--- description: The cut may have come about as part of Taylor-Johnson’s attempt to cut down the number of sex scene title: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Director Cut the Book's Most Talked-About Scene image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ed907c8a22d9bc/69877b05cd68488eec0993ab/829838_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Director Cut the Book's Most Talked-About Scene by [Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2015 5:08 PM CUT  FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, US teaser poster, 2015\. ©Focus Features FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, US teaser poster, 2015\. ©Focus FeaturesFocus Features by [Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2015 5:08 PM CUT For fans of E.L. James’ _Fifty Shades of Grey_, there are many memorable scenes that will play out on the big screen: Ana and Christian’s introduction, his visit to the hardware store, their first night in the Red Room of Pain. However, there is one scene that readers won’t get to see—though odds are that many fans won’t be upset about the omission. _Fifty Shades_ director Sam Taylor-Johnson told [_Variety_](http://feature.variety.com/fifty-shades-of-grey/#/content/article "undefined")that the now-infamous scene in which Christian removes Ana’s tampon so that the couple can have sex will not be in the film. “It was never even discussed,” Taylor-Johnson said. The cut may have come about as part of Taylor-Johnson’s attempt to cut down the number of sex scenes. “On the early draft, there was a sense there was way too much sex,” she told _Variety_. “The story, of course, is of equal importance. We tried to balance the narrative correctly, so one doesn’t feel like it’s drowning the other.” _Fifty Shades of Grey_ hits theaters Feb. 13. _This_ [_article_](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/21/fifty-shades-of-grey-tampon-scene/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3676636/fifty-shades-cut-scene/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3676636/fifty-shades-cut-scene/"},"headline":"Fifty Shades of Grey Director Cut the Book's Most Talked-About Scene","datePublished":"2015-01-21T17:08:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:45:10.064Z","description":"The cut may have come as part of an attempt to cut down the number of sex scenes","url":"https://time.com/3676636/fifty-shades-cut-scene/","keywords":["movies","Fifty Shades of Grey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ed907c8a22d9bc/69877b05cd68488eec0993ab/829838_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ed907c8a22d9bc/69877b05cd68488eec0993ab/829838_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, US teaser poster.","caption":"FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, US teaser poster.","creditText":"Focus Features","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3676636/fifty-shades-cut-scene/","name":"Fifty Shades of Grey Director Cut the Book's Most Talked-About Scene"}}]}] ```