the guy is charlie hunnam, who i also have not heard of. >> i was expecting more for the guy, more ofn gecko type, more like michael douglas when he was younger. >> you're seeing him from "sons of anarchy" i think. >> right, right. >> so they'll darken him up. they'll slick him up. they'll make him look more like gordon gekko. >> that's who i pictured in my head. >> which the way, i hope that is not true about michael douglas and catherine zeta-jones. he's towing that back and said, we are taking a separation. i really like both of them and hope that is not true. >> we have a whole bunch of topics in the scoop we'll talk to about. michelle beadle is on with us today. >> you know what i was watching when i read that these two kids were going to be doing -- my daughter is an actress, but i don't know what i would do if cassidy wanted to do that role. because you know there's going to be tons -- it's just about all sex. >> it's all about, yeah, doing things that you're not sure. >> i wouldn't want her to do it and would like to think she wouldn't do it, personally. but once you let your

. >> they announced the casting for "fifty shades of grey," charlie hunnam and dakota johnson.nie griffith and don johnson's daughter. there's a lot of ben waugh book.in that >> who is ben waugh? >> justin bieber got attacked over the weekend. some guy bum rushes him, grabs on to his shirt, tries to take him to the ground. of course justin's got all his bodyguards. >> you have to know you're an ass whooping the second you

charlie hunnam wasn't at the top of most

grey" movie coming out. [ cheers ] in fact they had to hire extra security to protect the actor charlie hunnam to be handcuffed and detained. and the women said, "keep going?" [ laughter and applause ] ice-cream? vanilla ice-cream? this is a weird story. two guys in new hampshire were arrested last week after they actually tried to rob a group of people playing bingo. cops became suspicious when they saw a car driving away from the bingo hall going more than 10 miles an hour. that looks weird. they're going fast. people are already gearing up for the holiday season. and toys "r" us just announced that the hugging elmo doll will be the most popular toy this christmas. yep, an elmo doll that hugs you on christmas. ♪ [ laughter ] which is more than i can say about my dad. [ laughter ] [ audience aws ] ♪ what's for christmas? what's under the tree? oh, it's an empty bottle of jack daniels. [ laughter ] shut up! [ applause ] ♪ >> steve: the hallmark hall of fame. >> jimmy: it was in my monologue. my acting class. that's my acting class monologue. >> steve: and you got an a, didn't you? >> jimmy: i

charlie hunnam wasn't at the top of most fans' lists for bondage-loving billionaire christian grey. he may be best known for playing jax teller in fx's "sons of anarchy." and playing shy inexperienced anastasia steele, model-actress dakota johnson. you may remember her from "the social network." and she does have famous parents, don johnson and melanie griffith. as for the pair's on-screen chemistry, anticipation can be so enticing. thank you for watching abc news. tune in to >> right now. new eastern span is open and bay bridge is back in business. 60 7 hd showing us the first cars driving across the bridge just moments after it opened at 10:15 tonight. >> traffic moving smoothly. here's the toll plaza. cal-trans gave a deadline of in later than 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to reopen the bridge but construction work including striping and paving was done ahead of schedule and officials open the new span early 6 and a half hours early. >> drivers see when they head across the new bay bridge. an draw shephard is on the motorcycle using technology to give us a live look at the drive acr

actor charlie hunnam will play christian grey, the 27 year old billionaire. anastasia will be played by actress and former model dakota johnson. hunnam is famous for his role in the film "pacific rim" and the show "sons of anarchy." johnson is the daughter of actors melanie griffith and don johnson and appeared in the film "the five-year engagement"' and maybe is best known as the girl justin timberlake slept with in the social network. this summer, universal studios announced that the global release of this highly anticipated film will hit theaters august first of next year. i'm vicki liviakis, kron 4 news. >> catherine: the a's are returning and the latest on the quarterback with jason coming up on sports welcome back everybody. the a's are rolling through one of the toughest stretches of their schedule. .and now with 25 games left in the season.the a's and rangers in a dead heat for first in the american league west. rookie michael choice making his big league debut for the a's.against those very rangers. a's/rangers michael choice the a's 2010 1st round d

her leading man in the film will be played by "sons of anarchy star," charlie hunnam.breaking the news on twitter. >>> to the alligator hunt in mississippi tonight. look what they caught. a 723-pound gator so big, they said it was the loch ness monster. then they stumble on this, another one weighing 727 pounds, the biggest ever caught in the state. >>> when we come back here tonight, that angry elephant. >> easy. >> reporter: that extraordinary moment caught on tape and the story tonight behind the safari. i don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective re

