(UPI) -- As rumored, Northern Irish hunk Jamie Dornan will lend his brooding gaze to the highly anticipated 50 Shades of Grey film adaptation in the lead role of Christian Grey, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Wednesday.
The news comes weeks after Sons of Anarchy's Charlie Hunnam dropped out of the role over time constraints, though some media reports speculated that the 33-year-old actor didn't gel with the film's creative team and "got cold feet" about the intense media scrutiny.