Fifty Shades Actress Jennifer Ehle ‘Incredible’ As Carla Steele

To celebrate the release of Fifty Shades, we have a video from the DVD extras in which co-stars have praised the work of Jennifer Ehle for her performance of Anastacia Steele’s mother, Carla.

Speaking in the clip, director Sam Taylor-Johnson says how she feels Jennifer Ehle is a “phenonmenal actress” and adds “God I really hope I get to work with her in the future” as she expressed her disappointment when the pair were previously unable to work together on other film projects.

A fan of method acting, Jennifer would always try to be as present as possible during scenes that involved her if she was physically unable to attend them. Dakota Johnson says, “There were a lot of phone scenes we had in the movie, and we would actually speak on the phone and when we were shooting my bits and she wasn’t here so was at home in upstate New York and we would speak on the phone and it was so wonderful.”

Jennifer Ehle herself talks about how those that dismiss the Fifty Shades books as just about sex should look for a deeper understanding in E. L. James novel. “I think there is so much that is written about this story that is inaccurate because people want any excuse to write about sex and they don’t necessarily have an understanding of the books or any interest in understanding them.”

She’s certainly a favourite on the Fifty Shades set, with Dakota Johnson calling her “so incredible.” With the Fifty Shade sequel in production, we look forward to seeing more of Carla Steele on our screens now we know she’s such a movie-set sweetheart.

By Jessie Roseblade