Victor Rasuk Set For Fifty Shades Of GreyPosted by Wilson Morales
October 31, 2013
Deadline reports that Victor Rasuk, who recently starred in HBO’s How to Make It In America, is set to join the cast of Fifty Shades Of Grey.
He joins a cast that includes Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey, Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele, Jennifer Ehle and Luke Grimes as Christian Grey’s brother, Elliot. Sam Taylor-Johnson will be directing the film adaptation of E L James’ bestseller.
Rasuk will play Jose, the aspiring photographer and classmate of Anastasia, whose close friendship with the young girl — he’d like it to be more — pits him as rival for her affections with Grey, the wealthy businessman whose warped past leaves him with a need to dominate his partners and unable to accept Anastasia on equal terms.
Rasuk made his film debut in Raising Victor Vargas and was also featured as skateboard pioneer Tony Alva in The Lords Of Dogtown. He also played Dr. Ryan Sanchez on NBC’s ER and will next be seen in Godzilla.
Universal Pictures and Focus Features acquired the rights to the three books in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy in March 2012. Focus Features will market and distribute the first film in partnership with Universal. “Fifty Shades of Grey” has become a global phenomenon and the trilogy has been translated in over 50 languages worldwide since its release. To date, the “Fifty Shades” trilogy has sold over 70 million copies worldwide in e-book and print, making it one of the fastest-selling book series ever.
Fifty Shades of Grey follows the relationship of 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and college student Anastasia Steele. Grey has a dark past who favors S&M relationships. His loyalty to the dominant-submissive subset is tested when he meets the young college graduate Anastasia Steele, who seems like the perfect girl for him. Subsequent novels in the series, “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed,” explore the couple’s deepening relationship.
