Fifty Shades: 15 Book Moments That DIDN’T Make It Into The Movies

For all the characters that didn’t make the cut from page to screen, by far the most important is Ana’s own ‘inner goddess’. Presumably it was just too difficult to visualise Ana’s internal monologue swooning, roaring, cartwheeling and back-flipping.

One particularly eyebrow-raising scene in the first book – in which Christian pulls out Ana’s tampon in order to have sex with her – didn’t make it to film, possibly for fear of forcing the censorship board to create an entirely new classification!

Talking of other more ‘intimate’ moments that didn’t make it on to the screen, a particularly aggressive scene in a boathouse in which Christian initiates sex with Ana “for his pleasure” alone didn’t make the cut from the books to the movies.

Nor did the infamous vanilla ice cream sex scene from Fifty Shades Darker, although there’s a nice nod to it when Ana buys some Ben & Jerry’s at the store.

Then there’s the moment when Christian ‘inserts’ Ben Wa balls inside Ana to pleasurable effect, which happens in the first book… and in our wincing imaginations only.

… not to mention the famous pool table sex scene in Fifty Shades Darker, which sees Christian spank Ana with a ruler after she loses, which we’re pretty sure isn’t in the official rules of the game.

On a different note, when visiting Christian’s childhood home in Fifty Shades Darker, the Matrix and Fight Club film posters described on the wall have been swapped out for… The Chronicles Of Riddick?

In the books, Christian shows a different kind of ‘juicy’ side to his controlling nature by ordering Ana to snack on fruit alone. This is part of a diet and exercise regime, in which he dictates what she eats and how she stays healthy like a v strict PT.

In fact, Christian is more controlling in all aspects of Ana’s life in the books, including being more forceful in getting Ana to take birth control so that he can stop using condoms.

We also don’t get to see Christian flashing his cash at a charity event as he bids $100,000 just to cut some rug with Ana in the book’s ‘dance auction’ scene.

The film version of Fifty Shades Darker ups the dramatic ante from the book by having Christian’s former submissive – the mentally disturbed Leila – actually shoot her gun at Ana. Although, obviously she misses.

What you don’t find out in the film is that Christian then calms Leila down by bathing her… something that understandably upsets Ana, and is *perhaps* just a little unnecessary.

With creepy Jack causing trouble for both Ana and Christian throughout Fifty Shades Darker, what we don’t see on screen is him trying to use their email exchanges to blackmail Ana. For sex, obviously.

Sadly, we don’t even get to see these work emails in the film, because Ana uses an iPhone rather than the book’s practically prehistoric Blackberry.

Those other characters that didn’t make the cut? They include Kate’s brother Ethan and, perhaps more importantly, Dr Flynn who is helping Christian to deal with his darker shades of Grey.