A New Character in Fifty Shades of Grey as Mrs. Robinson

When E. L. James had written her BDSM themed erotic novel, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, little had she known that it would sweep her fans off their feet and would attract Hollywood studios to make a cinematic adaptation out of it? But as history speaks for itself, it is widely anticipated that the movie would do as well as the novel. The novel has pushed major authors off the list of the highest earning authors and this year, E.L. James has emerged victorious in the top spot. The novel, though themed around BDSM, is essentially a love story between Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.

The ‘50 Shades’ movie is probably one of the most widely awaited movies of the year and unlike some other movies, it is already famous. Famous because of its constant cast changes and cast additions, the ‘50 Shades’ movie, is all set to have another addition to its star cast in the form of Katie Holmes. The erstwhile star of films like, ‘Teaching Mrs. Tingle’ and television series like ‘Dawson’s Creek’, Holmes is also publicly known for her split from ex-husband Tom Cruise and her views on Scientology. Otherwise known in the novel as Mrs. Robinson, Katie’s character Elena Lincoln is one who had considerable sexual control on Christian Grey when he was a teen and is the one responsible for introducing him to the pains and pleasures of BDSM

Anastasia Steele on the other hand is the naive and docile female protagonist who falls for the cold and calculating Christian Grey, with being oblivious to his history and fetish for S&M. The shy and docile Anastasia Steele slowly falls for the suave businessman but at the end of the first part of the 50 shades trilogy, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, it is Anastasia Steele who leaves Christian Grey knowing only well that this arrangement and a relationship literally and figuratively bound by non-disclosure agreements might not work.

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ offers a different dimension to the acting capabilities of Katie Holmes and although the character Elena Lincoln is as dark and manipulative as Christian, she is also essentially the femme fatale of the novel and the ‘50 Shades movie. The character in the novel, Mrs. Robinson is a natural blonde and is in her late 30s and early 40s; two of these components can be challenging for Katie Holmes, since she is not a natural blonde and is only 34 years old. But if the rumor mills and the grapevine is to be believed, she is going all out to make herself as close to the character as possible, even possibly suggesting that she might turn blonde to fit the bill.

The bitter divorce might have left the mother of one with a bad taste in the mouth but the ‘50 Shades’ movie, is touted to be her ticket back to mainstream Hollywood. And if her efforts are anything to go by, she will make a ravishing and a delicious Elena Lincoln as Mrs. Robinson.

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