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Charlie Hunnam showcases his chiseled chest in high-fashion spread... and reveals dropping out of Fifty Shades franchise was 'heartbreaking'

Published: 13:36 EST, 10 September 2015 | Updated: 22:50 EST, 10 September 2015

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Charlie Hunnam showcased his chiseled chest and six-pack abs in an edgy high-fashion spread shot by photographer Tim Walker.

In it, the 35-year-old Englishman rocked Calvin Klein PVC trousers, which makes sense considering he fronted the brand's Reveal fragrance campaign.

The Sons of Anarchy stud also endured having a large red cross painted on his head and neck for the VMan shoot, which was styled by Jacob K.

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A different look: Charlie Hunnam showcased his chiseled chest and six-pack abs in an edgy high-fashion spread shot by photographer Tim Walker

It's been two years since Charlie dropped out of the Fifty Shades franchise 40 days after being cast as Christian Grey, but he's still haunted by the 'heartbreaking' memory.

'Oh it was the worst professional experience of my life. It was the most emotionally destructive and difficult thing that I've ever had to deal with professionally. It was heartbreaking,' Hunnam said in the issue, which hits newsstands September 17.

'I called [director Sam Taylor-Johnson] and we both cried our eyes out on the phone for 20 minutes...There was a lot of personal stuff going on in my life that left me on real emotional shaky ground and mentally weak. I just got myself so f***ing overwhelmed and I was sort of having panic attacks about the whole thing. I just didn't know what to do.'

Revealing: In it, the 35-year-old Englishman rocked Calvin Klein PVC trousers, which makes sense considering he fronted the brand's Reveal fragrance campaign

His cross to bear: The Sons of Anarchy stud also endured having a large red cross painted on his head and neck for the VMan shoot, which was styled by Jacob K.

The tepid S&M romance starring Jamie Dornan managed to amass $569.7M at the worldwide box office despite critics panning its acting, writing, and pacing.

Complicating matters, the British thespian had given his Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro his word a year earlier that he would do Crimson Peak.

'People were saying, "Are you crazy? Guillermo still has got four months to recast, it's the fourth lead, you can go and do [Fifty Shades of Grey],"' Charlie recalled.

'I was sort of having panic attacks': It's been two years since Charlie dropped out of the Fifty Shades franchise 40 days after being cast as Christian Grey, but he's still haunted by the 'heartbreaking' memory

Hunnam said in the issue: 'It was the most emotionally destructive and difficult thing that I've ever had to deal with professionally...I called [Sam Taylor-Johnson] and we both cried our eyes out on the phone for 20 minutes'

Highest-grossing sex film: The tepid S&M romance starring Jamie Dornan managed to amass $569.7M at the worldwide box office despite critics panning its acting, writing, and pacing

'I said, "I can't. He's my friend, I've done a film with him, I gave him my word." I'm pretty mercurial and a very difficult, longwinded decision-maker at the best of times.'

The bearded blond plays Dr. Alan McMichael in the Oscar nominee's horror film Crimson Peak - due out October 16 - alongside Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, and Mia Wasikowska.

Hunnam stressed that Fifty's gratuitously sexual script was definitely not the reason he left the role of sociopathic billionaire entrepreneur.

'People were saying, "Are you crazy?"': Complicating matters, the British thespian had given his Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro his word a year earlier that he would do Crimson Peak

Due out October 16! The bearded blond plays Dr. Alan McMichael in the Oscar nominee's horror film Crimson Peak alongside Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, and Mia Wasikowska

Back in 1999, the Deadfall star played Nathan Maloney, a 15-year-old rebel and newcomer to 'the gay scene,' for 10 episodes of Channel 4's Queer As Folk.

'The outside perception of that was that I got really cold feet and got scared of the explicit nature of the sexuality of the piece,' Charlie scoffed.

'When I was 18 I was getting f***ed in the ass, completely naked on national TV, y'know?'

'When I was 18 I was getting f***ed in the ass, completely naked on national TV, y'know?' The Queer As Folk alum stressed that Fifty's gratuitously sexual script was not the reason he left the role

Farewell Jax! The Cumbria College grad took more than a few keepsakes from the set of his FX series Sons of Anarchy, which concluded December 9 after seven seasons

The former Jax Teller smiled: 'I took my rings, my bike, my jacket, my knife - f***ing a lot. Anything that wasn't nailed down, I took'

The Cumbria College grad took more than a few keepsakes from the set of his FX series Sons of Anarchy, which concluded December 9 after seven seasons.

'I took my rings, my bike, my jacket, my knife - f***ing a lot. Anything that wasn't nailed down, I took,' the former Jax Teller smiled.

Hunnam was still deep in character as the motorcycle man when he auditioned for Guy Ritchie's 2016 film Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur.

'I said, " I'll f***ing fight those other two dudes"': Hunnam was still deep in character as the motorcycle man when he auditioned for Guy Ritchie's (L) 2016 film Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur

'[Ritchie] said, "Look, get back in there and read the scene, you c***"': A week later, the handsome hunk scored the role of King Arthur alongside Djimon Hounsou (R), Jude Law, and Eric Bana

'I said, "If you want to do away with all of this auditioning bollocks, I'll f***ing fight those other two dudes who are out there shooting. I know who they are. You can bring them both in here. I'll fight them both. The one who walks out the door gets the job,"' Charlie recalled.

'Then he said, "Look, get back in there and read the scene, you c***."'

A week later, the handsome hunk scored the role of King Arthur alongside Djimon Hounsou, Jude Law, and Eric Bana.