When Fifty Shades of Grey rose to infamy, it was slammed for its romanticized depiction of unhealthy relationships, its wacky vanilla portrayal of BDSM, and, most laughably, the fact that it was once a piece of Twilight fan fiction. Despite years spent adapting the fan fiction into an original novel, many could not let go of its origins, drawing parallels between Fifty Shades‘ Anastasia Steele and Twilight‘s Bella Swan. Even so, the Fifty Shades trilogy was adapted for the big screen and helped skyrocket the careers of its leads, Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. Despite how polarizing the Fifty Shades of Grey films were, they proved that everything and everyone has to start somewhere, even if it’s Wattpad.

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