Rooney Mara As Anastasia Steele

While Rooney Mara’s looks are unconventional, we can definitely see something of Anastasia in her – she’s petite, pale, has dark hair and large blue eyes. She not a striking beauty like Emilia Clarke or Lucy Hale, but Anastasia Steele isn’t meant to be a head turner.

there candidates for the role include Nina Dobrev of the Vampire Diaries, Twilight actress Ashley Greene, Gilmore Girls’ Alexis Bledel, Game of Thrones Emilia Clarke and Pretty Little Liars Lucy Hale.

At the moment, both the studios and E.L. James are keeping silent about the casting of the movie, especially since the screenwriter, Kelly Marcel is still penning the script and Universal Studios and Focus Features want to find a director first. While the list for the male candidates is smoothly packaged into a choice of three: Ian Somerhalder, Matt Bomer and Henry Cavill, the list of female candidates is more volatile – with new names added on a daily basis. So whether Rooney Mara will managed to barge her way into the list of candidates remains to be seen, but one way or the other, Anastasia Steele is less predictable than Christian Grey in terms of casting.