Charlie Hunnam has been getting pap’d a lot since he was confirmed for Christian Grey in the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey. He’s been back at work on Sons of Anarchy, and the photographers must be camped outside of his trailer or something, because we’re getting new photos of him every day now. It’s like he’s Jennifer Garner! Also, I kind of love seeing him in his SoA costume, looking all hard and badass… until you notice that he’s carrying an enormous salad. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good salad and that salad looks delicious. I think it’s a Caesar salad? He must want to drop a few pounds before he spends 10 weeks of filming in near-naked conditions for 50 Shades.

Speaking of, one of the young actresses who read for the Anastasia part is now telling her story. Her name is Chloe Bridges and she’s on The Carrie Diaries, but none of that really matters because, like, I doubt we’ll ever speak about her again. This is what she told Cosmo about reading for the part:

Carrie Diaries actress Chloe Bridges hasn’t read Fifty Shades of Grey. But she has seen the sides used to audition actresses for the Fifty Shades movie. “There were three pages of sides that I was going to audition with,” she said. “I read them and then was like, I really can’t do this.”

“If you read these three pages of asides, you would die,” the actress told Cosmopolitan.com at Monday night’s Alice + Olivia presentation in New York. “I still like show them to my friends for fun.”

Bridges was hesitant to reveal too much about the script but, “The scene was, like, the girl telling her friends about some sexcapade she had,” she said. “But it goes into extreme detail and uses the word ‘sperm’ a couple times. I was like, I don’t know guys, I have to go home to my grandparent’s house in a few months at Christmas, I don’t know if I can do this.”

And the word “sperm” wasn’t meant in a medical context — it was used “in a very sexual way,” Bridges explained. “It was intense. So mad props to the people who are going to do it. You had to be able to take it seriously and not laugh or turn bright red.”

But that’s not to say Bridges is anti-sex scene. “I feel like I would have less problem being nude than I would being graphic. Does that make sense?” Sure it does.

[From Cosmopolitan]

“Sperm” is such a clinical word. I actually sat down and read the first 50 Shades book (it was awful), and while I might have forgotten large parts about its awfulness, I can’t really remember if they used the word “sperm” a lot. And if the scene is supposed to be between girlfriends (although the “girlfriends” relationship in the book was AWFUL), it doesn’t sound legit. At all. What would girlfriends say in place of “sperm”? I’ve always liked “man chowder” but then again, I’m pretty immature. I still giggle at the word “ejaculate”.

Anyway, just look at the photos of Charlie Hunnam and imagine him whispering something about his sperm. Does that make you horny?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.