Actors for 'Fifty Shades' revealed

Los Angeles SowetanLive American actress Dakota Johnson will play the naive Anastasia Steele alongside English actor Charlie Hunnam's Christian Grey, in the film version of the erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey', its British author E.L. James said this week. 'Fifty Shades of Grey', which is about a passionate relationship between literature student Anastasia and the manipulative entrepreneur Christian, was first published in 2011 and became a cultural phenomenon as it rocketed up the bestseller lists. Described as “mummy porn” by critics, James's debut novel became Britain's fastest paperback to reach 1 million sales and was the first in a trilogy. Movie rights for the novels were bought up by Universal Pictures and Focus Features. Johnson, 23, a fashion model and actress, is the daughter of “Miami Vice” actor Don Johnson and “Working Girl” star Melanie Griffith. Johnson is best known for films such as action comedy “21 Jump Street” and romantic comedy “The Five-Year Engagement”. The 33-year-old Hunnam's latest film was the sci-fi epic “Pacific Rim”, in which he played a robot pilot fighting alien monsters. 'Fifty Shades' will be directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and is due for release in 2014.