Nolan was unaware of how famous Styles was when he cast him for ‘Dunkirk’
CHRISTOPHER Nolan had no idea how famous Harry Styles was when he cast him in Dunkirk.
The 46-year- old director knew Harry was in boyband One Direction when he auditioned for a part in the upcoming movie but admitted he was unaware of exactly how big of a star Harry is before he started working with him.
He said: “I don't think I was that aware really of how famous Harry was. I mean, my daughter had talked about him. My kids talked about him, but I wasn't really that aware of it. So the truth is, I cast Harry because he fit the part wonderfully and truly earned a seat at the table.”
And Harry's Oscar winning co- star Mark Rylance revealed working with the ‘ Sign of the Times' singer impressed his niece more than anything else in his career to date.
He said: “She was just more excited than anything I've ever done because I was going to be acting with Harry Styles. I went up in her estimation. I won the Harry!”
Harry, 23, revealed his One Direction bandmates — Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson — are excited about his big screen debut.
He said: “They are big fans of Chris, too, and I think they're excited to see it.”
But he admitted he was shocked by the large- scale production during his early days on set.
He explained: “I'd say seeing the scale of the production was very overwhelming. I think whatever you imagine kind of a giant film set to be like, this was very ambitious even by those standards. You know the boats and the planes and the volume of bodies ... it was pretty amazing.”
Meanwhile, Nolan's “secretive” movie set ensured Harry Styles' fame didn't intrude on ‘Dunkirk'.
The 46-year-old director — who's helmed the much-anticipated new drama film — revealed Harry was cut off from the world during his time on set and was instead busily trying to learn as much as he could from the film's starstudded cast, which also includes Tom Hardy, Mark
Rylance and Sir Kenneth Branagh.
Christopher shared: “We always have a secretive set anyways. So we're sort of used to shutting things off and really trying to create our own world. So, none of that really intruded on our creative process, which was terrific.
“Harry was very committed and determined to just being one of the guys and coming there and learning what he could from the most experienced people around him and diving into the role feet first.
“I think he's done an incredible job on the film and I'm really excited to show it to people.” Meanwhile, Harry is proud to have appeared alongside so many talented people in the new movie, which is based around the Dunkirk evacuation during World War Two.
The 23-year- old star told ‘ Entertainment Tonight': “The film is so amazing and I think it tells such an important story.
“I think [it had] such an amazing list of actors working on it and I feel like we were all working towards the same thing.”
And Harry admitted to feeling fortunate at having been offered the chance to help tell such an extraordinary story.
He said: “I don't feel like [ filming] really allowed any time to think too much about specifically what I was doing or anything.
“I think the movie is amazing and I just feel very lucky to kind of be a part of it, really.” — BANG Showbiz