London, Apr 9 (IANS): Actor Hugh Dancy is the latest actor to come on board for "Fifty Shades Darker".

The “Hannibal” actor has been cast as the character Christian Grey's shrink doctor John Flynn who helps the protagonist to cope with the return of his former lover in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” novel, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Dancy joins actors Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, who will be reprising their roles as Christian and Anastasia in the second film adaptation of E.L. James's erotic novels.

In the sequel, Anastasia starts a new job, and at the same time she has to deal with the reappearance of some of Christian's former lady loves.

Kim Basinger has been cast as Mrs. Elena "Robinson" Lincoln who introduced Christian Grey to the world of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM) in the film and novel.

While the movie's filming is taking place in Vancouver with James Foley as director, it is slated to release on February 10 next year.