Dirty talk 'banned' from Fifty Shades Darker press tour

As far as mainstream books go, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and its sequel ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ have introduced some previously pretty niche practices into the collective consciousness.

And the films, though toned down some, have also done plenty to highlight the kinkier end of bedroom behaviour.

But according to one of the stars of the forthcoming movie version of ‘Fifty Shades Darker’, Universal, the studio behind the films, wants the talk around the movies to be less about S&M and more about ‘the romance’.

In fact, The Sun has gone as far as to say that dirty talk is ‘banned’ from the movie’s press tour.

Marcia Gay Harden, who play’s the mother of Jamie Dornan’s Christian Grey, said: “We can’t talk too much about nipple clamps.

“I used to send out some naughty little tweets, along the lines of this ‘sweater clasp’ and I was told by Universal that I couldn’t do it any more, but I’ll tell you one anyway.

“I’m a good girl, I fell in line. Because it’s supposed to be more about the ‘romance’. Maybe I went too far… I don’t know.

“I sent out a picture of a sex toy and I was like, ‘Dear Christian, thank you so much for that lovely bracelet under the Christmas tree. Perhaps it wasn’t meant for me. Oh well, so pretty’.

“And all the fans would write back, ‘No that wasn’t for you Mama Grey, oh no.’ That was a lot of fun but it was shut down.

“It is a love story after all — I don’t think they want us being too overtly sexual in interviews.”

That said, the sequel to the 2015 hit movie is thought to have more sex scenes than its predecessor – 15 minutes in all, including two bondage scenes.

Romantic indeed…

The movie, starring Dornan once again opposite Dakota Johnson, is out on February 10.

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