Fifty Shades of Grey could've featured a 'different' Christian Grey

We all have enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. Their explicit romance, mainly Anastasia Steele's sadomasochistic relationship with Christian Grey made the actors evergreen onscreen lovers, and a group of fans still expect them to play erotic romance once again. But do you know that Jamie Dornan was initially sceptical about the movie?

"It's just simulating more sex," says Fifty Shades star Jamie Dornan while talking about his initial scepticism about featuring in the erotic-romance franchise as he feared the films would be critically panned.

The actor, who shot to global fame playing Christian Grey, said he agreed to take on the role as it was an "incredible" financial opportunity. "It's very odd, to be honest. You are presented with this incredible opportunity that is going to have a big impact on your life and change many things – to be honest mostly financially, but also career, it'll open so many doors – but you know it's going to get panned. You're trying to do the best you can and make the best of it, but we knew that because the books were adored by many, bought by many, but panned by many... (it was) probably going to be the same thing for the movies," Dornan told Jay Rayner on his 'Out To Lunch' podcast.

The 37-year-old actor said working on the three-part series, based on bestselling novels of the same name by EL James, was not different than any other movie. "They're a great joy to be a part of, and a crazy journey to go on, but also above everything else, they are just a job. It's just a film set, it's no different to any other film set, it's just simulating more sex," he added.

Dornan also said there were a lot of things about Christian Grey that he found "gross". "I don't think I'll ever play a ­character who's less like me," he added.

It was also reported that Charlie Hunnam was initially offered to play in the movie. He never said that the requirement of mysteriously dark Christian Grey-character of almost stripping off the clothes over the bed was a kind of taboo for him, but he admitted that he never regretted letting it go to Jamie Dornan against Dakota Johnson.