Even the co-stars of the movie think 50 Shades of Grey is awful (and maybe even a bit like Hitler)

By: American Decency Staff

I kind of have to pity Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, the co-stars of the forthcoming cinematic adaptation of E.L. James’ best-selling book 50 Shades of Grey.

Back in 2012, when the movie adaptation was announced, every actor and actress on the planet was drooling over the roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. After all, playing the lead in any movie based upon a book that has sold over 100 million copies is pretty much a guaranteed straight ticket to stratospheric stardom.

Which is exactly how things have panned out for Dornan and Johnson – before more or less unknowns, now basically household names.

But unfortunately for the pair, once the initial excitement of receiving the casting call had abated, they still had to go through the process of actually playing Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele: i.e. two of the most vapid, one-dimensional and unsympathetic characters ever, drawn from a book that, when you actually read it, you discover is basically a plot-less, poorly-written, 500-page glorification of misogyny and domestic abuse, based around a bunch of weird and unpleasant sexual practices.

Which is a bit of a letdown. And which is probably why Johnson and Dornan have been so painfully ambivalent about the film during their recent press tour appearances. Actually, that's being way too kind. After all, what do you call it when one of the lead actors kind of, sort of appears to compare the 50 Shadesphenomenon to…well…Hitler.

I’m serious.

Here’s Dornan grappling with the reasons why the 50 Shades books are so popular: “I wonder what it is about this set of books that has, excuse my pun, penetrated the global market. Mass appreciation doesn't always equate to something good. Think of Hitler! But I think, in this case, it must. It simply must. There's got to be merit in it if so many people agree.”

In other words, Dornan, after spending months immersing himself in the story and the character of Christian Grey, still has absolutely no idea why anybody would ever actually like the books – and kind of, sort of, possibly thinks that maybe the same dynamic could be at work as what made Hitler a thing: or at the very least, has been forced to fall back on sheer blind faith that the fans of the books have actually found something positive in them.

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