Amelia Warner's 'brutal' threat didn't stop Jamie Dornan from joining Fifty Shades, at last

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00:00 Fifty Shades star Jamie Dornan admits he nearly rejected role because of critics.

00:05 An expectation of brutal reviews didn't stop him earning a neat £4.5 million in the

00:11 end.

00:12 He and his Fifty Shades co-star were accused of having the chemistry of two mannequins.

00:18 Another reviewer said, "Whips, chains and nipple clips are nothing compared to the torture

00:23 of watching this movie."

00:25 But Jamie Dornan was prepared for brutal reviews, and almost turned down the role of Christian

00:31 Grey because he pre-empted the critical savaging.

00:34 Admitting he hesitated before taking the part that has reportedly earned him £4.5 million,

00:41 he says, "You [have] this incredible opportunity that is going to have a big impact on your

00:46 life and change many things, mostly financially, but you know it's going to get panned."

00:52 He tells Jay Rayner's Out To Lunch podcast, Available Now, "We knew that because the books

00:58 were adored by so many.

01:00 But panned by many, it was probably going to be the same thing for the movies."

01:04 Jamie, 36, who also reveals he met Game of Thrones producers but lost out on a part,

01:12 says he treated his Fifty Shades role, alongside Dakota Johnson, like any other acting job

01:18 just simulating more sex.

01:20 Calling Christian "gross," he adds, "I don't think I'll ever play a character less like

01:25 me."

01:26 "That includes the serial killer in the fall," he clarifies.

01:31 How Peter Dinklage Helped Jamie Dornan Prepare for Fifty Shades Freed

01:36 Talk about Fifty Shades of Awkward...The Game of Thrones star rehearsed a very different

01:41 role while helping his new co-star.

01:44 Talk about Fifty Shades of Awkward.

01:46 Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan, who plays Christian Grey in the steamy

01:52 S&M-themed Fifty Shades films, star together in the upcoming HBO movie My Dinner with Herf.

01:59 During their time on set, Dinklage helped his co-star prepare for some reshoots for

02:04 Fifty Shades Freed, the final film in the trilogy, by running lines with him...as his

02:10 on-screen lover Anastasia Steele.

02:12 "I read some of the screenplay...in our dressing room.

02:17 He had to do some reshoots for Fifty Shades and I would help him out, learning lines,"

02:23 Dinklage said on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday.

02:26 "I would read the Dakota Johnson parts.

02:29 I was just helping a friend learn lines.

02:32 I nailed it.

02:33 I really did."

02:35 Both Fifty Shades and Game of Thrones are known for their often explicit sex scenes.

02:40 Stephen Colbert noted how both franchises have "very obsessive, coldish fans."

02:45 "Very different fans," Dinklage said.

02:48 "I think Game of Thrones fans would take issue with comparing the two, 'cause they're, uh,

02:54 Game of Thrones fans are very specific, and lovely."

02:58 "Fifty Shades fans have issues," he added.