DailyRecord - But his biggest role yet is as Carrick Grey, father of leading
man Christian, in 50 Shades of Grey, the forthcoming film of
the erotic bestseller.
While stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson have been at the heart of the discussion on online forums, fans have made their feelings known about the casting of every role – including Carrick.
Most fans wanted a big Hollywood name like Pierce Brosnan or Kevin Costner – not an ex-Queen’s Park
centre-half from Glasgow.
The news worried Andrew’s wife Samantha so much she banned him from browsing the internet.
He said: “She was a little concerned because she Googled the character’s name and saw the wishlist of actors – Brosnan, Costner and so on. Crazy big names.
“I thought, ’Oh my God, the fans are going
to go mad when they find out it’s me’ and she
told me, ‘Don’t search this again, never look at this again.’
“But people have generally been fine. Anyone who has contacted me has been positive, saying I am just what they imagined.
“That’s going to be the tricky thing. Fans of the book see the characters in their own minds. Sometimes the actors who are chosen to play those characters don’t match up to that. Whether you can satisfy everyone, I don’t know, but there is nothing you can do about it.
“I am just delighted to be in a film of this scale and popularity along with all the other people who are involved in it.”
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