Photo: Matt Baron/REX Shutterstock.The character is one of Christian Grey’s ex-lovers, an emotionally damaged woman who features prominently in the franchise’s second film. The casting announcement comes a few days after Kim Basinger was announced to play another ex, nicknamed “Mrs. Robinson.”
Heathcote previously played Victoria Winters in Tim Burton’s adaption of Dark Shadows. She is also appearing as Jane Bennet in the adaption of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which was released in the United States on Friday.
Production on Fifty Shades Darker will begin in Canada on February 9, the International Business Times reports. It will shoot back-to-back with the third film in the series, Fifty Shades Freed. The films are scheduled to be released in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
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