People were saying, 'Are you crazy? Guillermo still has got four months to recast, it's the fourth lead, you can go and do this.

James tweeted the news of both castings Monday morning. It was a little bit annoying and a little bit painful, and I really was just so. He told V Man magazine: ''I'd given Guillermo my word, over a year before, that I was going to do this film. Charlie Hunnam, who stars in TV’s Sons of Anarchy, was cast as the male lead Christian Grey. Charlie Hunnam has exited from the highly anticipated film Fifty Shades of Grey, according to Deadline The filmmakers of Fifty Shades of Grey and Charlie Hunnam have agreed to find another. Tough decision: Charlie Hunnam talked to Entertainment Weekly about his painful decision to quit 50 Shades Of Grey. James takes Fifty Shades of heat on Twitter It means a lot to me, truly.''Ĭharlie admits people thought he was ''crazy'' to walk away from the role - which was subsequently given to Jamie Dornan - but he felt it important to keep his word and stay committed to Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak', which he had accepted first.Į.L. ''I really, really pride myself on being a professional and a man of keeping my word. It was the most emotionally destructive and difficult thing that I've ever had to deal with professionally. He said: ''It was the worst professional experience of my life.

The 35-year-old actor was cast as Christian Grey in the big screen adaptation of the erotic thriller but quit the role before filming began because of scheduling conflicts, and admits the decision to walk away from the project was ''emotionally destructive.''

Charlie Hunnam was ''heartbroken'' to pull out of '50 Shades of Grey'.

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