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A cinema has warned it will not allow any 'unaccompanied males' into view the new Fifty Shades Darker movie, ahead of its opening tonight.

The 'tongue in cheek' message was recorded on the phone listings for the Diamond Cinema in Navan, Ireland.

It states: "If you're looking to go to Fifty Shades Darker and you're bringing your boyfriend, you better keep lots of space between you.

"It's on an 18 cert and I must stress that single men or married men on their own, any unaccompanied males will not be allowed in."

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Paul Egan, who records the phone listings for the Diamond Cinema, told the Irish Mirror : "Well, it's meant to be a titillating film so I thought it might be better to keep the single men outside until we suss it out.

"Sure it could lead to all sorts of temptation with women's hormones flying all over the place, while watching the film.

"It might be better to keep the men outside the door until we see if women can control themselves," he laughed.

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"The film is basically porn for women, going on what the distributors are describing to us."

Paul said he hadn't seen a preview of the film, ahead of its opening in Navan tonight but when asked if he saw the original Fifty Shades of Grey, he laughed: "I saw a bit of it. I actually fell asleep, those kind of films just don't grab me at all."

So be warned, any man wanting to see Fifty Shades Darker in Navan in the initial few days may be guided into the more innocent 'Sing' movie instead.

The 50 Shades Darker film staring Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele is to open in Irish cinemas tonight on the back of mixed reviews by critics elsewhere.

As the movie hits the big screen, here are 10 fascinating facts about Fifty Shades Darker.

1. Jamie Dornan beefed himself up since the first film

This installment’s Christian Grey is a more tanned, toned – and scruffy – version that we’re used to.

While Dornan embraced a rough-and-ready persona as bearded serial killer Paul Spectre in BBC Two’s The Fall, Grey has never been quite so stubbly.

“Shaving every day sucks,” Dornan said. “It’s also a weird psychological thing but I feel very exposed and naked with a shaved face.”

2. We’ll (hopefully) see more of Rita Ora this time

While the singing superstar, who plays Grey’s adoptive sister Mia, has remained tight-lipped about just how much screen-time she gets in the steamy sequel, it seems to be a tad longer than her 90-second cameo in Fifty Shades of Grey.

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We do know Ora is a crucial part of the masquerade ball scene, when the kinky billionaire goes missing and his panicked family worry he’s dead.

She’s also recorded a sexy song for the soundtrack, entitled Kiss Me.

3. E. L. James was on the set all the time

The British author – real name Erika Mitchell – has tightened her creative control after “some friction” on set during the last film.

Director James Foley – who took over the role after first director Sam Taylor-Johnson turned down the second film due to reported spats with the author on set – said the 53-year-old writer even had her own producer’s village

4. There was a spy on set

A spy employed by a super-fan snuck onto the set while pretending to be a PA.

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Director James Foley said: “Finally somebody started a conversation with her, and something seemed weird, and we discovered that she was a spy for a fan on Twitter.”

5. Jamie’s wife Amelia Warner joined him on set

Amelia was snapped on the beach with her hubby as he filmed intimate scenes with Dakota Johnson, including rubbing sun-cream onto her naked back.

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Dakota appeared to get on famously with the couple, going for a dip in the sea with them between scenes.

6. Sex scenes were shot in privacy

Sex scenes were filmed in a closed set, with just Jamie, Dakota and two directors in the room.

Not even the camera was there to intrude – it was propped on a big crane, remotely controlled.

7. Kim Basinger was repeatedly slapped by Marcia Gay Harden

Hollywood royalty Kim Basinger plays Grey’s ex-lover Mrs Robinson in the new film – and was “repeatedly slapped” by Marcia Gay Harden, who returns as his mother.

In a famous bust-up from the original book, the pair had to film to throttle three or four times.

8. E.L. James’s husband wrote the screenplay

Her husband Niall Leonard penned the script for the sequel, giving the couple greater creative control over the film.

9. Jamie was up for going full-frontal

Jamie was apparently up for showing his genitals in the film and a couple of times came “really close” to doing so. But there is no full frontal nudity in the 15-rated film.

10. Dakota helped Jamie with the American accent

Belfast-raised Jamie worked with a dialect coach to perfect his American accent, with Texas-born Dakota helping out.

“I would do dramatic readings of his lines,” she said.

“So I got him a T-shirt with one of his lines printed out phonetically on it.”