...and Matty's very diplomatic response to the 50 Shades debacle... *smishes him*

Matt Bomer Responds to '50 Shades' Petition

By JARETT WIESELMAN

September 05, 2013

The months-long search to find two actors who could properly inhabit Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele came to an end this past Monday when Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson were officially cast in the 50 Shades of Grey feature film.

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But before the ink could even dry on their contracts, fans launched a petition to get Hunnam and Johnson replaced with two "more suitable" actors: Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel.

As of this morning, 40,000 people had signed the petition posted to Change.org. It reads: "Matt Bomer is the PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF CHRISTIAN GREY AND ALEXIS BLEDEL IS THE PERFECT ACTRESS TO REPRESENT ANASTASIA STEELE and if THEY ARE NOT, NOBODY WILL BE And I read the whole trilogy and I can assure that Matt is the perfect actor for this movie and Alexis too. So please PLEASE, all of the GREYsessed and Bomerettes in the world NEED those actors. They always will be for us the Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. WE CAN DO ANYTHING GUYS, ANYTHING."

ETonline caught up with Bomer this morning to talk about the October 17 fifth season premiere of White Collar and, naturally, had to get his take on the hubbub. "I'm so grateful for the fans and touched," Bomer tells ETonline exclusively. "I'm looking forward to seeing the movie with Charlie and Dakota."

So while 50 fans won't get to see Bomer crack the whip, they will get to see a slightly naughtier version of his White Collar character, Neal Caffrey, in season five!

"We're definitely embracing more of a bad boy version of Neal this year," Bomer tells me. "Neal's starting to realize that he doesn't have to be a good boy all the time and that maybe not doing the right thing is what he's best at."

(source: http://www.etonline.com/movies/138040_Matt_Bomer_Responds_To_50_Shades_of_Grey_Petition/index.html)

Also? People who abuse change.org should be slapped with a smelly, dead fish. Yes, I'm also looking at the Ben-Affleck-Is-Not-Batman people. *glowers* If you phrase (and abuse SPaG) the way this petition is phrased, you cannot be taken seriously. Just sayin'.

Also, also? If you wanna see a Peter-centric spoiler, mosey on over to aragarna's LJ and have a look at this! *flails*

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Heeee, yeah, Matty's our hero \o/

And the sneak peak is deliciously delightful ♥

I love Matt. And I'm pretty damn sure that he won't even watch ten seconds of that movie. LOL!

And ARGH. I CAN'T WATCH THE VID AT WORK!!! *despairs* I want to but I can't! *shakes fist at tech gremlins*

Heeee, maybe you can look at the pics I PMd you, if you keep clicking the right arrow fast enough, it's almost like a video... but no sound *LOL*

And LOL, oh yeah, Matt will not get anywhere near that movie... who can blame him? :D

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, piccies!!! *runs to have a look*

TBH, the only raunchy sex movie I want to see Bomer in is with another dude. I have nothing against the books -- I read all three -- but they had a lot of issues that I don't think will translate well to a movie. I really, really like Hunnam and I'm hoping it won't wreck his career.

TBH, the only raunchy sex movie I want to see Bomer in is with another dude.

LOL, YES PLEASE! Maybe HBO will give us a sexy scene or two before it breaks our hearts in The Normal Heart.

I support this 100%.

Cosigned!!!

And I so hope that TNH will be available for download somewhere so that us non-Americans get to see it too.

Season 5 Spoiler (be still, my heart!)

Matt Bomer Responds to '50 Shades' Petition

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