Harry Styles ‘in talks’ for major new movie role

Mamma Mia! star Lily James is also in the running, apparently

Harry Styles

by Emma Dodds |
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Former One Direction star Harry Styles has carved out a hugely successful solo career for himself; what with his latest album Fine Line receiving a BRIT Awards nomination and Watermelon Sugar riding high in the US charts.

And, since the lad's talent seemingly knows no bounds, he's also a talented actor; having starred in 2017 war film Dunkirk and reportedly having another huge role just around the corner.

According to Digital Spy{ =nofollow}, Harry is set to star in an upcoming film adaptation of Bethan Roberts' novel My Policeman.

Set in the 1950s, said novel is the tale of policeman Tom - a man in a relationship with a schoolteacher named Marion who later falls for a museum curator named Patrick.

With Harry reportedly in the running to play Tom, Mamma Mia! star Lily James is rumoured to be playing the role of Marion; but there's no word yet on who will play Harry's other romantic lead in the role of Patrick.

The film does not yet have a name, but has been taken on by Amazon Studios and will be directed by theatre producer Michael Grandage with a screenplay by Ron Nyswaner, who wrote Tom Hanks film Philadelphia.

Scroll through to see all the rumours of a One Direction reunion:

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One Direction reunion rumours

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Harry Styles talks about a Zoom reunion

In April 2020, as the nation were in lockdown due to the Coronavirus, Harry spoke to SiriusXM Hits 1, jokingly admitting he didn't expect the 1D reunion to be over a Zoom call. He said, "I don't know if a Zoom call is the reunion that we had in mind."

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Liam Payne send fans into meltdown

Just days later, Liam Payne sent Directioners into complete meltdown when he revealed a number of emails had been forwarded, admitting it was great for the boys to 'connect' again. Liam said, "We've got a 10-year anniversary coming up so we've all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks, which has been really nice."

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#OneDirectionReunion trends on Twitter

Not long after Liam's interview, eagle-eyed fans noticed Harry, Louis, Liam and Niall had all followed former member Zayn Malik on Twitter, resulting in #OneDirectionReunion to start trending.However, after further inspection, fans were quick to point out that they'd followed Zayn for a while, making it a bit of a false alarm!

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Could we be getting new One Direction music?

Also in April, American showbiz site Page Six reported that One Direction could release new music for their 10th anniversary in July 2020, as well as a TV special!

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Niall sends fans wild on Instagram Live

During an Instagram Live, Niall teased Directioners by touching his hair when a fan asked him to if the reunion rumours were true. Hmm.

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Liam Payne talks about a reunion with James Corden

Liam chatted with The Late Late Show host James Corden in April, where he confessed he'd been in recent contact with both Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan! He told James he'd enjoyed a 'beautiful' FaceTime with Niall. Aww!

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Louis Tomlinson 'tells off' Liam Payne for revealing too much

After Liam got a little excited and started to dish out too much information, the singer revealed during an Instagram Live with Alesso that Louis had 'told him off' for revealing the plans.

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Liam Payne hints Zayn Malik is not involved

During the same online chat with Alesso, Liam also seemed to hint that former member Zayn Malik would not be involved in the apparent 2020 reunion, asking Alesso if he would 'join the band' by 'filling in for Zayn'.

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Niall Horan shuts down reunion rumours

With July getting closer, Niall Horan broke the hearts of 1D fans across the world in May when he seemingly shut down all talk of a 2020 reunion. Speaking to his friend Jamie Redknapp on Redknapp's Home Fixture, Niall said, "There was a bit of talk about it because in July it's ten years since the band got together, so everyone was waiting to see if anything was going to happen.'We've been chatting about it, little bits and pieces that we can do, but nothing in terms of getting the band back together, so for now, no."

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10th anniversary plans

Despite many holding out for an actual reunion, 1D will be launching a special website called '10 Years of One Direction', which will go active on Thursday 23rd July, the official date of their anniversary.The website will go through the band's amazing career timelines, from meeting on The X Factor, to going their separate ways as solo artists. As well as this, a load of old content will be visible for fans, including archived TV performances, behind-the-scenes videos, music videos and artwork!A special 10-year celebration video will be made for YouTube, which is sure to bring a tear to the eye as it highlights 1D's global success over the last decade.

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But this isn't the only film that Harry's name has been attached to in the last week, as he's also rumoured to be part of upcoming movie Don't Worry, Darling; directed by actress Olivia Wilde and also apparently starring Florence Pugh, Chris Pine and Dakota Johnson.

Not much is known about the plot, but it's been described as a thriller and a horror film, and is 'set in an isolated, utopian community in the 1950s California desert', according to Deadline. Harry is reportedly replacing Shia LaBeouf, who left the project due to scheduling conflicts.

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