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Charlie Hunnam & Dakota Johnson cast in Fifty Shades of Grey

By Matt Risley published 2 September 2013

The raunchy romantic drama has found its leads

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After much speculation, the movie adaptation of literary phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey has found its leads.

Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson will be stepping into a big screen Red Room of Pain come August 2014.

While Hunnam has been a rumoured contender for leading man/sexy sadist Christian Grey for a while (insert your own Pacific Rimming gag here), Johnson is a relative, comparative unknown.

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