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"Fifty Shades of Grey fans have started a petition asking for a change to the casting. Earlier this week, it emerged that Ben &amp;amp; Kate star Dakota Johnson has landed the lead role of Anastasia Steele, while Sons of Anarchy actor Charlie Hunnam will appear in the movie as Christian Grey.  However, some fans have reacted angrily to the casting and a petition on Change.org asking for the stars to be replaced has picked up over 17,000 signatures. The campaign argues that White Collar&amp;#039;s Matt Bomer and Gilmore Girls actress Alexis Bledel should instead take on the roles.   &amp;quot;Matt Bomer is the PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF CHRISTIAN GREY AND ALEXIS BLEDEL IS THE PERFECT ACTRESS TO REPRESENT ANASTASIA STEELE and if THEY ARE NOT, NOBODY WILL BE,&amp;quot; the organiser of the petition wrote.  &amp;quot;And I read the whole trilogy and I can assure that Matt is the perfect actor for this movie and Alexis too. So please PLEASE, all of the GREYsessed and Bomerettes in the world NEED those actors. They always will be for us the Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. WE CAN DO ANYTHING GUYS, ANYTHING.&amp;quot; At the time of writing, the petition was 7,788 signatures away from its target of 25,000. Johnson and Hunnam&amp;#039;s casting has attracted a mixed reaction online, though the movie&amp;#039;s producer Dana Brunetti has urged fans to &amp;quot;keep perspective&amp;quot;.  Photo gallery - Dakota Johnson in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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