<P> During October 2013, actress Jennifer Ehle was in talks for the role of Anastasia's mother Carla . On October 12, 2013, Universal Pictures announced that Hunnam had exited the film due to conflicts with the schedule of his FX series Sons of Anarchy . Alexander Skarsgård, Jamie Dornan, Theo James, François Arnaud, Scott Eastwood, Luke Bracey, and Billy Magnussen were at the top of the list to replace Hunnam as Christian Grey . Finally, on October 23, 2013, Dornan was cast as Christian Grey . On October 31, 2013, Victor Rasuk was cast as José Rodriguez, Jr . On November 22, 2013, Eloise Mumford was cast as Kate Kavanagh . On December 2, 2013, singer Rita Ora was cast as Christian's younger sister Mia . Ora originally wanted to work on the soundtrack . On December 3, 2013, Marcia Gay Harden was cast as Christian's mother, Grace . </P> <P> In September, filming was scheduled to start on November 5, 2013, in Vancouver, British Columbia . The following month, producer Michael De Luca announced filming would begin on November 13, 2013 . </P> <P> Principal photography was again delayed and eventually started on December 1, 2013 . Scenes were filmed in the Gastown district of Vancouver . Bentall 5 was used as the Grey Enterprises building . </P> <P> The University of British Columbia serves as Washington State University Vancouver, from which Ana graduates . The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver was used as the Heathman Hotel . </P>

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