“But it would take a very foolish man to turn down the stuff that was offered to me. “It’s never given me a thrill,” Dornan, now 32, says of his modeling career. “I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.” Still, “I don’t like my physique,” he told Interview magazine.
At the age of 20, he was scouted by a modeling agency, and his ubiquity on underwear billboards - his chiseled features have graced campaigns for Armani, Dior and Hugo Boss - earned Dornan the nickname “The Golden Torso.” The youngest of three children raised in a Belfast suburb, Dornan dropped out of college to pursue professional rugby. To anyone else, that would have been the biggest thing, but Jamie acted like it was no big deal.” “I remember the day he got cast in a Calvin Klein commercial with Kate Moss. “Jamie’s very down to earth,” one London friend says. Jamie Dornan (left) and Eddie Redmayne Getty Images for W Magazineīut, despite him having already described paparazzi attention as “hideous,” those closest to the Northern Irish actor insist he’s well-equipped to handle impending stardom. James’ erotic juggernaut “Fifty Shades of Grey” - opening Friday - is a fastpass to the A-list.
Dornan’s portrayal of Christian Grey, the sharp-suited sadist in E.L. “We used to go to the Standard Hotel in West Hollywood, and split a sandwich between us because that meant we could get cheaper parking,” Dornan recalled to Variety.įlash-forward to the present day. “They ended up renting a place together and would sit around comparing all the rejections they received.” Seven or so years ago, “they were all hustling, trying to make a name for themselves, and they just bonded,” a longtime Dornan associate tells The Post. After all, how often do a trio of roommates all become famous? Make that mega-famous: an Oscar nominee, the star of a superhero franchise - and the man who is headlining one of the most anticipated films of 2015.īut back then, few in Hollywood cared about Eddie Redmayne, Andrew Garfield or Jamie Dornan. Jamie Dornan dislikes that people think of 'Fifty Shades' as 'a Joke'
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