--- description: Could the film have taken things in another direction? title: Unrated 'Fifty Shades of Grey' DVD Will Include an Alternate Ending image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d5f1af5a2637852/6987852406f2c18da433497a/1180627_full.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&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 # Unrated _Fifty Shades of Grey_ DVD Will Include an Alternate Ending by [Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2015 1:12 PM CUT  Dakota Johnson, left, and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades of Grey Dakota Johnson, left, and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades of GreyFocus Pictures by [Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2015 1:12 PM CUT For book fans, _Fifty Shades of Grey_ was always going to [end one way](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/11/fifty-shades-grey-ending "undefined"): With Ana leaving Christian. But could the film have taken things in another direction? With the trailer for the film’s DVD release teasing an “alternate ending,” it seems possible. However, odds are that the alternate ending refers to the known debate between director Sam Taylor-Johnson and book author E L James about Ana’s final words in the film. According to [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fifty-shades-grey-author-overruled-770424 "undefined"), Johnson was in favor of Ana using the safe word “red,” while James preferred that Ana tell Christian to “stop.” In the film’s theatrical release, Ana said “stop.” Regardless, the unrated cut promises fans more of Ana and Christian’s love story, floggers and all. _Fifty Shades of Grey_ will be released on Digital HD on May 1 and Blu-Ray on Friday, May 8. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/24/unrated-fifty-shades-grey-dvd-will-include-alternate-ending "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3757763/fifty-shades-dvd-alternate-ending/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3757763/fifty-shades-dvd-alternate-ending/"},"headline":"Unrated Fifty Shades of Grey DVD Will Include an Alternate Ending","datePublished":"2015-03-25T13:12:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:25:18.915Z","description":"Could the film have taken things in another direction?","url":"https://time.com/3757763/fifty-shades-dvd-alternate-ending/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d5f1af5a2637852/6987852406f2c18da433497a/1180627_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/blt7d5f1af5a2637852/6987852406f2c18da433497a/1180627_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dakota Johnson (L) and Jamie Dornan (R) in \"Fifty Shades of Grey.\"","caption":"Dakota Johnson (L) and Jamie Dornan (R) in \"Fifty Shades of Grey.\"","creditText":"Focus Pictures","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/3757763/fifty-shades-dvd-alternate-ending/","name":"Unrated Fifty Shades of Grey DVD Will Include an Alternate Ending"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Most Iconic Movie Props Ever Sold","description":"With Premiere Props Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XIII set to sell some impressive Hollywood memorabilia, TIME looks back on how much some of the most iconic movie props have fetched.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6TcJ3ReX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-21T23:59:31.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6TcJ3ReX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3757763/fifty-shades-dvd-alternate-ending/","duration":"PT2M48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3757763/fifty-shades-dvd-alternate-ending/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```