Just two weeks after the Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam pulled out of the high profile role, citing a busy schedule, his fellow British actor Jamie Dornan has signed up to star alongside Dakota Johnson, who’ll play the protagonist Anastasia Steele.
Dornan, who’s 31, is best known as a model for Calvin Klein but as well as appearing in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, he’s starred in the TV series Once Upon a Time and The Fall.
Universal had to find a new actor quickly, because it’s already lined up a summer release for the first film, Fifty Shades of Grey.