Rumors are always flying around the cast of the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey movie. A lof ot that news is just speculation, but director Mark Wahlberg recently opened up about trying to get the rights to the Fifty franchise. Turns out the A-lister didn’t want to see Charlie Hunnam play Christian Grey either and was furious when he didn’t win the bid to make the film.
Mark Wahlberg recently sat down with The Hollywood Reporter, where he spoke candidly about the movie adaptation of EL James popular novel. Turns out that the actor wasn’t eying the coveted role of Christian Grey:
“I almost fired my agent Ari [Emanuel] over [Fifty Shades]--not because I wanted to play the part. We were aware of the book very early on, and we were close to securing the rights, and then we get into this bidding war. We were so close to having [it]. That was one of the few times I was going to fire Ari.”
Mark also went on to claim that he envisioned Brad Pitt as the role of Christian Grey and not Charlie Hunnam. Producer Michael De Luca, who is currently working on the 50 Shades film, also attended the interview.
When asked about the role social media plays in filmmaking, De Luca didn’t shy away from addressing Charlie Hunnam’s abrupt exit:
“I didn't feel pressure because we had a possible replacement in place before the thing actually went down. It's just called being prepared. But I am on Twitter constantly. I am a masochist. I'm into the fandom, so I was aware of what was coming the first time around, when Charlie Hunnam wasn't what most readers pictured. But he was so awesome in this audition that he did with Dakota Johnson, and he really wanted to play that character, and we're not making the movie based on Twitter. We thought we'd get there with him, and then when we couldn't, we anticipated that the new guy, Jamie Dornan, was going to be more of what the fans conjured in their imaginations.”
Up until recently, Charlie has remained silent about the film. But that all changed when TMZ caught up with the hunky actor. Turns out he really isn’t that familiar with his replacement, Jamie Dornan’s, body of work:
“I don’t really know his work, but I know Sam [Taylor-Johnson], the director, is amazing. She has fantastic taste so I’m sure he’ll do a great job.”
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