50 Shades of Grey Movie Cast: Ryan Gosling and the 25 Flavors of Christian Grey

Culture
By Alex Marin

Speculation over who would play the role of sexually dominant business tycoon Christian Grey in the upcoming film version of E.L. James’ erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey continues to mount, with the latest controversy surrounding wanna-be screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) throwing fellow gay male Matt Bomer (White Collar, Magic Mike) under the bus – as supposedly incapable of playing womanizer Christian Grey due to his “gayness.”  

And author E.L. James, and confirmed producers Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, have also weighed in, with James expressing her disapproval of Twilight emo hunk – and heartbroken heartthrob – Robert Pattinson as potential cast (even though Fifty Shades was inspired in a Twilight fan fiction).

Meanwhile, Brunetti and De Luca insisted the role of Christian Grey is still up for grabs, as it is too early to think about potential casts when neither the director nor the writer have been hired yet. So, in order to continue with the speculative spirit – and to highlight the diversity that some of the potential casts could bring to Fifty Shades’ film adaptation – here are Ryan Gosling and the 25 flavors of Christian Grey:   

1. Ryan Gosling: Classic Christian Grey 

2. Matt Bomer: Gay Christian Grey

3. William Levy: Latino Christian Grey

4. Robert Pattinson: Emmo Christian Grey

5. Channing Tatum: Exhibitionist Christian Grey

6. Alexander Skarsgard: Scandinavian Chrsitian Grey

7. Mehcad Brooks: African-American Christian Grey

8. Daniel Henney: Asian American Christian Grey

9. Michael Fassbender: Assasin’s Creed Christian Grey

10. Andrew Garfield: Boyish Christian Grey

11. Chris Hemsworth: Aussie Thor Christian Grey

12. Jamie Dornan: Irish Christian Grey

13. Chris Evans: All American Christian Grey

14. Ryan Reynolds: Canadian Christian Grey

15. Colin Farrell: Drunk Christian Grey

16. Christian Bale: Dark Knight Christian Grey

17. James Marsden: Nice Guy Christian Grey

18. Eric Bana: Troy Christian Grey

19. Zack Galifianakis: Troll Christian Grey

20. Jude Law: British Christian Grey

21. Clive Owen: DILF Christian Grey

22. Zac Effron: Callow Christian Grey

23. Alex Pettyfer: Skinny Christian Grey

24. Ashton Kutcher: Netpreneur Christian Grey

   

25. Taylor Lautner: Short Christian Grey

Bonus 1. Liam Hemsworth: Hunger Games Christian Grey

Bonus 2. Joe Manganiello: Scruffy Christian Grey