E L James swipes at Fifty Shades Of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson AGAIN... inferring she is 'challenging' and lacks 'dynamism and vision'
It's no secret that Fifty Shades Of Grey scribe E L James did not warm to Sam Taylor-Johnson's film adaptation of her bestselling novel.
And the 56-year-old author - who has written five books in the erotic romance series to date - has thrown shade at the director once again.
Speaking to The Times, James admitted that there were 'a lot of things' she would have changed about the first film in what would end up a trilogy - the only one to be directed by Taylor-Johnson.
Stern: Fifty Shades Of Grey scribe E L James has thrown shade at Sam Taylor-Johnson once again
She said: 'I would do a lot of things differently. That was a challenging experience.
'I had a far more creative process on the second and third movie, working with someone who had vision and dynamism and embraced the material.
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'As a woman holding on to your IP [intellectual property] it's like what the f**k.
'I knew this was born of a fandom I knew it needed to be made right for those people. If we get that right it will be fine, it was just a struggle.'
Bitchy: Speaking to The Times , James admitted that there were 'a lot of things' she would have changed about the first film in what would end up a trilogy - the only one to be directed by Taylor-Johnson [pictured]
Steamy: Taylor-Johnson directed the first movie in the franchise, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan
The two sequels were helmed by James Foley after Taylor-Johnson, after she famously walked away from the franchise, proudly announcing she was 'done' and wanted to 'forget the misery' of it.
Speaking to Porter magazine in 2015,Taylor-Johnson relayed her struggles with James and claimed: 'It was difficult, I'm not going to lie. We would have proper on-set barneys and I'm not confrontational.'
![Drama: The two sequels were helmed by James Foley [pictured] after Taylor-Johnson, after she famously walked away from the franchise, proudly announcing she was 'done' and wanted to 'forget the misery' of it](http://web.archive.org/web/20190503180239/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/02/16/13013298-6985707-image-m-48_1556812791550.jpg)
![Drama: The two sequels were helmed by James Foley [pictured] after Taylor-Johnson, after she famously walked away from the franchise, proudly announcing she was 'done' and wanted to 'forget the misery' of it](http://web.archive.org/web/20190503180239im_/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/02/16/13013298-6985707-image-m-48_1556812791550.jpg)
Drama: The two sequels were helmed by James Foley [pictured] after Taylor-Johnson, after she famously walked away from the franchise, proudly announcing she was 'done' and wanted to 'forget the misery' of it
Raunchy: Taylor-Johnson had beaten the likes of Angelina Jolie to direct the flick, after winning James' approval, but the relationship she had with the author began to crack, as she viewed Fifty Shades as a 'dark fairy-tale' while James thought of it as 'erotic'
In 2017, she said: 'I have literally zero interest [in watching the second and third instalments].'
She confessed in an interview with Sunday Times Magazine: 'I can never say I regret it because that would just finish me off - would I go through it again? I'd be mad.'
She said: 'I would do a lot of things differently. That was a challenging experience. I had a far more creative process on the second and third movie, working with someone who had vision and dynamism and embraced the material'
Referencing her fallout with James, she added: 'I like everyone and I get really confused when they don't like me - I don't understand when I can't navigate a person... when there's no synergy.'
Taylor-Johnson had beaten the likes of Angelina Jolie to direct the flick, after winning James' approval, but the relationship she had with the author began to crack, as she viewed Fifty Shades as a 'dark fairy-tale' while James thought of it as 'erotic'.
They locked horns over the way the sex scenes were to be portrayed and the duo famously clashed over the last line of the script.
![Awkward: Speaking to Porter magazine in 2015, Taylor-Johnson relayed her struggles with James and claimed - 'it was difficult, I'm not going to lie. We would have proper on-set barneys' [pictured at the first film's premiere in 2015]](http://web.archive.org/web/20190503180239/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/02/17/13013174-6985707-image-m-50_1556812884314.jpg)
![Awkward: Speaking to Porter magazine in 2015, Taylor-Johnson relayed her struggles with James and claimed - 'it was difficult, I'm not going to lie. We would have proper on-set barneys' [pictured at the first film's premiere in 2015]](http://web.archive.org/web/20190503180239im_/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/02/17/13013174-6985707-image-m-50_1556812884314.jpg)
Awkward: Speaking to Porter magazine in 2015, Taylor-Johnson relayed her struggles with James and claimed - 'it was difficult, I'm not going to lie. We would have proper on-set barneys' [pictured at the first film's premiere in 2015]
Anastacia Steele (Dakota Johnson) had been punished by her lover Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) with a whip - and while Taylor-Johnson wanted Ana to use the couple's safe word 'red' to end the encounter, James was insistent on her saying 'stop' instead.
Meanwhile, with the trilogy now complete - and grossing over $1.320 billion worldwide making it the fourth highest-grossing R-rated franchise of all-time - James hasn't ruled out creating a new series but for gay men.
'Never say never,' was her reply when asked about penning a same-sex version for men.
