What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and Lucy Hale is recalling the
time she auditioned for Fifty Shades of Grey, and she recalls the audition process as being
absolutely “mortifying”.
We love us a good throwback, so when Lucy Hale sat down to recall the traumatizing experience
that was auditioning for Fifty Shades of Grey’s leading lady, Anastasia Steele, we were obviously
all ears.
Just put it this way: You know how humiliating it is to watch a rated-R movie scene movie
with your parents?
Just think of Lucy’s experience as that, times, like, a thousand.
While catching up with The Associated Press recently, Lucy was asked about the process,
to which she replied with this:
“I was very young.
It had to have been, not 10 years ago, it was a while ago, and I was, like, mortified.”
She went on to explain that while the audition wasn't “actual scenes from the movie,”
she had to read a “very sexually forward monologue” most likely in front of a panel
of more than one critic.
And because she was so young, Lucy admits that doing an audition like this literally
scared the crap out of her.
“And I didn’t really even know what I was saying in the audition, like I didn’t
understand.
I was a little naive about it all, but yes, I did audition.
It was good for me because, well, it scared the crap out of me to do an audition like
that.”
Back in 2014, a year after the audition, Lucy opened up to Entertainment Tonight about what
the audition actually did consist of, to which she said QUOTE, “The scene was, like, the
girl telling her friends about some sexcapade she had, but it goes into extreme detail and
uses the word ‘sperm’ a couple times.
I was like, ‘I don’t know guys, I have to go home to my grandparent’s house in
a few months at Christmas, I don’t know if I can do this.’”
Along with Lucy, many A-list actresses were considered for the role, including Dakota
Johnson, who ultimately got the part, The Carrie Diaries star Chloe Bridges, and even
Emma Watson, who quickly shot down rumors she was considering the role.
But coincidentally enough, Lucy has been busy promoting her newest movie, A Nice Girl Like
You, a romcom centered around pornography, which became available on streaming platforms
over the weekend.
Lucy’s character in the movie is a violinist who is accused of being “pornophobic”
by her ex-boyfriend, to which she attempts to prove him wrong by creating a pretty wild
to-do list, but we’ll let you guys figure out the contents of that list.
And it seems Lucy has been partaking in a bit of romance in her own life as she was
recently spotted with newly-single Bachelor Colton Underwood following his split with
Cassie Randolph.
The two were spotted on a hike together last Wednesday in Los Angeles, all thanks to a
photo obtained by TMZ.
Sources reveal to People that Lucy and Colton have “hung out a few times” and that they
are “very casually dating.”
The source added QUOTE, “It’s been so complicated to date (in general) during the
pandemic,” and not to point out what everyone else was thinking, but another complication
miiiiight stem from Colton testing positive for COVID a few months ago.
Sources also revealed that Lucy was the one to reach out to Colton following his breakup,
but this isn’t too surprising considering she would gush over Colton when his season
aired back in 2018.
“What do you like about this guy?
“I mean, he’s wholesome!
He’s a good guy, it seems like.
He’s really beautiful to watch, so if anything, we can just… watch him.”
“Not a bad face to look at!”
A source from Us Weekly also revealed that Colton is “moving on as much as he can,”
and that he “has been dating and is excited about this new chapter.
There is no chance that Colton and Cassie will get back together.”
Fans were pretty surprised by the news that Lucy and Colton had recently linked up, as
one user wrote, “Lucy hale & Colton Underwood dating is the biggest plot twist nobody saw
coming.”
Others were a little shocked at how soon Colton seemed to have moved on, like this person
who wrote, “Colton and Cassie broke up like a week ago and now he’s dating Lucy Hale...?
And SHE reached out to HIM?”
So there you have it, I guess we’re just gonna have to wait to see where this goes.
And for more Hollywood movie news, click right over here to get all the details on Tom Holland
and Robert Pattinson’s upcoming movie.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Lucy’s Fifty Shades audition, and if
you think she and Colton could be the real deal down here in the comments.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, see ya next time!