History Trivia / FiftyShadesOfGrey

* FanNickname: Thanks to [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Walker brothers' review]], Jack is "Rapey [=McGee=]" for how much of a cartoonishly obvious sexual predator he is.

* DawsonCasting:
** Elena 'Mrs Robinson' Lincoln is said to be in her [[VagueAge late 30's or 40's]] in the books. In the films, she's played by Kim Basinger, who was nearly ''63'' during filming.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Music/RitaOra, who portrayed Christian's younger sister Mia also sang the main theme for the third movie alongside Music/LiamPayne.

** Screenwriter Kelly Marcel [[https://www.vulture.com/2015/06/kelly-marcel-has-not-seen-fifty-shades.html admitted]] feeling disappointed over how most of her ideas were thrown out by E.L James (like Sam Taylor-Johnson, Marcel wanted to make a more PragmaticAdaptation). She also admitted she hadn't even seen the final film.

* BTeamSequel: Sam Taylor-Johnson refused to consider returning for the sequel. She cited frequent clashes with E.L. James, who had received final approval on everything from the studio, as a source of much frustration. She was replaced by James Foley, who stated to have a "great relationship" with the author, and therefore returned for the second sequel.

** A [[DownplayedTrope slight case]] with Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele. Ana is 21 years old for most the series (she's about to graduate from college in ''Fifty Shades of Grey''), turning 22 in ''Fifty Shades Freed''. Johnson was 24 when they filmed the first movie and 26 during the consecutive filming of the second and third films.
** Christian Grey is 27 in the first installment and turns 28 in the sequel. Jamie Dornan was 31 during the filming of ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' and 34 during the filming of the sequels.

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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/DakotaJohnson had to dye her natural blond hair to brunette.

* OldShame: Sam Taylor-Johnson stated that [[http://screenrant.com/fifty-shades-director-sam-taylor-johnson-regret-conflict/ she regrets having directed the film]], citing her difficulties working with E. L. James as one of the main reasons.

** Christian Grey is 27 in the first installment and turns 28 in the sequel. Jaime Dornan was 31 during the filming of ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' and 34 during the filming of the sequels.

* AscendedFanfic: The series started as an erotic ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic titled ''Master of the Universe''.

* FakeAmerican: Northern-Irish Jamie Dornan as the American Christian Grey.

* ToughActToFollow: E.L. James's first non-''Fifty Shades'' novel, ''The Mister'', hasn't been nearly the success that her earlier books were. Not only were the critical reviews mostly poor, but saleswise, ''The Mister'' dropped off the New York Times bestseller list much quicker than any of her other novels.

* DivorcedInstallment: The series started as an erotic ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic titled ''Master of the Universe''.

* PlayingAgainstType: In the Japanese dub, Anastasia is voiced by Creator/RyokoShiraishi, and while not the first time doing this, she is normally casted voicing [[ActionGirl action girls]] (and sometimes, [[CrossdressingVoices boys]]), tomboys or women who normally doesn't take any kind of crap from any man (or anyone, for that matter), being her more notorious roles [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Asuka Kazama]], [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Schrödinger]] and [[VideoGame/SenranKagura Hikage]]. Voicing a ExtremeDoormat is pretty outside her normal modus operandi.

** Creator/EmiliaClarke, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/LucyHale, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/FelicityJones, Creator/RooneyMara, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, Creator/DaniellePanabaker, Creator/MargotRobbie, Creator/AliciaVikander,
Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/OliviaWilde and Creator/ShaileneWoodley were considered for Anastasia. As with their male counterparts, none of them wanted the role.

