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"Ryan Gosling and Garrett Hedlund are two of the actors who reportedly turned down the chance to star in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. According to a new report dissecting the casting process for the feverishly-anticipated erotic, Drive and Only God Forgives star Gosling ruled himself out of appearing in the project early on due to a lack of interest.   Hedlund, who appeared in Tron: Legacy and On the Road, also passed on the film because he &amp;quot;couldn&amp;#039;t connect with the character&amp;quot; of Christian Grey, says The Hollywood Reporter. Prior to Charlie Hunnam&amp;#039;s casting as BDSM-loving billionaire Grey, British actor Christian Cooke was also in the running to play the part.   Dakota Johnson landed the role of Anastasia Steele after the likes of Alicia Vikander, Imogen Poots and Elizabeth Olsen were considered. Felicity Jones was reportedly deemed too old at 30 to play 21-year-old college student Ana, while early favourite Shailene Woodley - who did not object to the nudity the role demands - is said to have bowed out due to her upcoming publicity commitments to Divergent.     Angry Fifty Shades of Grey fans started a petition earlier this week to get Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel cast as Christian and Ana. At the time of writing it is 4,833 signatures away from its 25,000 target. Fifty Shades of Grey, to be directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson based on Kelly Marcel&amp;#039;s script and EL James&amp;#039;s best-selling novel, will open in cinemas on August 1, 2014. Photo gallery - Dakota Johnson in pictures:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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