Our First Impression of 50 Shades: Who Is “Best Suited” for the Role?

We’ll have plenty of glimpses of Mr. Grey from stills and clips of the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie long before it’s released in theaters, but discussions here have us in agreement that Fifty will be making his first impression on fans when Ana tumbles into his office and looks up at the hand extended to her.

You know what they say: You only get one chance to make a good first impression. Hence the reason men are encouraged to wear a suit on a job interview. We think this would be good advice for any actor who auditions for the role of Mr. Grey, too! But fair warning guys — some men just wear a suit better than others, and fans are expecting the actor to be perfectly tailored to the role of Christian Grey!!

If our first view of Mr. Grey, seen through Ana’s eyes, is as described, “So young–and attractive, very attractive. He’s tall, dressed in a fine gray suit, white shirt, and black tie with unruly dark copper-colored hair and intense, bright gray eyes that regard me shrewdly,” it is imperative that the actor look impeccable in a suit.  (Fifty Shades of Grey, page 7)

The suit is Christian’s armor and establishs his dominating power as a succesful businessman of highly sophisticated tastes.

We look forward to that onscreen first impression of Mr. Grey and revel in the hopes that it will be a cinematic lasting impression.

We thought we’d have a little fun with the Christian Grey composite sketch (source). Below are some of your favorite candidates for Mr. Grey, but we’ve hidden their faces. Based solely on just how well the man makes the clothes, tell us who YOU think is best suited for the role by voting in our poll! Answers and results will be revealed in a future blog post.

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THE RESULTS ARE IN!

NOW FOR THE REVEAL.

Although we think some die-hard fans had their favorites figured out already ;)

#1 – Josh Kloss

#2 – Henry Cavill

#3 – Channing Tatum

#4 – Matt Bomer – WINNER!!!

There was no tricking you ;)

#5 – Joe Manganiello

#6 – Chris Evans

#7 – Robert Pattinson

#8 – Alex Pettyfer

#9 – Jessie Pavelka

#10 – Ryan Gosling

#11 – Taylor Kitsch

#12 – Alexander Skarsgard

#13 – Chris Pine

#14 – Ian Somerhalder

#15 – Chris Hemsworth

#16 – William Levy

#17 – Colin Egglesfield

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED!!