Elle UK (February, 2015)
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From his interview:About his childhood:“Well, I suppose I actually slipped on the soap,” he says sitting in a West London cafe, drinking a peppermint tea. “We were washing our Border collie out the back of our house and I ran out into the suds, [slipped] and cracked my head on a stone step. I remember being put on the kitchen counter and my mum crying, and my granny crying, and loads of blood. And I remember the lift doors in the hospital, and my mum not being allowed in,” the 32-years-old explains. “There was a problem with doing stitches, the position of the cut – they had to do some kind plastic surgery,” he adds. “Well according to my dad, who’s a doctor, and I think they tell fewer lies than regular people.”
About getting 'fifty shades' role: Dornan had done a video audition early on, “But I didn’t hear anything, not even the tiniest bit of feedback. For months. So I thought, ‘Well, I gave it a go.’ And then, suddenly… Maybe they stumbled upon my tape in the archives.”
About visiting a private dungeon in someone’s house:“With just me as the only audience member. But I went there, he offered me a beer, and they did… whatever they were into. I saw a dominant with one of his two submissives, and he became our kink advisor on the film. I was sort of taking notes. I don’t know if it’s because they were uncomfortable having me in the room, but there were a lot of breaks while they had giggle fits. I was like: ‘Come on, guys. I know I’m not paying for this, but I am expecting a show!’ It was an interesting evening. Then, going back to my wife and newborn baby afterwards… I had a long shower before touching either of them.”
About Paul Spector ("The Fall" series) and Christian Grey: “They’re both tying women to beds, yes; but for very different reasons. If the motives are so different, then the action has to be different. I’d be really upset if people think that I’m giving the same performance twice.”
About his daughter:“I’ve had to be away the last couple of weekends, and I come back and I barely recognise her, and it’s awful; she changes so much,” he says. “And then I have this huge fear that she won’t recognise me. The beard helps, but I had to shave it off a couple of times, so she’s been shocked for the first few hours. She looks at me like: ‘Do I love you? I think I love you.’ I have to win back her trust.”
awwwwwwwAbout living in London:“But in London, you go to a class at the gym and there are no spaces left, and it costs that much to play football on a Tuesday night, and it’s booked up for six months. In west London, it costs such an insane amount of money just to buy a basement flat, and I don’t know if I want to become the sort of person who thinks that’s OK.”
Who magazine with Dakota Johnson
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Daniel and Erin visited Flint City T Shirts, and the manager said they chatted about where he plans to wear his new Flint shirt (London!) and local burger restaurant Halo Burger (I hope he recommended the Boston Cooler). Since he's a consummate professional, the manager said he didn't want to be creepy and ask for a photo, but also said he'd "been bragging about the clients that came in yesterday. 'Just so you know, I sold shirts to Harry Potter yesterday. Just saying, it's pretty sweet.'"
