--- title: Kim Basinger in Final Talks for 'Fifty Shades Darker' description: The actress is in final negotiations to return to the world of love and lust in the sequel to 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' canonical: https://time.com/4199303/kim-basinger-fifty-shades-of-grey-darker-movies/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-29T05:33:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:33:36.299Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kim Basinger in Final Talks for 'Fifty Shades Darker' og:description: The actress, famed for the 1986 movie '9½ Weeks,' brings her sexy back og:url: https://time.com/4199303/kim-basinger-fifty-shades-of-grey-darker-movies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt089d6906b8f4f3bc/69887b2b196cf423b503a153/rtxe2lz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actress Kim Basinger, star of the film "The Informers", poses at the film's premiere in Hollywood og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kim Basinger in Final Talks for 'Fifty Shades Darker' twitter:description: The actress, famed for the 1986 movie '9½ Weeks,' brings her sexy back twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt089d6906b8f4f3bc/69887b2b196cf423b503a153/rtxe2lz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kim Basinger in Final Talks for _Fifty Shades Darker_ by [Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter](/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter Jan 29, 2016 5:33 AM CUT  Actress Kim Basinger at "The Informers" premiere in Hollywood, Calif. April 16, 2009 Actress Kim Basinger at "The Informers" premiere in Hollywood, Calif. April 16, 2009Fred Prouser—Reuters by [Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter](/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter Jan 29, 2016 5:33 AM CUT Kim Basinger is bringing her sexy back. The actress, who became an international star with the steamy 1986 pic _9½ Weeks_, is in final negotiations to return to the world of love and lust with _Fifty Shades Darker._ Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are back as whippersnappers-in-love Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in the sequel to Universal’s adaptation of the E.L. James best-seller that climaxed at $570 million worldwide. James Foley is directing the follow-up, with Basinger in one of the movie’s few new roles: Elena Lincoln. Lincoln is one of Grey’s business partners and, more importantly, the older woman and former lover that initiated him into the world of S&M. A production start of mid-February is being planned. Basinger won a best supporting Oscar for her turn opposite Russell Crowe in 1997’s _L.A. Confidential_ and this May reunites with him for _The Nice Guys_, Shane Black’s pulpy 1970s-set thriller that also stars Ryan Gosling. Her credits range from James Bond movie _Never Say Never Again_ to Eminem’s _8 Mile_. Basinger is repped by APA, Management Production Entertainment and Bloom Hergott. 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