"Fifty Shades Darker" star Jamie Dornan recently shared his insights about the "Fifty Shades" franchise, as well as director James Foley.
In an interview with Coming Soon, the actor admitted that the vibe on set of "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed" haven't been the same since "Fifty Shades of Grey" director Sam Taylor-Johnson left.
"The general feeling on the set has altered, definitely, because the energy of the director is at the top of the pyramid and that trickles down to the whole 200-strong crew. Some elements have shifted somewhat, but it's still a lot of the same recurring crew and the actors are the same, much of it doesn't really change. Regardless of changing the director or changing the screenwriter, I think when you're two or three or back-to-back into a franchise everyone's relaxed a little bit, everyone can enjoy it a bit more because the pressure's slightly off, so I think there's definitely an element of that," he said.
Meanwhile, Dornan also opened up on what it was like to find out that there was a terrorist attack on Nice during the Bastille Day. During the same time, Dornan and his "Fifty Shades Freed" co-stars were also in the area for the filming.
"It was, as you can imagine, a bloody awful situation. You'd be affected by it wherever you were in the world. Most of the cast and crew were actually staying in Monaco so there's a little bit of distance there, but my family and I wanted a little bit more space so we were actually staying in Nice. The first thing that everyone has to work out was is everybody safe, is the whole crew and cast safe. Then you have the strange thing of the next day still trying to make this movie that's costing millions of dollars to put together. There's this contractual obligation to work the next day, which is a very strange environment to work in," he said.
In other news, "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed" will continue to chronicle the lives of Christian Grey (Dornan) and Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson).
"Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed" are slated to hit theaters in the United States on Feb. 10, 2017 and Feb. 9, 2018.