00:00Hollywood reacts to Jamie Dornan's casting as the new Christian Grey in Fifty Shades.
00:07Hey everyone, I'm Elena Scantlin for ENTV.
00:12Variety.com has all the details.
00:15Charlie Hunnam is out and Jamie Dornan is in.
00:18Variety.com reports that the 31-year-old Irish actor has been cast as the sex-obsessed CEO
00:24Christian Grey in the new Fifty Shades of Grey movie after Hunnam dropped out of the role last week.
00:30Dornan is best known for his work on the UK series The Fall and ABC's Once Upon a Time playing Sheriff Graham.
00:37But perhaps more relevant to his upcoming Fifty Shades role is his modeling work with Calvin Klein.
00:42As we already know, the movie version of E.L. James' erotic novel will find the actor without his clothes on a lot,
00:49so consider that a preview of what to expect, ladies.
00:52Dornan already has a few fans in Hollywood, including Girls creator and star Lena Dunham, who tweeted,
00:57I'm a monstrous Jamie Dornan fan.
00:59Wasn't allowed to be attracted to him on the fall because he played a sex murderer.
01:03Fifty Shades is my big chance.
01:05Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks also gushed about the actor, revealing on Instagram,
01:09I've had a crush on Jamie Dornan for a decade.
01:12The social network actress Dakota Johnson is still in the role of his on-screen love interest Anastasia Steele,
01:18and reportedly, guys, producers are saying the chemistry between the two is a thousand times better than it was between Johnson and Hunnam.
01:25Hollywood screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis called it the smartest casting decision in a long time.
01:31You can see Dornan dominate as Christian Grey when the film hits theaters August of next year.
01:36I'm Melaina Scantlin. For more movie and industry news, log on to Variety.com.
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