Hunnam out of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Source:Reuters Published: 2013-10-14 18:18:01

Charlie Hunnam Photo: IC

Charlie Hunnam Photo: IC



 British actor Charlie Hunnam has dropped out of the much-anticipated film version of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, producers said.

Hunnam, 33, known for the television series Sons of Anarchy and the sci-fi epic Pacific Rim, had been announced last month to star as Christian­ Grey opposite Dakota Johnson in the film being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

"The filmmakers of Fifty Shades of Grey and Charlie Hunnam­ have agreed to find another male lead given Hunnam's­ immersive­ TV schedule which is not allowing him time to adequately­ prepare for the role," film companies­ Universal Pictures and Focus Features said in a weekend statement, which made no mention of a replacement for Hunnam.

Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James' novel about a passionate affair between literature student Anastasia and manipulative­ entrepreneur Christian, was published in 2011 and became a cultural phenomenon­ as it rocketed up the bestseller lists, spawning offshoots and satires along the way.

Reuters

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