charlie Hunnam, a busy English actor and a screen
writer stated that he would not able to play the lead role due to his ‘immerse
TV schedule’. The main character in the novels is very famous and could make a
lasting impact on the minds of the viewers. The confirmation of his casting was
announced only a month before and there were a lot of rumours about who would
win this coveted role. Charlie Hunnam feels that his busy schedule does not
allow him to adequately prepare for the role of Christian Grey which is in his
opinion is very demanding. He also has assured that he would help the
filmmakers to find a proper replace for him in The Fifty Shades Movie .
When it was confirmed that he would play the lead
role in the movie, it suffered a backlash from the fans. The fans wanted actors
like Robert Pattinson or Ran Goseling to play the role of Christian Grey in the
film. Not everyone who read the novel had imagined Charlie Hunnam as Christian
Grey. They feel that Charlie Hunnam is not sexy enough to play the role and
their response was lukewarm. In fact, they were disappointed. Dakota Johnson
also is criticized for the same reason, but as of now she stands to play the
role of Ana in the movie. The critics feel that the drop out
could be the power of fans.
There are reports which confirm that Charlie Hunnam
actually got ‘cold feet’ and dropped out of playing the controversial role. These
reports stress that it had nothing to do with immerse TV schedule. The pressure
of playing one of the coveted roles also is attributed as the reason behind the
drop out. Charlie Hunnam has said that the pressure of the film was ‘daunting
if I think it was too much’. Now the filmmakers should start afresh if Dakota
Johnson also decides to pull out of the film Fifty Shades of Grey.
