Get to know your new fantasy man, Charlie Hunnam, who is set to star as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey” and also returns tonight on the new season of “Sons of Anarchy.”
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1. He’s no stranger to sex scenes.
Back in 1999, Hunnam starred as 15-year-old gay boy toy Nathan Maloney on the British version of the sexually charged show “Queer as Folk.”
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2. Fans of his show “Sons of Anarchy” gift him with lots of knives.
“In the show I carry a Ka-Bar, which is the US Marine Corps standard issue knife,” he told GQ UK. “So now I have dozens of Ka-Bars that military guys have given me and I’ve been told that a couple of them ‘have been used.’ ”
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3. He’s taken.
Hunnam, 33, been with Morgana McNelis, a jewelry designer since 2007, and the couple recently moved to a ranch outside LA.
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4. He once fought off an intruder who broke into his home.
He attributed his abilities to growing up playing rugby. “The ability to fight and defend oneself is a skill that every man should have but endeavor never to use, you know?” he told GQ UK. “I would never willingly look to get into a physical altercation, but yeah — you break into my house at 3 o’clock in the morning, and I am going to whoop your f–king ass!”
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5. He can write, too!
He’s penned a screenplay for a movie called “Vlad,” which Brad Pitt’s production company is going to co-produce.
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6. He knows his way around a gym.
To prepare for his role in this summer’s “Pacific Rim,” he worked out for two-and-a-half hours a day.
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7. Hunnam auditioned for “Dawson’s Creek.”
He didn’t get as part, but did met actress Katharine Towne, whom he married just four weeks later. They divorced after three years.