Kim Basinger, the actress who won an Oscar in 1998, has just confirmed her participation in the next two parts of the bedroom film adapted from the best-selling novel “50 Shades of Grey”.
The 62-year-old actress will play Elena Lincoln, the business partner and former lover of main character Christian Gray in the movie 50 Shades of Gray.
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Basinger is the first of the new cast to sign a contract with Universal. Two stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson will continue to return as billionaire Christian Gray and young girl Anastasia Steele. Elena Lincoln is an important character in the film. This is also the character who led Christian to explore his complicated sex life.
This is not the first time Kim Basinger has played a bed scene on the big screen. She had her breakthrough role in 1983 when she played James Bonds’ girlfriend in “Never Say Never Again”.
Next, in the movie “9 ½ Weeks”, she played an assistant at an art gallery and fell in love with a Wall Street trader. The actress has won Oscars, Golden Globes and SAG awards.
The appearance of the character Elena Lincoln will give rise to many conflicts between the two main characters.
The appearance of the character Elena Lincoln will give rise to many conflicts between the two main characters.
The studio plans to film both sequels “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed” simultaneously. Therefore, they need to finalize the cast for both parts right now.
Sam Taylor-Johnson confirmed last year that he would not return to direct future installments of the film. The reason is because during the production process, she and author E.L. James had many disagreements and could not come to an agreement. Instead, director James Foley is in charge of these sequels. Author E.L. James will take on the role of adapting the original novel into a screenplay.
The movie “Fifty Shades of Grey” once caused a stir with its hot bedroom scenes. Despite being underrated by critics, the film still earned Universal more than $571 million. The film also leads the list of nominees for the 2016 Golden Raspberry Awards when appearing in 6 categories including Feature Film, Director, Actor – Actress, Screenplay and Worst Screen Combination. However, fans around the world are still eagerly waiting for the next two parts of the film.
