50 Shades of Suggestions

Whether you haven't read it, think it's written like someone faceplanted on a keyboard, or think the concept's creepy, E. L. James couldn't give less of a toss because 50 Shades of Grey is the fastest selling book on record.

Accordingly, Hollywood spots an unmissable green print for making money via movie adaptation. And everyone's in a furor.

Will Spielberg direct? Tarantino? If only Hitchcock was still around!

No.

For some inexplicable reason Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho, didn't want to write the script.

More importantly, of course, is the lineup for who will play Christian Grey, the BDSM-fanatic/attractive millionare main man. So far Ryan Gosling is at the very pinnacle of the salivatory list, and I have to say that he might actually pull the role off. As we've seen in The Notebook and Half Nelson Gossers can play tortured very, very well. And I happened to notice he's not bad to look at.

 

 

Michael Fassbender, Robert Pattinson, Alexander Skaarsgard (Eric in True Blood) and Henry Cavill (Immortals) are other actors who have been tipped as suitable for the role.

As for taking the position of the first person narrator and central female in the book, Ana Steele, a wealth of actresses have been suggested. This includes: Mila Kunis, Amanda Seyfried, Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls), Anne Hathaway, Emma Watson and Michelle Trachenberg (Euro Trip, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), among others.

Finally Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City) has been foregrounded to play kinky cougar - so, pretty much Samantha Jones? - and Christian's former love.

 

What do you think? Who would play who best? Do we care? Frankly, I haven't been this excited for a film since at least yesterday.