Harry Styles to dye his brunette locks blonde for gay police officer role in My Policeman – Mirror Online
Harry Styles is preparing for his next film role in My Policeman – which will see him star opposite Emma Corrin.
And in a bid to transform himself into his character of Tom Burgess, in the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts, Harry is set to have his brunette locks transformed into a head of blonde tresses so that he looks the part, according to The Sun.
One Direction’s Harry – who has managed to successfully segway from boyband heartthrob to well-respected actor – will be sporting his new look very soon as filming for the film – which will be directed by Michael Grandage – is beginning filming this month.
Harry’s character Tom is a gay police officer who has an affair with museum curator Patrick and an insider told the publication of the project: “With Harry and Emma starring, it’ll be a hit!”
Roberts’ story follows two time periods, one in the 1950s and the other in the 1990s.
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In the earlier period set in post-war Brighton, The Crown’s Emma will play Marion, a schoolteacher who falls for her best friend’s older brother Tom (Styles) who is a policeman.
Due to social constraints at the time, Tom marries Marion, despite his being in love with Patrick – who will be played by David Dawson.
In February news broke that Emma would be working with Harry on My Policeman.
The new role for Emma Corrin comes off the back of two major award nominations for her role as Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown.
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Emma and Harry are already thought to be good friends after she told during an appearance on the Tonight show, last November, that she once let Harry look after her pet pooch, Spencer.
During the chat, the star detailed the one time that Styles dogsat and added that once was enough and that it would not be happening “again.”
“I was having dinner sort of near where he lives and he looked after Spencer for me,” she said. “But not again. He hasn’t done it again.”
“I think it’s because halfway through the meal I got a message that just said, ‘He won’t stop farting is this normal?’ ” she giggled as she told host Jimmy Fallon.
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Emma is also reportedly set to reprise the role of Diana in flashback sequences in The Crown’s fifth season, while Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki will take on the role of the Princess of Wales in her final years.
Harry began his film career in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk in 2017, he will next be seen in the film Don’t Worry Darling opposite Oscar-nominated British actress Florence Pugh.
Don’t Worry Darling is the second feature film to be directed by actress Olivia Wilde, with whom Styles is reportedly in a relationship with.
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