

Quite a few things, in fact - but the books seem to be so well loved by so many I’ve let all that go… Is there anything you would differently if you wrote the books again? But I have had some amazing experiences, and for that I’m incredibly grateful to all the people who bought and loved the books. Do you have any reflections on fame?įame is not something I sought, and happily I’m still not that famous - I can still roam the streets anonymously, at home and in the States, and I love that. Your life must have changed so much in the last three years. I enjoyed breaking down the book with the screenwriter Kelly Marcel and deciding what should and should not be in the movie. What have you enjoyed most about the process of filming? (Christian Grey would appreciate that comment.) I didn’t want to take the money and run - I wanted the movie to be one the readership would love. What made you decide to become a producer?īecause I could. For me those scenes really capture the spirit of the book. The glider scene and the post-graduation bar scene. I wanted them to be tasteful and erotic, and that was a journey, but we got there in the end. TIME: What scene in the movie were you most worried about translating to screen and why?Įrika Leonard: I was most worried about the scenes in the red room. But she did consent to answer some (not all) of our questions via email. While media reports suggest that she hasn’t let wealth and fame change her too much, she doesn’t really need to give interviews. Fast forward a few years, and Leonard is now a multimillionaire author and producer of the movie version of Fifty Shades, out Feb.
