Stephen Amell Had "Fifty Shades of Grey" Meeting

Arrow star Stephen Amell posted an update on his Facebook page about being considered for the role of Christian Grey in the upcoming film adaptation of the erotic E L James book "Fifty Shades of Grey"

Amell tells fans, "I get questions about Christian Grey all the time. That project is a long way off. I know this, because I had a meeting about it. Long way off. I mean, not that long, but not close. I wouldn't call it long, but I wouldn't call it close."

What began as a posting on a fan-fiction website as a tribute to author Stephenie Meyer 's Twilight books soon became a word-of-mouth eBook hit that won a major reprint deal with Random House.

The sexually-explicit story follows 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and 22-year-old virgin college student Anastasia Steele, who develop a relationship steeped in bondage, S&M, domination and submission. The novel is the first in a planned trilogy. James has sold 31 million e-book and print copies in English-language markets worldwide, in the U.S. alone she has sold over 20 million copies in e-book and print.

Author James has final say on who will be cast in the the film, which won't be decided until well after the script is completed Folks Ian Somerhalder, Matt Bomer, Newcomer Erik Odom and Henry Cavill have also been linked to play Christian.

Considering that it seems like Amell is shirtless at some point in every episode of Arrow (Great show by the way!--The gals on the show are hot..!) and his alter-ego Oliver Queen is also a billionaire like Grey...He's used to acting like a rich dude who walks around with half his clothes off...

There were rumors that Emma Watson was being eyed for Anastasia. Watson took to Twitter and asked "Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life. Good. Well that’s that sorted then.” On the flip side Mila Kunis said that she would be open to playing Anastasia.

Kelly Marcel is writing the adapted screenplay. She previously worked on "Terra Nova" and penned the upcoming "Saving Mr. Banks"

"Moneyball" and "The Social Network" producers Mike De Luca and Dana Brunetti won a bidding war to produce the film version of "Shades".

Searches are underway to find the right person to star in and direct.