Fifty Shades of Grey

Ana, take my car.

I gave you the recorder, right?

Oh, yes.

And you have all the questions?

Yes.

And you know where you're going?

Yes, I do have a GPS.

And a 4.0 GPA.

I can figure it out.

Are you wearing that?

Okay, maybe a little less talking,

more eating.

How about that?

Wow.

Miss Kavanagh?

May I take your coat?

Oh. Yeah. Um...

She's... Okay, so...

Mr. Grey will see you now.

Okay.

This way, please.

Okay. Mr. Grey has a conference call at 11:15.

Right this way.

Miss Kavanagh.

Are you all right?

Christian Grey.

I'm Anastasia Steele.

Um, Miss Kavanagh has the flu, so she asked me to fill in.

I see.

So, you're studying journalism as well.

No, English Lit.

Um...

Kate's my roommate.

As I said, I only have 10 minutes.

Please, have a seat, Miss Steele.

Okay.

Thank you.

Ready?

Whenever you are.

Okay. Um...

So, this is for the special graduation issue

of the student newspaper.

Yes, I'm giving the commencement address at this year's ceremony.

You are?

I mean, um...

I know.

Uh..."You are very young to have amassed such an empire.

"To what do you owe your..."

To what do I owe my success?

Yep.

Seriously?

Yes.

Business is about people.

And I've always been good at people.

What motivates them, what incentivizes them,

what inspires them.

Um, maybe you're just lucky.

I've always found that the harder I work,

the more luck I seem to have.

The key to my success has been in identifying talented individuals

and harnessing their efforts.

So, you're a control freak?

Oh, I exercise control in all things, Miss Steele.

Okay. Um...

"Your company is involved primarily

"in the telecommunications sector,

"yet you also invest in numerous agricultural projects,

"including several in Africa.

"Is that something that you feel passionate about?

"Feeding the world's poor?"

It's smart business.

You don't agree?

I don't know enough about it.

I just wonder if

perhaps your heart might be a bit bigger than you want to let on?

There are some people who say that I don't have a heart at all.

Why would they say that?

Because they know me well.

Go on.

Um..."Do you have any interests outside of work?"

I enjoy various physical pursuits.

You're unmarried.

Oh.

You were adopted at age four.

That's a matter of public record.

I'm sorry, I didn't...

Do you have an actual question, Miss Steele?

Yeah, sorry.

"Are you gay?"

It's written here, I'm just...

No, Anastasia.

I'm not gay.

I apologize, Mr. Grey. Kate can be a little...

Intrusive?

Curious.

What about you?

Why don't you ask me something that you want to know?

Earlier, you said that there are some people who know you well.

Why do I get the feeling that, that is not true?

Mr. Grey, your next meeting is in the conference room.

Cancel, please. We're not finished here.

Yes, sir.

No... I'm...

I can go. It's fine.

I would like to know more about you.

There's really not much to know about me.

You said you're an English major?

Tell me, was it Charlotte Brontë,

Jane Austen, or Thomas Hardy

who first made you fall in love with literature?

Hardy.

I would have guessed Jane Austen.

What are your plans after you graduate?

I'm just trying to get through finals right now.

And then?

And then I was planning on moving here, to Seattle,

with Kate.

We offer an excellent internship program.

I don't think I'd fit in here.

Look at me.

I am.

I hope you got everything you needed.

I... I think you only answered four questions.

Anastasia.

Christian.

Holy cow.

Um...

Before you say anything...

You're a goddess. This is perfect.

What?

I just got his e-mail. He answered every question.

So, what was he like?

Um...

He was fine.

"Fine"?

Just fine?

Um, he was really polite,

and he was courteous,

and very formal,

and clean.

"Clean"?

I mean, he was very smart.

And intense.

It was kind of intimidating.

I can understand the fascination.

Uh-huh.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Like what?

Okay.

I'm gonna make a sandwich. Do you want one?

No, thanks.

You have to admit, he's ridiculously hot.

I'm sure if you

are attracted to that sort of human, then...

The hot type of human?

I asked him if he was gay. That was in your questions.

Why would you do that to me?

Because whenever he's in the society pages,

he's never been photographed with a woman. So, naturally...

Well, maybe he just wants to keep his private life private, Kate.

And now you're defending him.

I'm terminating this conversation.

Too bad we don't have some original stills

of your hot, clean 27-year-old billionaire.

The camera loves him almost as much as you do.

Okay, I wasn't hungry, but now I am.

Thank you.

I love you.

"I declared I could not change,

"yet you tell me to my face

"I shall change soon.

"And what a distortion in your judgment,

"what a perversity in your ideas..."

Ana. I've been looking for you. What's up?

Guess what. What?

Portland Place is going to exhibit my photographs next month.

Oh, my God.

Congratulations! That's so good!

Solo show, corazón.

Can we celebrate later? Because I'm really late for work.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got it. But, um...

Hold on.

Thank you.

You're my hero.

I'll see you later.

Okay.

Mom, I'm at work. Can I call you back?

Oh, no, wait. I called for a reason.

Bob broke his foot playing golf, of all things.

God. Is he okay? Is he in a lot of pain?

Who can tell with the man?

He calls the paramedics for a blister.

It means, though, we won't be able to fly in for graduation.

Really?

You don't wanna just come alone? You don't have to bring Bob.

Ah. And leave Tiger Woods to fend for himself?

You do understand. Don't you, darling?

Yeah. Yeah, it's fine.

Um, I really have to go, okay?

I love you, Ana.