. >> they announced the casting for "fifty shades of grey," charlie hunnam and dakota johnson.melanie griffith and don johnson's daughter. there's a lot of ben waugh book.in that >> who is ben waugh? >> justin bieber got attacked over the weekend. some guy bum rushes him, grabs on to his shirt, tries to take

his leading man will be charlie hunnam the author of james brook news on twitter. >> have you read theok? >> no. >> have you read the book? >> yeah, no. >> coming up if you are about to start your day with a fat free yogurt you may want to rethink your breakfast choice. >> it may have the reverse effect. >> two rival high school coaches tackling each other to the ground. we will tell you what sparked the fight after the break. your coughing woke me up again. i wish you'd take me to the park. i don't use my rescue inhaler a lot... depends on what you mean by a lot. coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma. [ male annouer ] let's go places. but let's be ready. ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways before crossing. ♪ let's remember what's important. let's be optimistic. but just in case -- let's be ready. let'go places, safely. >> police and school officials in alabama are investigating a brawl that happened between two high school foo

dakota that johnson, charlie hunnam. they were not superstars until now.r in the movie version of "fifty shades of grey." it's a surprise to a lot of people. >> it really was. >>> and also ahead, one of the most admired companies headed for scandal? right at the top? google's co-founder and his wife, now separated. what's the real reason for the split? some charging a double-standard in the workplace. >>> also this morning, giant gators. it seems rather redundant. one more than -- that is a dinosaur. we have dinosaurs breaking records in mississippi right now. yeah. as long as you're here in times square. dinosaurs on "gma." >> wow. >>> and then, switching gears. this is a story that has us all talking. notes given to kids from their school reporting their body mass index. it is known as fat shaming. and it's led to dieting for preteen girls. >>> we're going to begin with that shocking case in california where a grade school principal is in custody for shooting her husband and leaving the body in a field. aditi roy shows us what her friends and family are

this is charlie hunnam and dakota johnson. teve: and she is actually the daughter of don johnson and melanie griffith. so she's hollywood royalty by extension. so she's going to be one of the two people who will be launched into superstar dom if this movie is half as big as the book was. >> brian: so we asked you, who would you cast? >> steve: a lot of people don't like those two choices. >> brian: right. a lot of people are focused on this book. so let's talk about this. for the men, ann summerholder. why not? collin examplelesfield. robert pattinson, always seems pouty. matt ballmer and ryan gosling. pretty solid choices. >> anna: ryan gosling, that would be a good one. for the ladies, emma watson, alexis slidel, vera sarmega. >> steve: a lot of those people are famous for other things. if you're the producer, you would figure you would want somebody new so they don't come with any -- >> anna: so they're not typecast. so you're not the robert pattinson from twilight or daniel ratcliffe from harry potter. we asked everybody at

charlie hunnam and dakota johnson were just cast in the steamy best seller 50 shaits off grey.nam start in the songs of anarchy. johnson had smaller rolls. fans are furious and turned to the internet demanding replacement. more than 30,000 people have already signed a petition that math collier and alexis grill take their place. not happening here the recent slam selection of ben affleck as the caipped crusader in superman versus batman. many maligned box office choices have turned into gold. fans hear ited when michael keaton was signed as batman. mike nichols was maligned for dustin hoffman in the graduate. seven oscar nominations, a win for nichols. the move to bypass nicholson and tbeaty was slammed too but al pacino helped the god father gross more than a billion in today's dollars. movie execs were queasy about ironman but we know how well it took off. so fret not el james readers, these casting choices could be 50 shades of green as in cash. >>> up next the battle over what you put in your body. millions of americans take dietary supplements but regulations are hard to c