** Zig-zagged as of May 2015, with "Earned It" by Music/TheWeeknd. In addition to not being nearly as big a hit as "Love Me Like You Do" (with its success mostly local to North America), it uses the title of the movie as a subtitle, so the song hasn't really broken away the same way that "Love Me Like You Do" has. While he was popular on the internet, "Earned It" gave him his first mainstream Top 40 hit as a solo artist, and it went Top 5. It was at first expected to be completely overshadowed by "Love Me Like You Do", so it was still a big accomplishment for him[[note]]In fact, it also turned him from a lesser-known artist with a large cult following to a bonafide mainstream act overnight. His two follow-up songs, "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills," both debuted in the Top 25 and peaked at the top of the chart.[[/note]]. Keep in mind that he hadn't had a Top 40 hit of his own until "Earned It". This was then cemented when it got an Academy Award nomination, setting the Internet on fire with the notion that we now have to say "Oscar nominee ''Fifty Shades of Grey''."

* OldShame: Sam Taylor-Johnson [[http://screenrant.com/fifty-shades-director-sam-taylor-johnson-regret-conflict/ regrets making the film]].

** E. L. James wielded a large amount of creative control over everything from casting to the wardrobe to the final script--unusual for any novelist, let alone one whose only published work was a single series of three books. This led to no end of disputes between her and director Sam Taylor-Johnson, including getting into an hour-long shouting match in front of cast and crew after Taylor-Johnson suggested a rewrite for the climax. While Taylor-Johnson wanted to make a more PragmaticAdaptation, James was very protective of her book and vetoed even the most minor deviations from it, and since James was the one with final say on all creative decisions, Taylor-Johnson often found herself forced to go along.

** Creator/JoeWright, Creator/StevenSoderbergh, and Creator/GusVanSant were all considered to direct. Creator/AngelinaJolie was offered the job, but declined.

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Grey'' was released before ''Literature/MidnightSun''. How is this hilarious? ''Midnight Sun'' was supposed to do the same thing as ''Grey'' (Tell the story from the male protagonist's POV)

* ActorAllusion: At one point Anastasia tells Christian "You're the complete serial killer," to which Christian answers, "Not today." Jamie Dornan (who plays Christian) also starred in ''Series/TheFall'', in which he played a serial killer.

* BillingDisplacement: Rita Ora was heavily promoted as being part of the first film, but she's ultimately barely in it.

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, Christian Grey is voiced by Creator/KenjiroTsuda, who already voiced [[Anime/YuGiOh a guy]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney who can screw the rules at his favor because he has money and power]].

** Creator/CharlieHunnam was originally cast as Christian Grey, but left due to creative differences.
** Creator/RobertPattinson was said to be E.L. James' personal choice for Christian Grey, and Creator/RyanGosling was the studio's first choice.
** Creator/ChrisEvans, Creator/HenryCavill, Creator/AlexPettyfer, Creator/ArmieHammer, Creator/MattBomer, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/DominicCooper, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard, Creator/ScottEastwood and were all considered for Christian, but none of them wanted the role.
** Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/RooneyMara, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmiliaClarke, Creator/MargotRobbie, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/ShaileneWoodley, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/DaniellePanabaker, Creator/LucyHale and Creator/FelicityJones were considered for Anastasia. As with their male counterparts, none of them wanted the role.

** Sam Taylor-Johnson wanted to make a pragmatic adaptation of the novel, addressing its criticisms and problematic elements, but clashed with E.L. James, who wanted the film to treat her novel like gospel. We can only wonder what kind of film Taylor-Johnson's untampered vision would've been.

** Charlie Hunnam was originally cast as Christian Grey, but left due to creative differences.

** Creator/ChrisEvans, Creator/HenryCavill, Creator/AlexPettyfer, Creator/ArmieHammer, Creator/MattBomer, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/DominicCooper, Charlie Hunnam, Alexander Skarsgård, François Arnaud, Billy Magnussen,Creator/ScottEastwood and Luke Bracey were all considered for Christian, but none of them wanted the role.
** Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/RooneyMara, Suki Waterhouse, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmiliaClarke, Creator/MargotRobbie, Creator/LilyCollins, Shailene Woodley, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, Creator/ImogenPoots, Alicia Vikander, Danielle Panabaker, Lucy Hale and Creator/FelicityJones were considered for Anastasia. As with their male counterparts, none of them wanted the role.