Hi. ANASTASIAI Hi.
Mr. Steele, have you met Christian Grey, Ana's boyfriend?
Mr. Steele.
Great pleasure to meet you.
SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON: Jamie Dornan is a fantastic,
perfectly-pitched Christian Grey.
And he brings an elegance to the character,
but he also brings exactly what Christian is,
which is that slight, sort of, one step removed from mystery.
I thought it was you.
What a pleasant surprise, Miss Steele.
You're in here.
JAMIE DORNAN: I knew for a while that they were making the movie.
I didn't immediately think, "Oh, yeah, that's me. I'm the guy."
I was told to make an audition tape.
But then I had to fly to LA and test.
Jamie came in and was cracking jokes the whole time.
And was trying to out-joke me.
He made it light and that was so different
from what other people were doing.
And it was really awesome, really refreshing.
And then it was such a whirlwind after he came in.
Everyone was, kind of, flipping out,
like rushing around and lots of phone calls.
'Cause it was just a really big moment, it was like a big day.
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I think this was really lucky, that we ended up with him, with Jamie.
Because he has an instant vulnerability.
He has a gentleness about him that has
played beautifully into Christian Grey.
Christian Grey is nervous, he's vulnerable, he's scared.
He's always scared she's gonna leave.
And so I think that what Jamie has brought to it,
is he lets that vulnerability wash over him as a character.
And, yet, he's gorgeous.
So, already, you know, you love that, you wanna see him on camera.
He's beautiful and he has strength.
Roll your eyes at me again
and I will take you across my knee.
(ANASTAS IA SQ U EALS)
Also, I think Jamie doesn't take himself so, so seriously,
so Christian Grey isn't annoying.
Like, I can just only imagine if there was
an actor who took it, like, so seriously.
DORNAN: We make each other laugh, which I think is really important.
Because there's heightened awareness that
nearly 100 million people have read the book that you're trying to portray
and we've obviously got that in the back of your minds
and you want to appease those people.
But essentially, above everything else,
you just want to make a good film.
Would we still go out to dinner and movies?
That's not really my thing.