grey" movie coming out. [ cheers ] in fact they had to hire extra security to protect the actor charlie hunnams. the guards told women if they get too close they're going to be handcuffed and detained. and the women said, "keep going?" [ laughter and applause ] ice-cream? vanilla ice-cream? this is a weird story. two guys in new hampshire were arrested last week after they actually tried to rob a group of people playing bingo. cops became suspicious when they saw a car driving away from the bingo hall going more than 10 miles an hour. that looks weird. they're going fast. people are already gearing up for the holiday season. and toys "r" us just announced that the hugging elmo doll will be the most popular toy this christmas. yep, an elmo doll that hugs you on christmas. ♪ [ laughter ] which is more than i can say about my dad. [ laughter ] [ audience aws ] ♪ what's for christmas? what's under the tree? oh, it's an empty bottle of jack daniels. [ laughter ] shut up! [ applause ] ♪ >> steve: the hallmark hall of fame. >> jimmy: it was in my monologue. my acting class. that's my acting class mon

so, the people who apparently have been cast, we told you yesterday, there they are, charlie hunnam,parently super fans have taken to change.org to voice their opinions on who should be christian grey and anastasia steel. 7,000 fans across the globe have signed this fast-moving petition and they're saying that they would prefer matt bomer and alexis bledel to play the two main characters instead. why? beats me. here is a sampling of the website. melissa spain says matt bomer is perfect to play this role. he is the only christian grey, great actor. he can fit the character. no bomer, no movie. another one says -- as a reader of "fifty shade of grey" i had my expectations. i would like them to come true on the movie. i have no idea who these poor people are. >> exactly. >> anyway. let's watch the movie and maybe the remake you will get the people you want. >> there you go. >> jon stewart is back. >> another update. >> returned from making the film "rosewater" shooting for three months. took a break from the daily show and he's back. let's listen in. >> jon is back. hey, hey. stew-beef!

. >> pam: charlie hunnam may be the man set to play christian grey in "50 shades," but he wasn't producersosling. >> pam: but he turned it down saying he wasn't interested. producers also asked garrett hedlund, but he also turned them down. author e.l. james' top choice was robert pattinson, but he was never asked. so hunnam gets the role. >> pam: and irate fans of the story have started an online petition to remove him from the role -- hoping to replace him with "white collar" star matt bomer -- whom you can see on kron-4 fridays at 9. >> pam: a shocking story in the acting world. >> pam: reports have surfaced that oscar-winning actor jack nicholson is retiring from acting due to memory loss. >> pam: the 76-year-old nicholson has not confirmed this, but he is said to have recently turned down the role of an aging alcoholic fater in the upcoming film "nebraska" -- a role that went to bruce dern instead. nicholson has not appeared in a film since 20-10's "how do you know." he has the most nominations as a male actor in academy awards history with 12. only meryl streep has more stories... >>

they want charlie hunnam and dakota johnson out. >> oh. >> yeah. >> literally two days after it's outange.org, calling for producers to replace them with "white collar" star matt bomer in the role of christian grey. and alexis bledel. >> wouldn't it be weird if ben affleck signed that petition? after all he's been through? >> i see what you did there. wrote on twitter, thank you so much for the passion that you have for this project. you all rock. that's what she said. we might have added that on. >>> and so happy to report that jon stewart is back on the air after a long three-month hiatus for we fans of the show. he was directing a film in jordan called "rosewater." we still hope it went well for you, john. when he was gone, john oliver filled in and did a great job. >> he really did. >> he sure did. >> he's going to get his own show. >> last night, jon talked about how happy he was to be back. take a look. >> i've missed you so much. >> listen to this. listen. >> you don't know what it's like out there in the real world. nobody applauds every stupid little thing you do. >> jon's 12

dakota johnson and charlie hunnam have been tapped to play in the movie version of "fifty shades of grey. >> this is a big deal for these two actors. >> absolutely. we are already talking about them and the movie is not coming out for another 11 months. johnson was on the short-lived comedy kate. her parents are melanie grif fith and don johnson. >> the content carries a risk for an actor? >> true. there is a double-edged sword. you have to put up with some of the racier elements of this material. it is definitely racy. >> the lead characters bond through bondage and s&m. subject matter that might make movie-goers blush. >> when you go to a movie theater and say two tickets for "fifty shades of grey." it is a little more of a public statement than reading it at home under the covers. >> with 70 million books sold, hollywood is betting fans will beat a path to the box office. bill whittaker, los angeles. >> this said about christopher hunnam said he looks like a cross between brad pitt and ryan gosling. not bad. >> and don johnson and melanie griffeth's daughter. >> i saw that. >> that wi

