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Jamie Dornan in an advertisement for Dior Homme perfume from 2006.

Is Jamie Dornan about to become Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie?

Or more to the point, who is Jamie Dornan?

For the record, Dornan is a 31-year-old model and actor likely best known for being Keira Knightley's ex-boyfriend. He also had a role in the Sofia Coppola-directed film Marie Antoinette and once worked as a Calvin Klein model.

As reported in The Hollywood Reporter, Universal is scrambling madly to fill the void left by Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam from the Shades movie.

Along with Dornan, the list of actors up for the role of the Seattle billionaire with a penchant for sadomachism allegedly includes Alexander Skarsgard of True Blood renown.

Apparently the studio is also revisiting its original list of actors to play the role, including Theo James and Christian Cooke. The studio would likely extend the same courtesy toward Garrett Hedlund, who received an informal offer during the first round of casting, but he's unavailable since he's currently shooting a movie with Angelina Jolie in Australia.

Out of left field, director Oliver Stone recently suggested that Leonardo DiCaprio would be the perfect choice to portray the role. "He'd make a fortune," Stone said.

So far, Dakota Johnson remains in place to star as the film's heroine.

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