The author of Fifty Shades Of Grey is shackling the second movie
As anyone whose Twilight fan fiction eventually became a hit movie that made more than $300 million in its first week would be, E.L. James appears to be rather full of herself. The author was reportedly heavily involved in the creative process for the first film, exercising final say over casting choices and demanding changes to scenes that didn’t conform to her vision (or, as James probably calls it, her “inner goddess”). James’ refusal to compromise apparently drove both screenwriter Kelly Marcel and director Sam Taylor-Johnson crazy, so much so that Taylor-Johnson doesn‘t want to return for the sequel and Marcel has declined to participate in the film’s press tour.
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