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"Garrett Hedlund doesn&amp;apos;t want to be chained to the role of Christian Grey. A source tells Us Weekly the On the Road actor, 28, passed on playing the S&amp;amp;M-obsessed lead in the film version of E.L. James&amp;apos; erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.\r\n&amp;quot;Doing a possible trilogy was too big a commitment, and producers wouldn&amp;apos;t let him do just one film,&amp;quot; says the source of Kirsten Dunst&amp;apos;s boyfriend.\r\nPHOTOS: Hollywood&amp;apos;s hottest hunks\r\nIan Somerhalder, 34, seems out too. Though the star campaigned for the role, he&amp;apos;s not a contender as far as James is concerned. During an interview with Ryan Seacrest on KISS-FM in April, The Vampire Diaries actor, 34, said he would &amp;quot;absolutely&amp;quot; be up for playing the role of Grey. &amp;quot;It could be very, very amazing,&amp;quot; Somerhalder said. &amp;quot;I have the book and I just started reading it. That would be a pretty incredible thing, and hopefully that could pan out . . . Beyond the shadow of a doubt, I think that would be a phenomenal opportunity!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, that opportunity may not be his for the taking. A source tells Us, &amp;quot;E.L. was at a Comic-Con party July 20 telling people the part won&amp;apos;t go to Ian.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe only known casting decision for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, so far, has been the director. James revealed on Twitter in June that Sam Taylor-Johnson has been hired to direct the film. &amp;quot;I saw both of her films, and I was blown away. Simple,&amp;quot; the author recently told Vulture of the Nowhere Boy director. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s creative, incredibly talented, she&amp;apos;s got an extraordinary eye. She had a good idea about the whole Fifty experience, she understands it. And I thought, There&amp;apos;s a woman I can go and get drunk with.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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