Jamie Dornan went into hiding after Fifty Shades of Gray backlash – The Hollywood Reporter

Jamie Dornan

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Jamie Dornan went into hiding after his release Fifty Shades of GreyThe actor revealed this week during an appearance on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs.

the first Fifty shades The film, released in 2015, was met with harsh reviews. Director Sam Taylor-Johnson was nominated for Worst Director at that year’s Razzie Awards, and the film now holds a 25 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Until the film’s release, Dornan had achieved great success, especially for his role as a serial killer in the film the fall.

“(I was) coming off the back of reviews that changed my career the fall And the BAFTA nominations and all that madness the fall “It’s become a laughing stock,” Dornan said.

“I think I hid,” he said. “(My family) went down to Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s house. They weren’t there. “They let us have their place in the country, and we hid there for a while and isolated ourselves from the world for a bit.”

Although the film was criticized, Fifty Shades of Grey It became a box office phenomenon, launching production on a sequel to the series, which Dornan was contractually obligated to return to.

“It made a lot of money, so the second and third films were greenlit overnight,” the actor said. “It was a weird thing because there was a little bit of sarcasm here, and now I’m under contract for two more, knowing there will be more cussing in the future.”

However, Dornan has no regrets about the films: “I’ve just had very glowing reviews for the latest work. There would be no one who wouldn’t mention it.” Fifty shades He said: “In them… a lot of the reviews say, ‘It’s great, but so we don’t forget when it wasn’t great here.’” “Regret I did them? no.”

Dornan said in December The Independent That he was happy to take a break from prominent roles for the time being.

“There will never be anything like this Fifty shades Again, he said. “It seemed like it was very much its own thing, especially because it focused on and around sex. But obviously there are other jobs that require crazy scrutiny, like superhero stuff, or having sex with James Bond, or any of that stuff. Good job avoiding this kind of nonsense so far.

Dornan added: “I’m not saying I’ll never do something high-profile again, or a big[intellectual property]with all eyes on it… maybe I will. But I’m also really happy with where I’m at now. I can live a pretty normal life for the most part.” Sometimes. I can sit on the tube and be fine. I’m an ambitious person, and I have a fire underneath me, but in the last 10 years or so, I’ve realized that I don’t want big peaks all the time. That doesn’t matter to me. I’m happy to keep going as I am, and then one day… Days I’ll disappear and play golf for the rest of my life.