E.L. James announced on Twitter today who will be playing the leads in the
Focus Features’s film based on her books 50 Shades of Grey and they are Charlie Hunnam as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele.
Hunnam stars on FX’s Sons of Anarchy and Dakota is Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith’s daughter.
Neither one looks or feels like they should be leads in these films. I think Charlie is too manly for the part, and Christian should pretty boy not a rugged one. And Ana shouldn’t be as naive as Dakota has been coming off as in her past roles. Plus Grey is a ginger and Ana is a brunette.
If I were casting the roles, I would’ve given it to Matt Bomer or Scott Porter and Lucy Hale. They are who I pictured when I read the book.
To me Hunnam and Johnson feel more like they should be starring in the Lifetime Movie Network version of 50 Shades as compared to playing the parts on the big screen.
So look at their pictures below and tell me if they made the right choice casting them as the leads.
UPDATE: Proud mama Melanie Griffith Tweeted about her daughter’s role and maybe she didn’t use the best wording. Especially since in the books cum is spelled as come. Just saying because “Here she comes” can be read in two different ways. You know as here she comes as a movie star and here she comes after Christian Grey f*cks her over and over again.
