#Charlie hunnam 50 shades of grey movie

Taylor-Johnson was revealed as the surprise director of the film version in June. It is expected to be the first of a trilogy based on James' triptych of novels, which began life as fan fiction for the hugely successful supernatural romance saga Twilight but have gone on to compete with their source material in terms of popularity.

#Charlie hunnam 50 shades of grey movie

Hunnam, who made his name in the cult US TV show Sons of Anarchy (and long prior to that, the British children's series Byker Grove), is riding high after strong reviews and decent global box office returns for Guillermo Del Toro's sci-fi action movie Pacific Rim.ДЇifty Shades centres on Grey's recruitment of a young virgin, Anastasia Steele, to be his well-remunerated sex slave.

Johnson is best known for small roles in the Oscar-winning The Social Network and comedy The Five Year Engagement, in which she portrays an energetic young woman with a high sex drive. The US magazine also predicted that Britain's Hunnam might take the role of kinky billionaire business magnate Christian Grey, though the Sons of Anarchy star later denied the rumour. Dakota Johnson, who is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, as well as the granddaughter of Hitchcock star Tippi Hedren, was tipped for the role of Anastasia by Entertainment Weekly last month. Speculation over the identity of the main cast members for Taylor-Johnson's film has been at peak intensity since March 2012, when the project was first announced. She wrote: 'I am delighted to let you know that the lovely Dakota Johnson has agreed to be our Anastasia in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.' A few minutes later, the novelist added: 'The gorgeous and talented Charlie Hunnam will be Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.' And although Hunnan received some criticism for withdrawing from the film, in 2014, the 'Sons of Anarchy' actor opened up about why he changed his mind.Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson have landed the high-profile roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in Sam Taylor-Johnson's forthcoming big screen adaptation of literary sensation Fifty Shades of Grey.Д«ritish author EL James, whose infamous knee-trembler has sold more than 70m copies worldwide, revealed the news on Twitter. Just a few months after signing on to play the character of a lifetime, though, Hunnam backed out of doing the film, and was replaced with 'Once Upon A Time' actor Jamie Dornan. A year before 'SOA' wrapped, Hunnam signed on to star in the highly anticipated film adaptation of ' 50 Shades Of Grey' as Christian Grey (via CheatSheet), the billionaire with an affinity for BDSM who woos regular gal Anastasia Steele, a character famously played by 'Ben and Kate' star Dakota Johnson. While Hunnam clearly built up an impressive resume from early on, he was truly catapulted to fame after he was cast as Jackson 'Jax' Teller in the hit television series, ' Sons of Anarchy,' which ran for six seasons from 2008-2014. Charlie Hunnam has dropped out of the erotic thriller, Fifty Shades of Grey, Universal Pictures and Focus Features unexpectedly announced on Saturday. After being cast as the titular character in 'Nicholas Nickleby,' Hunnam continued to land leading roles in both film and television, including the show 'Undeclared' opposite Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segal, and the star-studded film, 'Cold Mountain,' opposite Natalie Portman, RenГ©e Zellweger, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. 14, 2013 - intro: Depending on one's perspective, 'Fifty Shades' fans either moaned or rejoiced this weekend when Charlie Hunnam, 33, dropped out of next year's 'Fifty Shades of Grey. Charlie Hunnam has been making a splash in the entertainment biz ever since he appeared in the television series, 'Queer As Folk,' in 1999 (via IMDb).