I wasn't entirely clear that he was from the interview though it seems likely. But if he is, that does seem to be an interesting artifact of this particular time period. 20 years ago if he was willing to take such a part he would have been cast. Now that those have very little effect on future casting (unless one comes out) they're as competitive as any other where name recognition will likely carry the day.

Oh definitely -- well there's all sorts of cultures where 50 Shades just seems juvenile (including fandom!) But I'd rather have seen Clafin as well not only because Dornan has seemed wooden to me in everything I've seen him in but because I can't see him as anything but the serial killer after The Fall. Which was apparently what James was going for since she loved his The Fall performance :/