The Irish actor thinks there is "weirder s**t" than S&M fun that people enjoy, such as "plane spotting."
Jamie Dornan's latest role sees him play kinky billionaire Christian Grey in the film adaptation of E. L. James's bestselling erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' and as the release date approaches, the Irish actor reveals he has no qualms with people enjoying S&M sex.
Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey in the forthcoming adaptation
"I'm an extremely liberal person, I don't give a f**k," the model-turned-actor told the February issue of British GQ. "If people are into that they're into that. By the way, if people make such a hoo-hah about the violence against women aspect of it, it's far more common for men to be the submissive. And it's consensual! There's weirder s**t than that. I think plane spotting is far weirder than S&M. That I really don't get. I can understand why people are into S&M, but standing outside Heathrow Terminal 5 waiting for Ryanair to come in?"
While preparing for the role, Dornan previously admitted he visited a real sex dungeon to gather research, and help him get into the character of the S&M enthusiast. His experience made him realize it isn't as "dark and serious" as people may have thought.
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"In the course of researching this character, I have seen the reality very closely," the 32-year-old actor said. "I can tell you from an alarmingly first-hand perspective it's not altogether sexy. But I've been in a dungeon with a lukewarm beer while a dominant has had some fun with his submissive and it was very playful and jovial and not at all dark and serious. There was a lot of laughter."
Dornan, who is starring alongside actress Dakota Johnson who plays Anastasia Steele, also spoke about the awkwardness of performing sex scenes in front of the camera and crew.
"Your dignity is intact as much as it's all tucked away in a little flesh-colored bag...As a guy you put all your essentials in a little bag and you tie it up like a little bag of grapes and it's tucked away. Its quite a peculiar thing to do every day."
'Fifty Shades of Grey' is slated to hit theatres on Feb 13th, 2015.
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