Has Fifty Shades of Grey Found Its Director?

Gus Van Sant has joined the long list of celebrities to make himself a sex tape. The tape is rumoured to involve a sophisticated, sex addicted millionaire and a shy, impressionable virgin, sound familiar?

It should, it’s a scene right out of Fifty Shades of Grey, and Van Sant has taken it upon himself to film the scene with actor Alex Pettyfer as a sort of audition for the directors chair. Focus Features and Universal are yet to name a director and the Good Will Hunting director is eager to land the seat, feeling he’s the right man for the role. It’s a unique and gutsy way to declare an interest, and one that may pay dividends for Van Sant.

The film, which will be adapted from the erotic novel of the same title, focus’ on the sexual exploits of a billionaire who becomes infatuated with a student. If the two-time Oscar nominated director was approached for the role then it would show the studio’s intent to make a more sophisticated version of the adult novel, as he previous films including Promised Land, Elephant and Last Days, would highlight.