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| Fifty Shades of Grey |
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| Charlie Hunnam |
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| Dakota Johson |
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Hey Dolls
I hope you have been well.
Seems like spring is finally here and we can now put away all those big
jackets…. J
So on Monday, after much anticipation, the main cast of
Fifty Shades of Grey was revealed.
Dakota Johnson as Ana Steele and Charlie Hunnam as Christian Grey. This
has caused a lot of drama on the social networks as many people and fans had
other actors in mind. Now unfortunately,
we as fans cannot change the minds of the casting people and the directors, even
though we would like to think that we can.
Many people are saying that after reading the books they
cannot envision these two actors playing the parts. But in my opinion how can
we say that they will not portray the characters in the books if we have not even
given them a chance to play these characters.
We cannot judge them on the way they look now as they can change their looks
to fit the characters in the books.
Let’s have a little look at these two actors:
Dakota Johnson is 24 years old. Her mom is Melanie Griffith
and her dad is Don Johnson. Her step dad is Antonia Banderas. She started out
as a model and then moved into acting, which she naturally would. She has acted
in movies such as The Social Network starring Justin Timberlake, and Beastly. She
will be in a string of new films like Need for Speed and Cymbeline and of
course Fifty Shades of Grey.
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| Dakota aka Ana Steele |
When she was cast everyone disliked her because she didn’t look
like Ana Steele. Now if we take a moment to refer back to the book, we will see
that Ana is a bookworm, who likes to read old British Literature and is quiet
dorky. She has brown hair and doesn’t really fuss over her appearance. When I first
saw the picture of Dakota, I saw a blond Hollywood starlet, but that was
because that was the photo that everyone decided to use for the press release. If you go and search for Dakota on Google and
you will see a dorky young girl who is perfect for the part. She doesn’t look like one the Hollywood
starlets at all. She doesn’t really fuss with her look, like Ana. She looks
like a normal young lady, who is in university, barring that her parents are
famous. With a little Hollywood magic (hair dye J
) she will look just like Ana.
Charlie Hunnam is 33 years old. He is a English actor and
screenwriter. He has acted in series like Queer as Folk and as Jax Teller in
Sons of Anarchy. He has also starred in movies Pacific Rim and Green Street.
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| Charlie aka Christian Grey |
I thought that there was backlash about Dakota being cast as
Ana but wow the fans really reacted badly when Charlie was cast as
Christian. Referring back to the books,
Christian has copper coloured hair and grey eyes. He has chiselled good looks
and is well built. Now when we first saw the picture of Charlie, they again
took the worst photo in my opinion, and used that as the press release I also
thought that he was too old and didn’t look like Christian. And when fans go and Google Charlie they will
see a scruffy biker boy, the character he portrays on Sons of Anarchy. Which doesn’t
help the situation either. But if you look at his pictures him when he has
shaved and cut his hair he is actually not that bad looking. Well he is
actually hot. Christian’s character in the book calls for a troubled soul, who
was tormented in his childhood. And from what I have read about Charlie on
Wikipedia, he also had a rather horrid childhood. Which kinda makes him perfect
for the part, well I think so.
So in conclusion, I think these two actors are perfect for
the parts of Ana and Christian. I think we need to have a little more faith in
them and give them a fair chance to prove that they can make this movie a
success.
As for me, I will be reading my Fifty Shades of Grey again,
envisioning these two playing the parts.
Have a lovely weekend my lovelies….
Love Shalane
xoxo
