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Did Hackers Confirm Emma Watson For 50 Shades Of Grey, Finally Ending This Mystery?

Emma Watson Perks of Being a Wallflower Screening September 26th 2012

Just a couple of days ago I took back my application to be a celebrity when I read reports of a massive celebrity hacking incident that affected a dozen stars. While I’m not ready to resubmit my application, and I don’t condone hacking unless I’m watching WarGames, the information that the latest occurrence reportedly confirms prompts me to heave a heavy sigh of relief. Why? Because it might finally settle the seemingly never-ending mystery of who will play Anastasia Steele in the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey movie.

A collection of online hackers called Anonymous has obtained documents from German studio Constantin Film. One document reveals Emma Watson to be attached to the adaptation of E.L. James’ novel 50 Shades of Grey. It’s been a big rumor for a while now, but the truth had yet to be revealed, and now we’re one step closer to just knowing already.

It’s not that I’m a 50 Shades of Grey fan — haven’t read it — or that I desperately want to see Emma Watson in a raunchy movie role. It’s just that I’m tired of a different actress being attached to the role every week, Mila Kunis flip-flopping about wanting the role more often than she flip-flops between sweatpants and evening gowns, and women sitting around big tables in front of an audience arguing about who’s right for the role. It’s making me 50 Shades of Exhausted. And I just want an answer already so we can shut up about it for two minutes before moving on to casting Christian Grey.

This Emma Watson news could certainly be true if you consider the recent report that she dropped out of playing Cinderella. She’s already been cast in an upcoming Beauty and the Beast adaptation, so maybe she thought starring as two fairy tale princesses at the same time as she’s in a movie all about sex would be inappropriate. Plus it might mess with her method and result in some very strange movie performances. Or, you know, it could just be scheduling conflicts, if you want to be boring.

So can we finally end the rumors? Agh, we’re still gonna hear about it for months anyway, since it won’t be released until 2014!

(via ScreenCrush)

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  • http://twitter.com/lebutzki Christopher Lebutzki

    Several things, that file was over 4 months old, it wasn’t even a file from 2013. A lot of change happens in films (hell we just saw what happened to Voices and Cinderella this week for Emma.) For 4 months, over a hundred people had access to this file, and no one said anything beforehad if it was true? If this was true, and one of the biggest hyped castings in recent memory, wouldn’t they limit who had access to it? I didn’t know you thought 50 SOG had better security than our Drone program. And really the key thing to focus on here, it wasn’t even hacked from a movie company (Universal, Disney, etc) but rather from a German distribution database that has NOTHING to do with the creation of the film. Distribution companies have NOTHING do do with casting, pre-production, or filming. All they do is make a bid on the finished product.

    • Kelly

      You must be new here. This site is more of an opinion-celebrity blog where the writers try to cram their opinions down our throats in a not-so-subtle manner. There is nothing based on facts here.

    • Jenni

      I’m also new here! I’m also scared! My throat’s very fragile and I hate opinions. Also celebrities. I think I’ve made a big mistake. Is there a way to get out of here? I feel sick. HELP!

  • SP

    Just another rumor, people! EL James said recently casting is still a ways off. They only just finished the script and don’t even have a director yet. The film she’s apparently attached to wasn’t even specified. And they provided us with no proof anyway.

  • Gypsum0

    If this is true, I beg Hermione Granger to JUST SAY NO! I’m really stoked that Emma Watson was able to distance herself enough from Harry Potter to continue in the industry. She’s awesome and I want to see her in other roles. Plus when I do I rarely catch myself thinking, “Why is Hermione doing that and where is her wand?” Which is something to be said. At least in my opinion.

    I haven’t read 50 Shades but from what I’ve read about 50 Shades I feel bad for the career of the future Anastasia Steele. But then again, I don’t feel bad for their bank accounts. Maybe they could cast me instead?

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