When
Charlie
Hunnam
was
announced
to
play
Christian
Grey
in
the
much
awaited
movie,
'Fifty
Shades
Of
Grey',
the
actor
was
badly
criticised
especially
by
women
as
they
felt
he
was
not
the
right
choice.
Charlie
turned
down
the
role
eventually,
and
the
criticism
was
sighted
as
the
main
reason
behind
it.
He
denied
them
and
said
that
he
could
not
play
Grey's
role
due
to
prior
commitments.
Recently,
Charlie
Hunnam
said
that
the
lead
role
in
raunchy
film
'Fifty
Shades
Of
Grey'
gave
him
a
"nervous
breakdown".
It
was
so
bad
that
he
passed
on
his
role
to
Jamie
Dornan,
who
now
plays
Christian
Grey
in
the
upcoming
movie.
Hunnam
had
realised
that
he
couldn't
cope
with
the
demands
of
the
part
in
the
movie
adaptation
of
the
eponymous
book.
He
cited
"scheduling
and
family
issues" for
pulling
out
of
"Fifty
Shades..."
as
he
had
prior
work
commitments
surrounding
"Sons
Of
Anarchy"
and
new
film
"Crimson".
"I
was
going
to
finish
'Sons
Of
Anarchy'
at
like
11
p.m.
on
Friday
night,
get
on
the
plane
Saturday
morning
to
Vancouver
for
'Fifty
Shades...',
missing
the
whole
week
of
rehearsal
and
start
shooting
Monday
morning.
And
I
was
going
to
shoot
that
film,
wrap
that
on
Monday,
(and)
I
was
going
to
start
shooting
'Crimson'
in
Toronto.
"I
just
had
like…
frankly,
something
of
a
nervous
breakdown,"
said
Hunnam.
But
he
loved
the
part.
He
said:
"It
was
a
really,
really
difficult
part
of
my
life.
I
just
fell
in
love,
creatively.
I
started
talking
about
this
thing
and
I
just
got
so
excited.
"I
fell
in
love
with
the
character
and
started
seeing
him
becoming
intoxicated,
which
is
the
way
I
work."
"Fifty
Shades
Of
Grey" is
due
to
hit
cinemas
on
Valentine's
Day
2015.
Dakota
Johnson
is
playing
Anastasia
Steele
in
the
movie.