As we discussed a few weeks ago, Charlie Hunnam covers the December issue of Men’s Health. The photos are hot, and I’ve included a few newer ones which were released last week. The shirtless photo in particular is… wow. As we heard before, Charlie talked to the magazine about his workouts and how much he gets out of going to the gym. It clears his mind, gives him focus, etc. I agree with that. Charlie also gave more quotes about why he didn’t do Fifty Shades of Grey. I really, really hope that Charlie doesn’t have to answer these Fifty Shades questions for the rest of his career.
Charlie Hunnam looks fifty shades of sexy on the December cover of Men’s Health. But the 34-year-old actor insisted that had he decided to play Christian Grey, it would have been a “f—–g disaster.”
“I was going to finish playing a psychopath who’d just lost his wife, and five days later I’d be on set playing Christian Grey,” he told the mag on newsstands Thursday about splitting his time between the hit FX series “Sons of Anarchy” and taking on the lead role in “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
“I was like, ‘This is going to be a f—–g disaster,'” he added. “It was the opposite of how I’ve tried to ground my career, not stretch myself too thin, and always do my homework. There’s a tendency in this Hollywood machinery to take on too much,” he tells the magazine. “You end up not being able to give everything you want.”
Okay, okay, okay, I believe you, Charlie! For the love of God. His explanations have finally broken down all of the conspiracies about his quick exit from the project. It really was about timing and not being prepared enough.
Meanwhile, did you know Charlie’s first post-Sons of Anarchy project is going to by Guy Ritchie’s new King Arthur project, Knights of the Round Table? Charlie is going to be Arthur, Astrid Berges-Frisbey will play Guinevere and there’s a rumor that Jude Law will be joining the cast, possibly as “the villain”. Law and Ritchie are tight from Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movies.
Here are some photos of Charlie out and about this weekend. That’s a bright jacket.
Photos courtesy of Men’s Health and Fame/Flynet.
Grey who was also a psycopath who had just lost his wife would’ve given great depth to 50 Shades Being Thrown This Way.
Jax Teller is such a great character to play though. And the relationship between Jax and Tara makes Sons of Anarchy for me. I truly believed those two characters loved each other deeply. Watching the last season without Tara is SOOOO hard.
But in other news, THANK YOU FOR POSTING MORE CHARLIE NEWS!!!! Seriously. I am so happy whenever I see that CB decides to update us on Charlie. Enough with Benedict – more Charlie please!!! 🙂
I can’t wait to see him as King Arthur. I do hope he does more non-franchise films though. He’s such a great actor and I want to see him become a legit, big movie star but I hope he makes good choices post SOA. Ritchie is a good director for the most part but I want to see him work with the likes of Bennet Miller, Paul Thomas Anderson, Fincher, Malick, etc.
Sigh. Jax and Tara. I was so hooked on their story. I only made it through one episode this season.
I like how he’s said it respectfully rather than mocked the film or script. Whether that’s true or not is another matter!
Yes, I thought that was tactful as well. Nice.
I have forever love for Charlie. I agree that his response was tactful and I think the questions, for him, about 50 Shades should stop.
Charlie, enough about 50 Shades. Let’s talk about Crimson Peak!
Yeeees that’s what he should be talking about!
I’m glad that he’s not in that movie. It looks like a disaster that I’ll end up watching on late night cable someday in a Showgirls kind of way.
I don’t think it’ll even have the “drinking game” fun of Showgirls…unless it’s drink every time you cringe, in which case you’ll be drunk about 10 minutes in.
I’m totally watching it then just to get insta-hammered.
Ugh I can’t watch showgirls. All the kitchy fun is ruined by the brutal ending.
I love books and movies about King Arthur, and physically, he’s perfect for a young version. I guess they can age him when he’s married to Guinevere. Do we really need another movie about Camelot, though? And I ask that as someone who really enjoys them.
I’d rather watch another Arthur film than the x- superhero movie.
Right? I am so very, very tired of the whole superhero franchise. Let me write *very* again, because that’s how sick I am of it.
I heard people raving about Guardians of the Galaxy. I gave up after an hour, it’s the same pattern, the only good thing was the music.
Oh, with your there. Done to death.
I’ll never have enough of the Greek Mythology and the Arthur legends.
Yes.
Charlie with a proper English accent, swoon. I sometimes watch clips of Queer as Folk to hear his accent, but he’s so young there I feel a little pervy.
Love Charlie Hunnam!
That’s all I have to say on this subject.
And I am so glad he didn’t do “50 Shades”, whatever the reason. I somehow feel this wouldn’t have been a good career move for him, even if the film turned out ok
I’m just going to carry that picture of shirtless Charlie in my mind all day. Meanwhile, can somebody please take him shopping for a pair of jeans that fit? That pair is too large. Thank you.
All of his jeans are like that. I wish the men’s health stylist had given him some of the ones from the photo shoot.
It´s classy of him not to trash 50. It´s the dumbest book I have ever read but I don´t believe in trashing other people/their work officially. This is a seriously sexy man.
