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"Charlie Hunnam has revealed that it was &amp;quot;heartbreaking&amp;quot; for him to quit the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey movie. The Sons of Anarchy star was initially cast as the titular Christian Grey in the adaptation of E L James&amp;#039;s bestselling book, but dropped out of the project last year.    &amp;quot;I felt like I had an interesting take on that character and felt like I could have done a good job of playing Christian Grey, otherwise I wouldn&amp;#039;t have taken it on in the first place,&amp;quot; Hunnam told Life &amp;amp; Style this month.  &amp;quot;When you put the time into something like that and a character comes alive in your mind, it&amp;#039;s heartbreaking not to be able to play him [\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6] It was definitely kind of heartbreaking having to say goodbye to that character and not bring it to life.&amp;quot; Initial reports suggested that Hunnam was overwhelmed by the early hype surrounding the film, though he claimed the exit was due to scheduling conflicts with Sons of Anarchy and his upcoming movie Crimson Peak.  Several weeks after Hunnam dropped out of the project, Irish actor Jamie Dornan signed on to play Christian Grey opposite Dakota Johnson.  Hunnam has said he believes Dornan &amp;quot;will be a great Christian.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;If they invite me to the premiere, I will go and see it there,&amp;quot; Hunnam added. &amp;quot;If not, I&amp;#039;ll go and buy some tickets on opening night.&amp;quot; 50 Shades of Grey is scheduled for release on Valentine&amp;#039;s Day weekend in 2015. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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