--- ---  # Christian Grey Explains Why His Real-Life Wife Still Hasn't Seen the _Fifty Shades_ Movies  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 31, 2018 9:13 PM UTC  Jamie Dornan (L) and Amelia Warner attend the "Mary Shelley" premiere during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 9, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. Jamie Dornan (L) and Amelia Warner attend the "Mary Shelley" premiere during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 9, 2017 in Toronto, Canada.GP Images—WireImage  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 31, 2018 9:13 PM UTC Actor Jamie Dornan may be known worldwide as the many who plays [Christian Grey](http://time.com/3903108/el-james-fifty-shades-of-grey-christian-grey/), seducer extraordinaire, in the blockbuster [_Fifty Shades_](http://time.com/5117397/fifty-shades-pop-up-experience/) franchise. But there’s still one person who hasn’t seen him in the movies — and, if he has anything to do with it, won’t see them for a while yet. His real-life wife, Amelia Warner, remains in the dark about his onscreen character. “I guess I like to think she’s more in love with me than that guy,” Dornan told Ellen DeGeneres in an appearance on her show, after Ellen asked if he ever feels pressure to live up to the[ idealized reputation](http://time.com/3696868/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-christian-grey/) at home. “She hasn’t seen the movies or anything.” He added: “I don’t want to pay for a ticket for her.” Dornan, who said he’s often approached by fans in public who think of him primarily as the Grey character, gets uncomfortable from some of the advances. “I panic, I just don’t know how to respond to it,” he said. “I’m not like him.” The newest — and last — _Fifty Shades_ film, [_Fifty Shades Freed_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477536/?ref%5F=nm%5Fflmg%5Fact%5F3), is out in theaters on February 9\. It co-stars [Dakota Johnson](http://motto.time.com/4665906/dakota-johnson-jamie-dornan-50-shades-workout/) once more as Dornan’s partner in the romance, although he also warned this one has even more of a thriller element to it. Christian Grey Tells Ellen His Wife Hasn't Seen Fifty Shades ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5127521/jamie-dornan-on-ellen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5127521/jamie-dornan-on-ellen/"},"headline":"Christian Grey Explains Why His Real-Life Wife Still Hasn't Seen the Fifty Shades Movies","datePublished":"2018-01-31T21:13:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:15.271Z","description":"Jamie Dornan told Ellen DeGeneres that he is not interested in buying his wife a ticket to see the Fifty Shades movies he's famous for.","url":"https://time.com/5127521/jamie-dornan-on-ellen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a6aca8074756210/6988fa218fd2eed18335a83a/jamie-dornan-amelia-warner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a6aca8074756210/6988fa218fd2eed18335a83a/jamie-dornan-amelia-warner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Toronto International Film Festival - \"Mary Shelley\" Premiere - Red Carpet","caption":"2017 Toronto International Film Festival - \"Mary Shelley\" Premiere - Red Carpet","creditText":"GP Images—WireImage","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/5127521/jamie-dornan-on-ellen/","name":"Christian Grey Explains Why His Real-Life Wife Still Hasn't Seen the Fifty Shades Movies"}}]}] ```