I so agree with you on the “dumbest book” comment. I thought it was juvenile and full of typos and grammatical errors.
50 shades if grey was a hate read for me.
I actually hate myself for following the hype of that 50 shades of crap. Good thing my books were only downloaded somewhere. No money wasted on that crap! Good thing Charlie didn’t go thru with the role. It was tasteless. And good for him for being so tactful in this interview. But please, stop asking Charlie about that 50 crap anymore. Let’s focus on SoA and his other projects! Team Charlie!
I like how he never trashes it. And he is HOT
Have you guys watched the last episode of Sons of Anarchy and THAT opening scene where Jax f-cks that Tara-looklike?
Holy shit, that man knows how to move. No offense but neither Hiddleston nor Marvel-Chrises can compare to that sexual energy.
You got that right. And no shade to Jamie Dornan, I don’t think he has it either. Seeing Charlie in action on SoA, in photoshoots and ads…he has that something.
I don’t see that many male actors having that dominant nature. Many pretend to be but you can feel they try hard and it’s not there.
I think that dominant nature that doesn’t come across as offensive is really rare onscreen nowadays.
TeresaMaria: you described it perfectly. It doesn’t matter what awful things he does he only needs to show that innocent yet seducting smile and you do what he wants. It’s incredible.
I agree to an extent. Charlie definitely has “it.” But Jamie Dornan does, too. Watching him in that show about the serial killer (the title just completely flew out of my brain…sorry)…anyway, watching him play that killer showed a range of dark and powerful that he can achieve, and I really truly think he can pull off an emotionally disturbed and self-centered deviant better than most expect.
The problem I’m seeing with the Fifty film is the female lead. She’s just so…”not it.” She’s cute. She’s perfectly lovely. I just don’t see it. I mean, maybe she’s going to just shock all of us, but the male lead can only do so much if the female lead gives him nothing to work with and there’s no chemistry.
Dornan gives me a clinically cold vibe, while Charlie has fire in his blood, whether when he plays a lover or a murderer.
That outfits completely kills his sex appeal–which of course could be his design. Just…awful, top to bottom.
Why is he talking about this movie every time I turn around?
Because they ask him.
They keep asking him. and there’s no way for him to say stop asking, I shouldn’t have to talk about that clusterf@ck anymore.
I doubt he’s that high up the food chain that he gets to control the questions they’re asking him. He is nowhere near Tom Cruise level (influence-wise). So 50 SoG questions it is. He must be sick of it. I know I am.
Because they keep asking, AND it’s the only thing interesting (gossip-wise) about this guy. It’s the closest he’s been to an actual scandal.
They should just stop, though. For real. The movie was shot already and the role went to someone else. Get over it, media.
Ooooohhhh, Knights of the Round Table sounds promising. Jude Law, too? Word.
Okay, I need some help from you all. I…don’t get CH. Like, I know I should want him, but I don’t.WHAT is wrong with me??! I don’t watch SOA, and the only work I saw of his was in Cold Mountain. He was evil, I recall. But why an I not riding this train? Any suggestions for a good film he was in?
Okay, I need some help from you all. I…don’t get CH. Like, I know I should want him, but I don’t.WHAT is wrong with me??! I don’t watch SOA, and the only work I saw of his was in Cold Mountain. He was evil, I recall. But why an I not riding this train? Any suggestions for a good film he was in?
First, go watch last week’s Conan interview with him and the cast of SOA he has a great personality. Then there’s a series from 2002 with Seth Rogan called Undeclared(especially episode God Visits), he’s so beautiful and adorable in it. Then Green Street Hooligan with Elijah Wood and Pacific Rim with Idris Elba.
He’s SOSOSOSOSOSOS hot. That’s the first thing. He’s INCREDIBLY charming and polite. Every interview with him is full of charm and wit. He’s really smart. Seriously – he is like a walking thesaurus but not in an obnoxious way. And every fan encounter I’ve about, he’s always referred to as incredibly polite and nice. Not one bad thing is ever uttered about him. Which either makes him superman or too good to be true.
Also – he’s so fracking hot on Sons of Anarchy. Jax Teller is an awful man but a hot, hot man.
Try looking up his Calvin Klein ads too. They just were released within the past couple of months..wowza. He also did a Vogue photoshoot for Dec 2014 issue that is mega hot too.
This guy’s name is more associated with 50 Shades than the actor who actually did the role, whatever-his-name is. Whenever I hear Hunnam, it’s 50 Shades again.
I must be the only one sorry he’s not in 50 shades. Yes, the book stinks and the acting would have been atrocious, but hey, SEX scenes. I would buy a copy, turn off the sound, and fast-forward to the good parts. Kinda like I did with Magic Mike. He keeps reminding me what could have been . . . sigh . . . 😉
I don’t think this guy is attractive at all. He has a weirdly wide big face, it’s off-putting. I’m also not into muscled men either.
Shut up about 50 Shades already.
All this mess aside, ‘Jax Teller’ could get it all day any day ☺️ (Bright lemon colored jacket be damned!) p