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A new image from the Fifty Shades of Grey film has been unveiled, showing Anastasia Steele holding a pencil to her lips.
The picture shows actress Dakota Johnson, who plays naïve student Anastasia in the film, looking up at who we can only presume to be Christian Grey.
The photograph was released on the movie’s official Twitter account to mark Anastasia’s birthday earlier this week.
The image, which has already been criticised as yet another unsexy snippet to be teased from the film, follows the release of the first full length Fifty Shades of Grey trailer in July.
Starring Jamie Dornan in the role of business man and S&M lover Christian Grey, the movie adaptation of EL James’ erotic novel is directed by the acclaimed artist-turned-director Sam Taylor-Johnson.
But despite Taylor-Johnson’s involvement, the trailer drew criticism on its release for being too conservative, with many calling it “Fifty Shades of Tame”.
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Producer Michael De Luca has said the film will be less explicit than the book.
“We’re very conscious of not making anything gratuitous or exploitive while being faithful to the stories of the book and the fans of the book,” he said.
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