Where to watch Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
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A college senior interviews a wealthy, enigmatic businessman after filling in for her sick roommate. Their attraction grows into an intense affair, but his unconventional desires challenge her boundaries and force them to confront what each wants from the relationship.
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford, Victor Rasuk, Luke Grimes, Marcia Gay Harden, Rita Ora, Max Martini, Callum Keith Rennie, Andrew Airlie, Dylan Neal
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Trivia & production notes
- Author E.L. James considered Robert Pattinson for Christian Grey but rejected the idea because casting him alongside his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart would feel awkward.
- Emilia Clarke was offered the role of Anastasia Steele but turned it down due to the nudity requirements.
- Actor Charlie Hunnam initially declined the role of Christian Grey before reconsidering after meeting with studio executives and reading with Dakota Johnson.
- Charlie Hunnam exited the film in October 2013 after just weeks of being cast due to scheduling conflicts with his FX series Sons of Anarchy.
- Paul Walker was considered for Christian Grey but died in a car accident in November 2013 before the role could be offered to him.
- Director Sam Taylor-Johnson had auditionees for Anastasia read four pages of a monologue from Ingmar Bergman's Persona as part of the screening process.
- E.L. James retained significant creative control during development and personally selected The Social Network producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti to produce the film.
- Bret Easton Ellis publicly expressed interest in writing the screenplay, but Kelly Marcel, who wrote Saving Mr. Banks, was hired for the job instead.
- Five major Hollywood studios—Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount, Universal, and Mark Wahlberg's production company—bid for the film rights to the Fifty Shades trilogy in early 2012.
- The screenplay went through multiple rounds of rewrites with Patrick Marber brought in to focus on character work and Mark Bomback hired for script doctoring.
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