The 50-year-old film director, who is married to 26-year-old actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson of 'Kick Ass' fame, clashed with the book's author while making the movie.
And tension between them was so high that Sam Taylor-Johnson decided to walk away from directing the sequel, 'Fifty Shades Darker'.
And in a clear snub to author EL James, the director has said she has "zero interest" in watching the upcoming sequel.
"I'm not going to ever watch them. I have literally zero interest," the 50-year-old English film director told the Sunday Times magazine yesterday.
But despite the onset tension with EL James, the director added that she had no regrets about making the first movie in the franchise.
"I can never say I regret it because that would just finish me off," she said. "With the benefit of hindsight, would I go through it again? Of course I wouldn't. I'd be mad."