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  • Luke Bracey Linked to 50 Shades Role

    Luke Bracey Linked to 50 Shades Role

    Australian actor Luke Bracey has been linked to the role of kinky billionaire Christian in “Fifty Shades Of Grey.” Actor Charlie Hunman, best known for “Sons of Anarchy” and “Pacific Rim,” has pulled out of the lead, just three weeks before principal photography was set to begin.

    Hunman cited a scheduling conflict with his TV role for his departure, though some say he might have pulled out do to the sort of rabid fan disapproval his casting ignited, reminiscent of the sort of backlash Ben Affleck received after it was announced that he would play Batman in the upcoming “Man of Steel” sequel.

    Luke Bracey, born April 26, 1989, is best known for his role on “Home and Away” as Trey Palmer. He also appeared in the 2011 film “Monte Carlo” alongside Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Kate Cassidy and Pierre Boulanger. Bracey has also signed on to play the lead in the ABC drama pilot “Westside,” produced by McG.

    Bracey joins NYC-based Billy Magnussen, best known for his role on the CBS soap opera “As The World Turns,” as the latest actors to be called in for a 50 Shades screen test. Other actors up for the role include Francois Arnaud, Jamie Dornan, Christian Cooke and “True Blood’s” Alexander Skarsgard.

    Universal Pictures and Focus Features have confirmed that Dakota Johnson, 24, is still committed to playing the lead role of Anastasia Steele. Johnson, daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, has said she’s ready to move forward without Hunman as Christian Grey.

    Luke Bracey has been romantically linked to Selena Gomez, former flame of Justin Bieber. So far, fan reaction to Bracey’s name being through into the casting mix has been polarized:

    Someone please move Bieber to the top of the Christian Grey list!

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  • “50 Shades”: Model/Actor To Take Over The Lead?

    “50 Shades Of Grey” has been on the minds, lips, and fingertips of seemingly everyone (and by “fingertips”, I mean people have been writing about it all over the web. Get your minds out of the gutter, sickos) lately, first because of the news that “Sons Of Anarchy” star Charlie Hunnam would be playing Christian Grey and then because of the news that he’d backed out. Now, a new name is being thrown into the pot of actors who could be taking the role, and fans are pretty pleased.

    Model-turned-actor Jamie Dornan has starred on “The Fall”, “Once Upon A Time”, and those Calvin Klein ads that haunt your dreams. And if his time on “The Fall” tells us anything, it’s that the Belfast-born actor isn’t too shy to get a little dirty.

    “I spent a day strangling myself on the back of a door while I masturbated to a driving license of one my victims,” he said of shooting the show. “And they cut it out! I couldn’t believe it—they didn’t even tell me. When I first watched the series, it just wasn’t there!”

    While it’s always difficult finding an actor or actress to portray a role made famous in a book, Dornan certainly has those smoldering looks that the writers of bodice-ripper romance novels are always going on about. Of course, looks aren’t enough; the character of Christian Grey has some very specific quirks that need to be tended to, as well. At least one person thinks Leonardo DiCaprio should fill the role because of his intensity.

    Due to Hunnam’s dropout, the studio is reportedly looking to fill the role posthaste, and will build the rest of the cast around Dakota Johnson, who will play Anastasia Steele.

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