Fresh from a tumultuous Venice and a Madison Garden concert in between, Harry Styles was back on the festival circuit this weekend for the Toronto world premiere of Michael Grandage’s My Policeman.…
Adapted from Bethan Roberts’ late 1950s-set novel, Styles plays a young police constable who embarks on a forbidden and then illegal relationship with a male art gallery curator while asking a local teacher for her hand in marriage.and Gina McKee also feature in the cast as older versions of the three characters, 40 years down the line when laws and attitudes around homosexuality have changed and moved on.
Beyond reports of a falling out between Wilde and co-star Florence Pugh, there was also a media furore over images that seemed to show Styles spitting at fellow cast member Chris Pine as he sat down for the premiere. Both actors denied the reports.Toronto press conference, to which questions were submitted and vetted in advance.
“The general themes are incredibly timeless. I think that’s why the film works so well. The themes of love and freedom and the search for that is incredibly relevant, whatever time you want to set it in,” he said.
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