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It's not really James' fault that Fifty Shades of Grey has received only a middling response from critics.

Fundamentally, it's the fault of the higher-ups at Universal who agreed to a deal where the author of a book would have so much creative control over the film adaptation of that book. It's frankly absurd that Taylor-Johnson was put in a position of not only having to constantly argue with James about how to direct the film the job that Taylor-Johnson was hired to do , but that she was also repeatedly overruled.

Universal put final decisions over the direction of a film into the hands of a person who not only knew nothing about filmmaking, but was capable of writing sentences like: " My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves ," looking back over them and thinking to herself, " Yes, that's a keeper. It's far from the first time that an author has insisted that they know what's best for the adaptation of their book.

According to Fifth Avenue, 5AM , Sam Wasson's account of the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's , Truman Capote originally wanted Audrey Hepburn's role to go to Marilyn Monroe and for himself to star opposite her as the male lead, despite the fact that he had no acting experience. Producer Marty Jurow gently dissuaded Capote, and the male lead was instead played by George Peppard.

There have been many great adaptations that were disliked or even hated by the author of the original novel Stanley Kubrick's The Shining being perhaps the most famous example , but many of those films were excellent in their own right and flourished under a transformative approach to the source material. Even the best novelist in the world isn't automatically the best authority on how to adapt their works, because writing a book and making a film require vastly different skill sets.

It's a shame that Fifty Shades of Grey ended up being so tightly anchored to James' will, because films that explore and appeal to female sexuality are an uncommon breed in mainstream cinema. Ask someone for examples of the female gaze in recent movies and they'll usually point to Magic Mike a movie about a man, directed by a man and that one moment in Thor also about a man, also directed by a man when Thor takes his shirt off. He also believes that, because of his scars, lifestyle choices, and horrible childhood, he is only a "husk of a man" and has no heart.

However, when he meets the shy, awkward Anastasia Steele during an interview, he finds himself utterly attracted to her. He soon decides that he wants her to become his next submissive, but runs into trouble when he finds out that she is inexperienced sexually and frightened by the idea of BDSM. After months of rumors and speculation, EL James revealed via her twitter account on September 2, that Christian Grey would be played by Charlie Hunnam from Sons of Anarchy in the movie, slated for release on February 13, However, on October 12, , it was announced that Hunnam had dropped out of the film.

He was replaced by Irish actor Jamie Dornan on October 23, Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Christian Grey. History Talk 0. However, he has a "hidden life": he Christian was born in the city of Detroit. And is it hard for you to deal with or are you good at letting it roll off your back?

It happens to this other person, this E. James character. Not here. My biggest thing is that it sparked people to read. Home Books E.

James addresses the surname connection between The Mister and Christian Grey. Maureen Lenker. Save FB Tweet More. Close this dialog window Streaming Options. Fifty Shades , freed: E. All rights reserved. Close this dialog window View image E. Good lord I'm yearning for her. I'd better make this good! No pressure! He's not all cold and unfeeling ladies - he's the real submissive here. Ana may have felt rejected after feeling him tense and and seem all offish but this is what Christian was actually thinking: "I'm overwhelmed by an unfamiliar emotion that rocks through me, slicing through sinew and bone, leaving unease in its wake.

This man is craving a woman's love. If all that wouldn't mess you up we're not sure what would.