“If there was going to be any apprehension at all, it was going to be a big problem in production and, perhaps, down the road in other films.”Īmong the large ensemble of characters in her books, James knew that two characters had to be just perfect. “We thought that it was important that whoever was going to play these roles had to chase them, because they would be really putting themselves out there,” explains Brunetti. At Dornan’s request, the producers had a long sit-down with him.

You’d have to be dead to not know of them.”įollowing the promising taping, the actor Skyped with Taylor-Johnson and met with De Luca, James and Brunetti in London. Of the series’ ubiquity, Dornan remarks: “I was totally aware of the books. For script security, those initially auditioning had been asked to prepare a scene from another film (Dornan chose a scene from True Romance) it was only later when winnowing applicants that anything approaching scripted materials was provided. The Irish performer, known for his BAFTA Award-winning role on television’s The Fall and his work on Once Upon a Time, taped an audition scene.

Fifty Shades of Grey, one of the year’s most anticipated films, opens on Valentine Weekend, February 13, 2015.Ĭasting director Francine Maisler and her team had been seeing actors in New York City, Los Angeles and London, where Jamie Dornan had put himself forward for the role of Christian Grey.

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