according to google more than 2 million people were googling the name of charlie hunnam yesterday. d he was one of the names kind of in the mix for the role of christian grey. he may star, as you see him there, bearded, engy, ripped. he's one of the bikers on "sons of anarchy." he's british. he's had a few other roles of note in his career. he was just in "pacific rim" this 134summer. he also in the series "undeclared." so he's been there. he hasn't had that big role yet but i think this may be, by design, carol, you know, the "twilight" series, they had unknown people and they became big stars. maybe this will happen for w. him, too. >>> next on "cnn newsroom" after a quick break. [ male announcer ] let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert: it's low. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. e-trade. less for us. more for you. right now with congressional leaders. can he convince them that the u.s. needs to intervene in syria? >>> p

johnson has agreed to be our anastasia in the film add dabbation adding the gorgeous and talented charlie hunnamn grey. do you know who these actors are? that's the problem. soon after james was inundated by angry fans, one tweeting who the heck are these people who got casted? another 50 shades reader was devastated writing, okay, they kill it, the movie has been totally ruined. as for who they are, well, dakota johnson the daughter of actors melanie griffith and don johnson. charlie humnam is known for his role on sons of anarchy. thank you so much for the passion that you have for this project, you all rock, all of you. well, the producer of the film also speaking out saying that the two actors had great chemistry when they filmed the scene during the audition. the novel sold, as you probably know, more than 70 million copies worldwide after its release in 2011. it became famous for its controversial depictions of sadomasochistic sex and more. 50 shades of grey marked the rise of mommy porn, if you will, or racy reading intended for mainstream, often middle-aged women. the film is currently s

and charlie hunnam. who do they want? who do they expect?it reminds me when daniel craig was named the new james bond. people went nuts. they said he's short, he's blond. he can't be james bond. well, this last bond movie made $1 billion. a year from now, we're going to be going who could be these characters. would be no other actor or actress but these two. >> there's a change.org position demandinging, right that the producers recast the whole thing? >> well, it's amazing, with to wit every and facebook, we've never had this situation where so many people could really make a difference. here, this guy is such a great actor in 80 sons of anarchy." most people don't even know he's british. he was on the british adaptation of "queer as folk." this guy can act. nobody else could be this guy but him. >>> on topic two. if you're a fan of music in the '80s, you probably remember this gem. ♪ ♪ time party all the time ♪ >> i love that shirt, by the way. eddie murphy rocking out with rick james in "party all the time." all right. so he's back with a

yes, charlie hunnam of "sons of anarchy" and he also played in "pacific rim."n grey, while dakota johnson will play anastasia steele. now that we have that out of the way, reaction! that's what we're talking about. >> what has been the reaction? >> there's been a lot of reaction, because first of all, there were so many names batted around, no one knew, emma watson, emma roberts, then people in my mind's eye, ian summerholder would have played christian grey, robert pattinson, ryan gosling, but we have two virtually unknowns, which could be a good thing. you like that? >> i have two thoughts, the idea is to cast relative unknowns so that it's a clean slate. my second thought is this, if you get three women in a room, their idea of their fantasy man, even from a book based on it, will be three different people. there's no way everybody's going to agree on how this guy should look or how she should look, because our mind's eye creates our own version. >> i have read all three books, couldn't put them down. i was walking around, didn't have them on my ipad, i want

christian grey is charlie hunnam.he stars bring to the rol where now you can get some that are going to feel fresh and new to the readers of thebook. >> it tookhe publishing world by storm in 2012 selling more than 70 million copies as women everywhere tore through the steamy series. >> christian grey has to be profoundly irresistibly xy. >> the question of who would play the characters has been debated endlessly online. some even creating fake trailers starring their favorite actors. >> this probably wouldn't have be what i expected. to me, he looks a little too grudgey. >> so far reaction to e announcement has been mixed at best. all par for the course when it comes to a dedicated group of passionate fans. >> you saw that with twilight. initially the fans of the twilight book were not happy with robert pattinson. you'll see it shift. >> the on screen chemistry between hunnam and johnson whose biggest role so far was in the short lived fox series ben and kate. >> oh my god. >> but with it's edgey consent, a 50 shades