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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 9, 2015 5:26 PM UTC  Jamie Dornan speaks onstage about The Fall during the Netflix TCA Press Tour Jamie Dornan speaks onstage about The Fall during the Netflix TCA Press Tour Mark Davis—2015 Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 9, 2015 5:26 PM UTC Jamie Dornan is asking _Fifty Shades of Grey_ loyalists to please refrain from murdering him on the red carpet, if they don’t mind. Even if they’re [real mad](http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/09/03/fifty-shades-of-grey-casting-backlash/) he got the role of Christian Grey. Even if they are incensed he decided to shave his beard — making him akin to a [“cupcake with no frosting”](http://www.independent.ie/style/beauty/hair/like-a-cupcake-with-no-frosting-jamie-dornan-faces-beardless-backlash-for-50-shades-of-grey-30459527.html) — for the part. “I almost don’t want to put this out there into the ether, but I fear I’ll get murdered, like John Lennon, by one of those mad fans at the premiere,” he told [_Details_](http://www.details.com/culture-trends/celebrities/201502/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey-interview). “Because a lot of people are very angry that I’m playing this character. And I’m a father now, and a husband. I don’t want to die yet.” Dornan, who _probably_ has no cause for concern (maybe), then added: “And when I do get murdered, people will say, ‘God, isn’t it haunting how he did that interview in _Details_ magazine and predicted his own death on the red carpet?'” \[[_Details_](http://www.details.com/culture-trends/celebrities/201502/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey-interview)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3661603/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3661603/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey/"},"headline":"Jamie Dornan Politely Requests Fifty Shades Fans Not Murder Him Please","datePublished":"2015-01-09T17:26:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:50.332Z","description":"Pretty please?","url":"https://time.com/3661603/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","movies","entertainment","celebrity","film","50 shades of grey","jamie dornan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6802e3bc9cb5b22/69877916e20a87f2c1a846c6/461131492.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6802e3bc9cb5b22/69877916e20a87f2c1a846c6/461131492.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Netflix TCA Press Tour","caption":"Netflix TCA Press Tour","creditText":"Mark Davis—2015 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3661603/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey/","name":"Jamie Dornan Politely Requests Fifty Shades Fans Not Murder Him Please"}}]}] ```