I’ve been thinking about Jamie Dornan all week. Not like that. I just keep seeing various headlines about him and I think to myself, “Should I cover that? Eh, I wonder if people even care.” But we’ve reached the point where Jamie is going to be in our faces for a while because the Fifty Shades of Grey publicity tour is just starting to gear up. Dornan has a lengthy feature (not a euphemism) in February’s GQ UK, which you can see a preview of here. The GQ interview is the one where Jamie talked about tucking his todger in a “flesh-colored bag” for 50 Shades and making it look like a “little bag of grapes.” As you can see, Jamie also covers the February issue of Details Magazine. I’m liking the photoshoot, but I’ve always been partial to Jamie when he’s bearded. He’s just one of those dudes who should always have a beard (he doesn’t have a beard in 50 Shades). You can see the full Details piece here and here are some highlights:

He flat-out loves Don Rickles: “I’m the biggest Rickles fan… New York Jewish humor’s my favorite thing, and he’s the epitome of that. He’s the only person in the world I’d do this for, but I had my publicist get me a signed photo of Rickles, which hangs framed over my bathtub in London.”

On the ’50 Shades’ book: “I’m one of those snobby pr-cks who never reads anything that’s hugely popular. But I was acutely aware of the book. How could you not be?”

He loves rom-roms and John Hughes films: “I think when romantic comedies are done well, it’s a great genre. When Harry Met Sally is kind of a benchmark for me, but I’m very happy to admit that I love Pretty Woman. I do! It’s a great film, and so is Sixteen Candles. I was a big John Hughes fan—still am. I have moments where I have to watch a Hughes film.”

He loves his beard: “There is probably some f–king awful psychological message in the whole thing, but I don’t feel like myself without it.” Also, he hates (really hates) shaving—”the whole f—king palaver. Some guys spend 300 quid on equipment and have special soap and wee f–king brushes. They have their bathrooms set up like a f–king shop. I am not that guy.”

The idea of being a sex symbol: “What does that even mean?” he asks with a derisive snort. “When I think of sex symbols, I think of posters my two sisters had on their bedroom walls. What was he called? Luke Perry? Even then, the label was more definitive. There are so f–king many young actors in that bracket now that it’s a bit of a hollow crown. You’d be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn’t a sex symbol somewhere.”

He researched BDSM in clubs: “I didn’t let anyone dominate me… Even if you didn’t have Christian’s history of childhood abuse and abandonment, I totally understand why a person would be into it. Something like trainspotting or planespotting? I actually don’t get that. But I do understand the psychology of being tied up and getting turned on.”

His biggest worry about Fifty Shades: “I almost don’t want to put this out there into the ether, but I fear I’ll get murdered, like John Lennon, by one of those mad fans at the premiere. Because a lot of people are very angry that I’m playing this character. And I’m a father now, and a husband. I don’t want to die yet. And when I do get murdered people will say, ‘God, isn’t it haunting how he did that interview in Details magazine and predicted his own death on the red carpet?'”

[From Details]

He thinks he’s going to get murdered on the Fifty Shades red carpet? No. That’s not going to happen. He might get assaulted by some overgrown Twihard and he’s definitely going to get groped by a lot of moms, but he won’t be murdered. My biggest concern? That Jamie might be the only good part of the film. Like, I’m really worried that Dakota Johnson’s lip-biting and bangs trauma is going to ruin the film for me. Seriously. Anyway, I do like Jamie. I think he’s funny and goofy-sexy in real life, so he’s really won me over. Team Dornan.

Photos courtesy of Mark Seliger/Details.