In news that probably won't come as a surprise, Christian Grey himself Jamie Dornan has ruled out starring in any future Fifty Shades movies. Sob (?).

Yes, we hate to break it to you, but Fifty Shades Freed is the last chance fans' inner goddesses will have to tremble over Dornan.

Rather than being embarrassed by the entire Fifty Shades franchise, or something equally understandable, it turns out Jamie's reason for hanging up his handcuffs is a practical one.

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"There's no other books," he told today's (February 5) Lorraine. "[EL James] wrote the first two books again from Christian's perspective, but I guess we've done those films.

"[They're] the same stories, so they won't be doing that again."

We wouldn't bet on it, mate.

It's not just the small problem of a lack of source material that's ending Jamie's tenure as Mr Grey, however – because the actor also believes he and Dakota Johnson are "too old".

"Dakota and I are – particularly me, I'm getting too old for this," he admitted.

Something that Christian and Ana are apparently not too old for is having a baby, as a recent trailer for Fifty Shades Freed gave us a sneak peek at Ana's pregnancy reveal.

Although we're not exactly sad to hear that the Fifty Shades journey is ending, we wouldn't mind seeing a sequel exploring the effects of parenthood on all that Red Room action.

Fifty Shades Freed opens in UK and US cinemas this Friday (February 9).

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