In the decade since the phrase “fifty shades of f–ked up” entered the public lexicon, rumors surrounding Fifty Shades of Grey’s behind-the-scenes drama have only intensified.
Even as those involved have attempted to set the record straight. For instance, for years there were rumblings that stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan were at odds while filming the 2015 movie—based on the E.L. James novel—and its two sequels. However, looking back on that time, the Madame Web alum has noted that in truth, the source of the tension was the author (real name Erika Mitchell) and creative team’s struggles to get on the same page.
“There were a lot of different disagreements,” Johnson told Vanity Fair in 2022. “We’d do the takes of the movie that Erika wanted to make, and then we would do the takes of the movie that we wanted to make.”
Hindsight being 20/20, she admitted, “If I had known what it was going to be like, I don’t think anyone would’ve done it. It would’ve been like, ‘Oh, this is psychotic.’”
“I was just texting with her a couple days ago,” Dornan told U.K.’s Metro last July. “I think she’s London bound a wee bit over the next few weeks so trying to see her and Chris for dinner.” The truth of the costars’ dynamic is one of the most-talked-about aspects of the series. A decade down the line, we’re reflecting on the steamiest behind-the-scenes rumors.
