As the "Fifty Shades Darker" production draws nearer, its lead actor shared his excitement to finally start filming.

In his interview with "People" magazine, The 33-year-old actor, who also portrayed the role of Christian Grey in "Fifty Shades of Grey" released earlier this year, revealed that he is as excited as his fans and the followers of the film to reprise the said character.

"I'm looking forward to embodying Christian again - and getting a chance to show more of him," he dished.

With the upcoming "Fifty Shades Darker" production in the early part of 2016, the self-made billionaire in the movie will be reunited with his love interest, the newly-graduate Anastasia Steele, who will be reprised by Dakota Johnson.

Amid his excitement, the serial killer Paul Spector in the BBC Two's "The Fall" admitted, however, that "the dreary rain in Vancouver - the Canadian city where the movies are film" is not something to get thrilled about.

Meanwhile, when asked about one particular reason why he loves shooting for "Fifty Shades Darker" and for the production to finally commence, the husband of Amelia Warner quipped that ""Getting to film in Belfast (where I grew up) and being surrounded by fellow Irish people."

On the other hand, Movie Pilot reported that Shailene Woodley appeared to be "not a fan" of E. L. James' books.

"Clearly she's not a fan of the books and their potential for adaptation," the report claimed.

In an interview, the 24-year-old actress confirmed that she was asked to audition for the role of Anastasia Steele last year. But, did not do it.

"I didn't want to audition for ['Fifty Shades']," she confessed. "It's because I had already done Divergent and I knew there was no way I wanted to do multiple franchises at the same time, because that's crazy, so I didn't see the point in it."

Keep posted for more updates on "Fifty Shades Darker" production!