Let's face it, when something sells quicker than Potter, you know it's big!
E. L. James' "romance", which began as Twilight - yes, TWILIGHT - fan fiction, is the biggest Mommy-Porn-slash-erotic-novel to hit our shelves since, well, ever. The trilogy has made James the biggest selling Author on Amazon beating J. K. Rowling to the title ... Maybe, the world just needed a bit of BDSM in their lives after all?
And, pretty much everyday since its release, way back in 2011, there has been a worldwide debate about which actor and actress should play innocent collage graduate, Anastasia Steele, and devilishly (in my head, anyway) handsome, troubled billionaire, Christian Grey.
Obviously, with such media attention and all sorts of actors and actresses coming out of the wood-work, so to speak, everyone had and has their opinions.
Finally, after much anticipation, it has been announced that Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) will play Grey and Dakota Johnson (The Social Network) to perform - cheeky - as Steele.
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| Johnson & Hunnam |
Of course, these choice selections are not to everyone's tastes and a petition has been set up campaigning for a serious change in the actors chosen with nearly 63,000 signatures - shock! - instead with Matt Bomer (Magic Mike) for Grey and Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) for Steele.
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| Bomer & Bledel |
Regardless of who has been selected and the woo-hah that has surrounded it - think the pairing of Ben Affleck and Batman! - Fifty Shades will no doubt be a box office smash hit with a record number of viewings.
I look forward to getting my front row seat, bucket of pop corn and eyeful of god-knows-what ...
