Pride and Prejudice and ‘Zombies’ actress Bella Heathcote has joined ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ where she will play one of Christian Grey’s former lovers.
The actress will play Leila, a woman who had been in a relationship with Jamie Dornan’s character, who is scarred both emotionally and psychically, said the Hollywood Reporter.
Heathcote joins Kim Basinger, who will play Grey’s Mrs Robinson-esque first lover. James Foley is set to direct the next two installments of the E L James adaptation ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ and ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ from screenplays by Niall Leonard.
The first film in the franchise ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ grossed USD 560 million worldwide.
