Charlie Hunnam has recently opened up on his departure from the Fifty Shades of Grey movie.
Hunnam said his schedule just wasn’t allowing him to put in the time needed for such a role. Sons of Anarchy was wrapping up production later than expected and he was also scheduled to work on Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak.
Below are excerpts from Moviefone and ET Online:
“I was going to finish Sons at like 11 p.m. Friday night, get on the plane Saturday morning to Vancouver for Fifty, missing the whole first week of rehearsal and start shooting Monday morning,” he explained. “And I was going to shoot that film, wrap that on the Wednesday and the following Monday I was going to start shooting Crimson Peak in Toronto. I just had like … frankly, something of a nervous breakdown.” – Moviefone
“That’s when the 34-year-old had to make a major decision. “I just said, ‘I can’t … I can’t,” he recalled. “To fail on such a grand scale — because Fifty‘s going to be massive, it’s going to be huge. I really didn’t want to fail on such a grand scale and I just couldn’t transition from Jax Teller (his Sons of Anarchy character) to Christian Grey in 48 hours. I bit off more than I could chew and it was painful. I loved the character and I wanted to do it. ”
He added of giving up the part, “It was just a s**t situation. I was really, really, sorry to do it. It was one of those damned if you do, damned if you don’t situations.” – ET Online
With Hunnam’s departure, the part of Christian Grey was recast. Jamie Dornan was the lucky man to get the part. The film is currently in post production and is set to hit theaters Valentines Day 2015.
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