
They also would speak up on set: “‘We’re not doing that,’ or ‘You can’t do that camera angle,'” Johnson shared.

Johnson added that she and Dornan worked well together because they were “doing the weirdest things for years” together. “And it’s the best scene in the whole movie,” she added. The one Marber scene that made it into the first film was the contract negotiation where Johnson’s Anastasia and Dornan’s Christian go into details about their BDSM agreements. “The night before, I would rewrite scenes with the old dialogue so I could add a line here and there. “We’d do the takes of the movie that Erika wanted to make, and then we would do the takes of the movie that we wanted to make,” the “Persuasion” star continued. I haven’t been able to talk about this truthfully ever, because you want to promote a movie the right way, and I’m proud of what we made ultimately and everything turns out the way it’s supposed to, but it was tricky.”ĭornan eventually replaced Hunnam and Sam Taylor-Johnson, the film’s director, tried to bring back Marber’s script. There were a lot of different disagreements. But when Hunnam dropped out of the film due to a scheduling conflict, author James was so upset, she scrapped the new script. Luca Guadagnino Recut ‘A Bigger Splash’ After Lifetime Achievement Award Existential CrisisĬharlie Hunnam was set to star as Christian Grey and “Closer” playwright Patrick Marber penned the revised script. “There were parts of the books that just wouldn’t work in a movie, like the inner monologue, which was at times incredibly cheesy.

“ had a lot of creative control, all day, every day, and she just demanded that certain things happen,” Johnson admitted. Yet James, the studio, and the directors were a “combo” of the issues on set. James’ “Twilight” fan-fiction novels would be “really special” to bring to the big screen. Johnson auditioned for the film by reading a monologue from Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona” and at first thought the adaptations of E.L. “That’s why I did those big naked movies.” “I’m a sexual person, and when I’m interested in something, I want to know so much about it,” Johnson told Vanity Fair. Johnson, who skyrocketed to fame after starring opposite Jamie Dornan in 2015’s “ Fifty Shades of Grey” and its subsequent two sequels, revealed that she “signed up to do a very different version of the film we ended up making.”

Dakota Johnson is now “Fifty Shades Freed” about details from her breakout trilogy.
