--- description: Ellen DeGeneres and Jamie Dornan parodied Fifty Shades Darker with a scene in which Christian Grey was seduced by a Staples employee. title: Ellen DeGeneres Seduces Jamie Dornan in 50 Shades Parody image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ellen DeGeneres Seduces Jamie Dornan in Hilariously Awkward _50 Shades_ Parody  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 1, 2017 4:26 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 1, 2017 4:26 PM CUT [Jamie Dornan](http://time.com/3766747/jamie-dornan-stalk-woman/ "undefined") may have finished filming both [_Fifty Shades Darker_](http://time.com/4593983/fifty-shades-darker-new-trailer/ "undefined")and _Fifty Shades Freed_ — the two sequels to [_Fifty Shades of Grey_](http://time.com/3030375/dave-barry-50-shades-of-grey/ "undefined") — but if he ever wants to bring back Christian Grey for a fourth movie, Ellen DeGeneres is the woman to call. During Tuesday’s episode of _The Ellen Show_, the host asked her guest to revive his role as the tortured billionaire for a scene in which he was seduced by a Staples employee — played by herself. However, apparently even Christian Grey draws the line at fooling around with a pencil sharpener. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4656417/ellen-degeneres-jamie-dornan-50-shades-parody/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4656417/ellen-degeneres-jamie-dornan-50-shades-parody/"},"headline":"Ellen DeGeneres Seduces Jamie Dornan in Hilariously Awkward 50 Shades Parody","datePublished":"2017-02-01T16:26:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:39.761Z","description":"\"I don’t really think anybody’s into that\"","url":"https://time.com/4656417/ellen-degeneres-jamie-dornan-50-shades-parody/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Ellen Degeneres","TV","Fifty Shades of Grey","jamie dornan","The Ellen Show","The Ellen Degeneres Show"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4656417/ellen-degeneres-jamie-dornan-50-shades-parody/","name":"Ellen DeGeneres Seduces Jamie Dornan in Hilariously Awkward 50 Shades Parody"}}]}] ```