The world belongs to Harry Styles. The popstar-turned-aspiring-thespian is having a whirlwind year. Topping the charts in countless countries with his third solo album Harry’s House, showing up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the most discussed film of the year Don’t Worry Darling - don’t even get me started on Spitgate. And now he’s the headline act of Michael Grandage’s gay period piece My Policeman, screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Styles has proven he’s perfectly adequate in supporting roles like Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. He was required to flex his acting chops a little more in Don’t Worry Darling in which he was directed by his now real-life partner Olivia Wilde - but even there he was propped up by an always-reliable Florence Pugh. The question was; can Styles truly lead a film? He tries.
