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‘Fifty Shades’ star ‘excited’ to get naked on screen

Calvin Klein model-turned-actor Jamie Dornan has no problem getting naked for his lead turn in the upcoming “Fifty Shades of Grey’’ – while costar Dakota Johnson is working out like a madwoman to make sure she looks her best in the steamy sex thriller.

“There was a slight fear,” the Irish-born Dornan said about taking on the role of billionaire BDS&M enthusiast Christian Grey. “But beyond anything else, I was really f–king excited.”

“I’m a fairly worldly guy,” he told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview. “I grew up in a very liberal place. I’m not saying we had a playroom, but I’m not shocked by [the sex in the book]. It’s essential to tell the story. I can’t believe films that don’t invoke the sexual side of it. So it works for me.”

Johnson, who plays erotic adventuress Anastasia Steele, is hitting the gym.

“Obviously, I want to look good naked,” she told the magazine. “I totally understand now why people exercise, because it kind of f–ing feels awesome.”

Johnson, daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, has dyed her blond hair dark to get into character.

The film adaptation of the E.L. James trilogy was initially slated for an August 2014 release, but has been pushed back to Valentine’s Day 2015.

The cast starts filming in Canada in December.