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"Chace Crawford has openly campaigned for a role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. The former Gossip Girl star told Fox News that he is more than up to the task of playing bondage-loving businessman Christian Grey in the EL James film adaptation.   &amp;quot;I would love the challenge. I have not read the books, but what I know is that it is risqu\u00C3\u00A9, and to be honest, anything to shake up from the way I have been going would be good,&amp;quot; Crawford said. He further explained: &amp;quot;Hey, if they ask me to come and read, I would definitely do so. I don&amp;#039;t even know what the character is like; I haven&amp;#039;t read anything or heard anything about it!&amp;quot; Crawford added that he would not be deterred by the graphic sex scenes that Fifty Shades of Grey is likely to include. &amp;quot;I am only comfortable with S&amp;amp;M sex scenes! The other ones are just too simple and boring for me,&amp;quot; the actor teased. &amp;quot;I actually think, whether it is a sex scene, or screaming at something to get something across.  &amp;quot;I think it is kind of attacked the same way, and you&amp;#039;re in the work mode, and you stay professional. It has never been awkward or intimidating.&amp;quot;  The role of Christian Grey has been linked to many of Hollywood&amp;#039;s biggest names, including Henry Cavill, Ian Somerhalder and Jake Gyllenhaal. Lindsay Lohan&amp;#039;s Canyons co-star James Deen has also expressed interest in playing Grey. Mila Kunis, Shailene Woodley and Emilia Clarke are among the actresses rumored to be in the running to play Ana Steele, the college graduate who enters into an S&amp;amp;M relationship with Grey. Fifty Shades of Grey writer EL James recently insisted that no casting decisions have been made yet. Kelly Marcel has been hired to adapt Fifty Shades of Grey for the big screen. 50 Shades of Grey - The rumoured cast:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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