Emma Watson 'Would Consider' Doing the '50 Shades of Grey' Movie

By Darrick Thomas on September 27, 2012

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Emma Watson's grown up a lot since she was first introduced to the world in the Harry Potterseries, but is she ready for big screen S&M? Well, she certainly hasn't ruled it out. 

The Watson 50 Shades of Grey rumors are back again after the 22-year-old actress told theSun she's open to the idea of playing Anastasia Steele, the young college student who's sexual world is cracked wide open after meeting the suave but cold Christian Grey. When asked about the project, Watson said she'd have to get familiar with the material before making a decision:

The thing is I haven’t read any of the book because I haven’t read a script so it’s quite difficult to know what I’m turning down potentially but I hear it’s quite raunchy. I mean if there’s interesting character development and there’s an interesting story then I would consider it."

Not since Twilight and the Hunger Games has a bestseller-turned-movie inspired such active casting speculation. Besides Watson, names like Selena Gomez, Alexis Bledel and Nina Dobrev have been mentioned as potential Anastasias, but no one's been offered the part officially.

Shades' author, E.L. James, does however have a short wish-list of stars for the two coveted roles. "Everybody involved will have input into [casting]," she told Katie Couric earlier this month. "I have I think three people who could fit, I think could play Christian and about four who could play Ana. And I'm not going to tell you any of them." Guess we'll just have to wait and see whether or not Hermione is on that list.

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