Two weeks after its release, “Fifty Shades Darker” still shows no signs of cooling down. In the international market, the film has earned nearly 330 million USD, and in Vietnam, up to this point, it has earned more than 12 billion VND.
Few people know that the screenwriter of “Fifty Shades Darker” – Leonard Niall is the husband of the author of the original “Fifty Shades” novel series – female writer EL James. In addition to his career as a screenwriter, he is a successful writer specializing in the crime genre. Leonard also helped his wife complete this novel series although he is not directly mentioned by name.
The film’s producer, Michael De Luca, expressed his confidence in the experienced screenwriter in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter: “Niall is a talented screenwriter with a wealth of experience. We are extremely fortunate to have him join the filmmaking team.” Surely, the chemistry between the loving couple who have been together for more than 2 decades will greatly help the creative process of the film’s script.
Stories of “fake love on film, real love” are not strange to Hollywood filmmakers. In “Fifty Shades Darker,” the main actors Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan played a couple who were madly in love. They acted so well that rumors arose that the two were actually romantically involved.
Off set, billionaire Christian Grey is a husband and father of two beautiful children. There have been times when the stress has been so great that it is believed that the actor decided to give up the role that made him famous for his family.
However, the actor himself later said that he was still committed to acting until the final episode. In an interview with The Telegraph, Jamie Dornan also denied rumors that the film caused problems in his family relationship with his wife – actress Amelia Warner. He also added that he received full support from his beautiful wife, even though she did not watch Fifty Shades.
In many interviews with the press, the two main actors said that they were just close friends and helped each other to successfully complete the film, especially in difficult hot scenes that required the actors to take off their costumes. It is known that both of them also had to follow “unwritten rules” when promoting the film together, including a rule prohibiting joking or flirting with each other.
Dakota Johnson expresses love for her mother through “Fifty Shades Darker”
Before the release of “Fifty Shades Darker”, Anastasia Steele revealed that she would dedicate a small detail in the film to her mother, actress Melanie Griffith. In one scene, Anastasia says a line inspired by the famous line in the movie “Working Girl” – a classic produced in 1988 starring Melanie Griffith.
“That line is my favorite part of the movie,” said actress Dakota Johnson. “I thought it was so sweet. I don’t know if anything like that has ever happened in the history of cinema. It’s such a classic line from Working Girl, so it felt special.”
Almost had the presence of “superman” and “queen”
Despite rumors circulating since last summer that “superman” Henry Cavill would play Jack Hyde – Anastasia’s harsh boss and Christian’s love rival. However, the producers of “Fifty Shades Darker” have officially denied the rumors, saying that they have not even approached the star.
Similarly, fans of South African beauty Charlize Theron – the “evil queen” in the series “Snow White and the Huntsman” also did not have the chance to see her as “Mrs. Robinson”. The role of Jack Hyde was later given to Eric Johnson, while Kim Basinger took on the role of Elena Lincoln aka “Mrs. Robinson”.
The male lead was offered an additional $1.5 million by the producer to “show off” his entire body.
According to a source who spoke to Star Magazine, the male lead Jamie Dornan was offered an additional $1.5 million (over 34 billion VND) by the producers to fully expose his “private parts” on camera. Although it is very possible that the scene was filmed, whether the audience will see it or not is completely open.
Even he was vague about it: “I don’t really have an answer. You’ll have to wait and see.” Actress Dakota Johnson also half-jokingly said that her co-star Jamie Dornan had to show as much on screen as she did to make things fair.
The terrorist attack in France took place while the film crew was working in Nice.
Fortunately, no one on the film crew was injured in the terrorist attack in July 2016. The filming location was a 40-minute drive from the city center and most of the filming had been completed before the explosion on July 14. Although everyone was safe, no one on the film crew was not shocked by what happened and expressed their condolences for the tragedy.
