'Fifty Shades' director reveals why 'Tampon Scene' didn't make the cut

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson has revealed that some of the Fifty Shades of Grey novel's graphic sexual details, including an infamous episode "The Tampon Scene," were necessarily omitted from the film. The 47-year-old filmmaker said in an interview that those scenes had to be about sexuality and sensuality, but people can't film it exactly the way it is on the page, the Independent reported.

Taylor-Johnson admitted that although, to their credit, Focus and Universal left her alone and said, "Shoot it exactly how you want it, and we'll edit it if we need to."

Taylor-Johnson added that the level of security surrounding the film, because of which no journalist was permitted to watch it ahead of its Berlin premiere on 11 February, is a source of frustration. Taylor-Johnson said that she hasn't been able to show it to anyone and it's the most frustrating thing ever to not be able to get feedback.

She added that her husband, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, has seen it a thousand times and worked on it from the script right through because she needed someone that she could trust to bounce ideas off.