At this point, you know Jamie Dornan from plenty of things — The Fall, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Belfast, the list goes on.
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But the greater world was largely introduced to Jamie through the Fifty Shades of Grey film series.
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In case you were under a literal rock for most of the 2010s, the Fifty Shades films — the first one in 2015, Fifty Shades Darker in 2017, and 2018’s Fifty Shades Freed — were friggin’ huge. They made over $1 billion in box office receipts, and they made Jamie and his costar Dakota Johnson worldwide stars.
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With increased fame often comes increased unwanted attention — and as it turns out, that was definitely Jamie’s experience after the success of the Fifty Shades films.
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In a new interview with the Independent, Jamie revealed how his Fifty Shades fame affected his life, as well as his family’s life — and it sounds pretty damn harrowing.
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“I’ve been involved in situations where it’s impacted my family,” he explained, before revealing that he was dealing with “a stalker-type situation” prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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“That was fucking scary,” he said. “Someone turned up at my house when my kids were there.”
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“It was not something… The more I can block that out, the better it is for me and the family.”
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Yikes. Jamie also addressed dealing with the intense attention from fans of the series — specifically, conspiracy theories that he and Dakota are secretly married IRL.
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Jamie has been married to Amelia Warner since 2013 and shares three children with her.
“I tried to put walls up around [the fans], to really try and not let that in,” he said.
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“I’m pretty good at just blocking any of the noise associated with whatever fandom is — not letting it affect me, or more importantly my family.”
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You can read the entire interview with Jamie here.
