Check out the first images of Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele on the cover of Entertainment Weekly!
In the steamy novel 50 Shades of Grey – Anastasia Steele describes herself a pale, brunette young woman with large blue eyes. Dakota Johnson who has been cast as Ana has just begun to get into character for the highly-anticipated movie adaptation by dying her blonde locks to brown. The 24-year-old was seen out and about at shopping mall The Grove in West Hollywood on Monday with actress Imogen Poots. Check out the photos in our galleries …
And then there were three. How to Make it In America‘s Victor Rasuk has been cast in one of the last remaining major roles for the 50 Shades of Grey adaptation, Deadline reports. Rasuk will be playing Jose, the third part of a love triangle with the film’s leads. Those parts have already gone to Dakota Johnson, who will be playing Anastasia Steele, and Jamie Dornan, who will be playing Christian Grey. Jose is Anastasia’s devoted friend and Christian’s rival for her love.
In terms of choosing the cast and crew, 50 Shades has already been an eventful ride. The actor initially tapped to play Christian, Brit Charlie Hunnam, signed on and then dropped out, and producers have brought in several writers to polish the script. But, if all goes according to plan, the film, which is an adaptation of EL James’s best-selling erotic novel, is slated for release next summer.
We have added x2 more photos from October 23rd, where Dakota attended the dinner to celebrate the 2013 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. Check out the photos here.
In more Fifty news, True Blood’s Luke Grimes has been cast as Christian Grey’s brother Elliot in the upcoming film. Grimes’ part, as Grey’s brother and Kave Kavanagh’s boyfriend, is relavitely small, but it’s still a crucial one.
As well as True Blood, 29-year-old American actor Luke Grimes has previously starred in Brothers and Sisters and Taken 2. He’s also set to appear in upcoming films Squatters, Manhatten Undying, Forever and Dark Around The Stars.
43-year-old Jennifer Ehle, who played Lizzie Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is set to star as Anastasia Steele’s mother. Other characters, including Anastasia’s roommate Kate, are yet to be cast.
Dakota Johnson donned a blue-grey frock that elegantly showed off her slim figure at the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund in New York. The daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith pinned her hair high and tight, offering a full view of her fine bone structure and gorgeous blue eyes. Check out the photos on our galleries …
According to breaking reports, EL James has finally found her leading man!
After a super-sexy screentest with actress Dakota Johnson, producers have chosen Jamie Dornan as their Christian Grey. The 31-year-old Irish actor was rumored to be next in line for the Fifty Shades of Grey titular role after Charlie Hunnam dropped out, but this is the official confirmation we’ve all been waiting for.
A few fun facts about Jamie – he’s a former Calvin Klein model, he starred in TV Series Once Upon A Time, he dated Keira Knightley for 2 years, he married Amelia Warner, he’s about to become a dad, his first role with in Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst, he was the face of Dior Homme campaign and he’s the great-nephew of Greer Garson.
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