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"Fifty Shades of Grey is all the rage in Hollywood at the moment. The erotica novel by British author EL James sparked a bidding war between film studios in March, with Universal and Focus Features ultimately paying a hefty $3 million (\u00C2\u00A31.9m) for the movie rights. Based on Stephenie Meyer&amp;#039;s Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey re-imagines Bella Swan as the 21-year-old Anastasia Steele. Though she&amp;#039;s beautiful, with big blue eyes and gorgeous brown tresses, Ana&amp;#039;s never met a man who&amp;#039;s really captured her heart. Until she meets the inimitable Christian Grey, that is. At 27, Christian is the painfully handsome CEO of Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc... the only catch is he has a secret proclivity for BDSM. He ultimately proposes a contract, in which Ana becomes his sexual submissive or &amp;quot;sub&amp;quot;, obedient to his every whim. Digital Spy picks out a fantasy cast for the forthcoming adaptation of James&amp;#039;s erotic novel below... Michael Fassbender as Christian Grey While actors like Ian Somerhalder and Alexander Skarsg\u00C3\u00A5rd have expressed interest in the titular role, we think the dapper Michael Fassbender would be perfect as the businessman with a penchant for BDSM. He&amp;#039;s got the right looks and temperament for Christian, and he&amp;#039;s not shy about nudity (see Shame and this SAS commercial). Sure he&amp;#039;s a bit older than Christian, but so are Somerhalder and Skarsg\u00C3\u00A5rd. Plus, if you&amp;#039;ve seen Fassbender in interviews, you know he can be playful as well as serious, which is key for the role of Christian. We need to believe that he has both a good side and a dark side, and only Fassbender can adequately bring that struggle to life for us.  Emilia Clarke as Anastasia Steele The British actress has been in little else aside from Game of Thrones (though she was in the wonderful SyFy channel original movie Triassic Attack), but we think her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen makes her a great contender for Ana. As Daenerys, we saw Clarke evolve from a vulnerable princess into a powerful khaleesi, and that ability to play both the virginal young flower and the steely-eyed warrior will be put to good use with the emotionally volatile Ana. With her naturally dark hair and bright blue eyes, she resembles James&amp;#039;s description of Ana, and thanks to her role on Game of Thrones, Clarke shouldn&amp;#039;t be shy about getting naked either.  Jennifer Lawrence as Katherine Kavanagh Blake Lively is a popular choice for the role of Kate, Ana&amp;#039;s sexy blonde roommate, but we prefer Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence. As an aspiring journalist, Kate&amp;#039;s not just a pretty face; she&amp;#039;s a blunt and sassy young woman with a fear of no-one. Though Lively certainly has the looks, we feel that Lawrence is the whole package. After all, as Ana&amp;#039;s best friend, it&amp;#039;s up to Kate to stand up to Christian when she thinks Ana&amp;#039;s in trouble. And who wants Serena van der Woodsen when you could have Katniss Everdeen? Now, there&amp;#039;s a girl who could face off against Christian Grey.  Joseph Morgan as Elliot Grey Joseph Morgan does an amazing job making the evil Klaus a fun-loving villain on The Vampire Diaries, so we&amp;#039;d like to see him take on the part of Elliot Grey, Christian&amp;#039;s adopted older brother. Granted, Elliot&amp;#039;s not as diabolical as Klaus (in fact, he&amp;#039;s a pretty good guy), but they both share a love of blonde ladies and have a softer side they keep hidden from the world. While some would argue that Morgan looks much too young to play Fassbender&amp;#039;s older brother, we like the idea that the worldly Christian has been aged by his dark sexual obsessions, whereas the more good-natured Elliot stills appears boyish. Also, we&amp;#039;d really love to see Morgan and Fassbender reunited from their days on the short-lived series Hex. As brothers, no less!  Jesse Williams as Jose Rodriguez We were tempted to choose Michael Trevino for the part of Ana&amp;#039;s friend Jose, but there&amp;#039;s already one Vampire Diaries cast member on this list, so we went with Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy&amp;#039;s Jesse Williams instead. Jose is the ideal guy for Ana - or any girl really. He&amp;#039;s sweet, caring, and smart. But he&amp;#039;s too safe, too predictable. There&amp;#039;s no danger. Ana doesn&amp;#039;t feel the passion she craves with Jose. That&amp;#039;s why he&amp;#039;ll always be just a friend to her. Apart from being absolutely gorgeous, Williams has that nice guy vibe that makes him a good pick for Jose. And his eyes are perfect for the lovelorn puppy dog look that he will likely sport for the entire movie. Just watch him pine after Kristen Connolly in The Cabin in the Woods and you&amp;#039;ll see what we mean.  Who would you like to see in Fifty Shades of Grey? Post a comment below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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