Fans not happy with 'Fifty Shades' casting

Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam may have snagged the coveted roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in the eagerly awaited film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey," but that doesn't mean the chatter is over. Not everyone is pleased with the choices, and we look at some of the alternatives who could have been chosen.

Lots of people believed "White Collar's" Matt Bomer would have made a great Christian Grey. (The actor appears as a stripper in "Magic Mike," so we figured he'd be down for some on-screen BDSM.)

Felicity Jones has a few years on literature student Anastasia Steele, but she did play a rather convincing college student in 2011's "Like Crazy."

Need we plead our case for Ryan Gosling?

Elizabeth Olsen commanded the screen in 2011's "Martha Marcy May Marlene," and she could have done the same in "Fifty Shades."

With "The Hunger Games" under his belt, Wes Bentley could have taken on the role of Grey.

At the MTV Movie Awards, "Pretty Little Liars" actress Lucy Hale told Celebuzz, "I think every girl on the carpet wants to play (Ana). That would be freaking awesome."

He's shown his range from "This Means War" to "People Like Us," so we know Chris Pine could have taken on James' character.

Ana would have been a different role for on-screen heroine Jennifer Lawrence. But something tells us the Oscar-nominated actress could have handled it.

If new dad Chris Hemsworth isn't too busy wielding Thor's hammer to take part, he could have easily stepped into Grey's shoes.

What about Kristen Stewart as Ana? After all, Bella, Stewart's "Twilight" character, inspired the role. However, the odds of her nabbing the coveted role were always slim to none. James said, via the New York Post, "I think it would be too strange!"

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(CNN) -- "Fifty Shades of Grey" fans are hot -- and not for the reason you might think.

No sooner were the stars of the forthcoming film adaptation of the wildly successful erotic novel announced than the Internet roared its disapproval. No, no, no some fans cried to the casting of Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele respectively.

The front-runners for the gig appear to be "White Collar" star Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel, who is best known from the hit TV show "Gilmore Girls." There is even a Change.org petition demanding that the roles be recast and given to that pair.

Stars picked for 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

Wow.

As we learned with the drama that became "Batfleck" (yes, that's henceforth the term for the madness that went down when it was announced that Ben Affleck would be playing Batman) people take very seriously these casting decisions -- especially when it's a pair of characters they have been fantasizing about.

Therefore it seems like just about everyone has "Fifty Shades" opinion. And Twitter lit up with them, from the serious to the semi-joshing.

But not everyone was bummed about it.

Johnson's mom, actress Melanie Griffith, appears to be thrilled. She tweeted "My beautiful child Dakota has been chosen to play Anna [sic] Steele in 50 Shades!!! Look out world! Here she comes!!! #proud mama."