Bella Heathcote has landed a role in Fifty Shades Darker, the film adaptation of the second book in E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. The actress—who stars in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which opens today—is joined by Kim Basinger, and returning actors Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson.


Heathcote is set to play Leila, who, Deadline reports, is "a former lover of Christian," and "bears the scars to prove it."

James Foley will direct the next two Fifty Shades films, and plans to shoot them back-to-back. Fifty Shades Darker will hit theaters on February 10, 2017, and Fifty Shades Freed on February 9, 2018.


Heathcote plays Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The movie tells Jane Austen's classic story, but with an undead twist.