#actor Harry

[becauseheartsgetbroken-hs]

Harry as Alex / Dunkirk

[twopoppies]

Why did Harry agree to be part of Holivia in the first place? I’m really curious, because I think Holivia had more negative consequences than positive ones, both for the film and for Harry’s public image.

On paper, taking DWD was a great idea. Agreeing to Holivia, I imagine, sounded like a good idea in that she was (at the time) on the shortlist for respected female directors. Her first film did very well; she had a highly coveted script that created a bidding war and an excellent cast and crew assembled. This would be his first starring role, and his team probably sold it as a way for him to have some sort of foot in the door with the Hollywood crowd.

But oh my god, it was like a fucking lead balloon. Whoever was advising him (Jeff, his acting agent, whatever his name is, etc) neglected to think about the idea that he'd be looked at as having gotten the role because he slept with his boss, not to mention that she'd be dropping her entire family and all responsibilities to follow him around like a barnacle (I really wonder if she lied and told them she and Jason had already split). It was an AWFUL look for him and he was labeled a no-talent homewrecker who slept his way into a role. Then, throw in that she made herself the center of absolutely everything, paid no attention to her job as director, the script made no fucking sense, and she made an enemy out of so many people, including her extremely popular lead actress. People were sick of seeing Holivia everywhere and there was so much bad gossip about this film that it was basically dead on arrival. Plus, it threw a huge shadow over My Policeman, which got caught up in the Harry hate train because of it.

Holivia (and DWD) did so much damage to his reputation as a person and as an actor. He was incredibly lucky he not only had a huge amount of goodwill built up among the GP but also that he was in the midst of an extremely popular (and long) world tour where he could show people night after night how charming and charismatic and talented he was.

[daggerandrose]

😭😭😭

[justthinkingaboutlouis]

10 days of Harry Styles

Day 7 - Harry + Acting

[alarrytale]

I'm really glad that Billie talked about her queercoding. She did queercode lots and queer fans picked up on it but her straight fans, of course, dismissed queer fans of reading too much into things. The same happens in Shawn's fandom and even in Louis' despite most of Louis' fans thinking he's queer. Queer coding will be pointed out by queer fans and the straight fans throw tantrums over it. They're so vocal and toxic and they're bullies, and so dismissive of queer fans. They're probably teenage girls and they're angry because it threatens their fantasies. Queercoding is directed at queer fans anyway, it's not for the straight fans but I wish straight fans weren't so dismissive and always thinking that they know better. The vast majority of times they turn out to be wrong! When will they learn. More and more people will CO and say that they were pressured to hide their sexuality but straight fans will continue to believe that closeted people don't exist. More people will say that they lied about being straight, and straight people will continue to believe that if someone says they're straight then they are. It's strange but that's heteronormativity lol. A few times I've questioned myself if I'm reading too much into things and picking up on things that aren't there, or if I'm a bad person for pointing out queercoding. But I realize that celebrities want us to pick up on their queercoding or else they wouldn't do it. They know we follow their every move and they're relying on their queer fans to pick up on queercoding. That's essentially what Billie said, she wanted fans to pick up on it. She was disappointed when people didn't. By ignoring queercoding it is letting these straight fans win. They're trying to gaslight us into thinking we're misreading things when it's them. I agree with you that willingly closeted celebrities don't queercode. I've fallen out with people over this because they defend the closet. I try and put myself in the perspective of a closeted celebrity who wants to come out. Of course they're going to queercode, they want their community to recognize them as one of them. They engage in queer culture because they are queer and they want other queer people to know that. They will allude to being queer in many ways, as they're closeted and it's all they can do other than come out, which they may not be able to do yet because of label contracts. Then I put myself in the perspective of a willingly closeted celebrity. They want people to think they're straight and so why would they queercode and engage in queer culture? They will be doing the opposite, they will be doing everything to come across as straight and they won't do anything to draw speculation about their sexuality. They will probably get married to a woman to put an end to speculation about their sexuality. That would do it. Sorry this is so long! I have lots of thoughts on this

Hi, anon!

It's okay lol. I think picking up on queercoding is important and i don't think it's wrong to point it our for the reasons you mentioned. The only thing we need to be careful of is projecting our own wants onto them (we want them to be queer) and creating confirmation bias. There is nothing wrong in believing someone is queer, because there is nothing wrong with being queer.

About the willingly closeted. You don’t see Tom C*uise queercode. You see him fake marry, have a kid he never sees, jump on couches, act in hyper-masculine action movies and attending F1 races. He's doing everything he can to be seen as the ultimate straight male tm. Haven't seen much queercoding from Leo or Brad*ey either.

I think it's harder for the unwillingly closeted who wants to show they're a part of the community because being queer is a significant part of their identity and how they wish to express themselves. They're supressing themselves and holding back. They so badly want to embrace their culture and be a part of the community.

For Harry it's so bad he begged for the role of a closeted gay police officer to be able to live out his real sexuality for all to see on film. Louis is standing on stage night after night singing "i love him, i hate it" while having to repeatedly deny larry. They've both worn shirts in support of other celebrities coming out right after it happened. They so wish it was them. It must be so incredibly hard for them to be closeted.

[skepticalarrie]

I just can't wrap my head around people actually rooting for 'Eternals 2' to happen. We all saw the mess it was, and let's face it, Marvel's been slumping lately. Honestly, it's probably a good thing Harry won't be acting as Eros again.

Yeah, I'd love to know if that rumour is real or what is the source so we can finally settle on this. It makes sense since the strike pushed everything back and Marvel has not done so well in the past few years.

If this is legit, I just feel bad for Harry. Even if he hadn't started filming, he seemed to be getting ready and putting a lot of work into it for a while now. Let's be real, Harry really started off his acting career on the wrong foot. So while I fully believe a big franchise wasn't the best move for him and this is ✨divine intervention✨ for it not to happen, it still sucks to see things not working out for him as an actor once again...

[voxina]

“Harry Styles is still stinging from the bad experience he had with mega bomb Don’t Worry Darling.”

Mega. Bomb. 😂😂🤣

[1digyourcinema]

"Then he took my fingers from his lips and, pressing them against his groin, he asked, “Can you share?” “Share?” “Can you share me?” I felt him harden, and I nodded. “If that’s what it takes. Yes. I can share.” And then I was on my knees before him."

My Policeman

Harry Styles and David Dawson in My Policeman movie.

[becauseheartsgetbroken-hs]

Harry as Tom Burgess / My Policeman

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Mentioning My Policeman, somedays it hits me that what Tom has done is actually the same H´s done in the past. Like this gif https://www.tumblr.com/twopoppies/759481052581560320/lapelosa-he-grabbed-him-by-the-back-of-the-neck?source=share The way H is grabbing Louis behind his neck is literally identical how Tom grabbed Patrick when Patrick told him about the Venice trip. Or Tom´s finger when touching Patrick for the first time - again, there is a gif (and I can´t find it now) where H is almost identical secretely touching Louis´s neck with his finger. Of course, those (very beautifully done) intimate scenes were coordinated by intimate coordinator but I just think H put something from himself to Tom´s role because....Tom is H and H is Tom.

When @blackandwhlteaesthetlc saw the film in previews, she said she freaked out when Tom touched Patrick’s neck with his finger like that. 😅 And yes! The hand behind the neck. And the face cradling. 🥹

I’m sure Harry and David, along with the intimacy coordinator and the director, all had input. But I’m sure Harry and David, both, brought a lot of themselves to that film.

I also can’t help remember Harry saying in some interview that now people were going to know how he kisses. That kind of broke my heart because it was just one more piece of himself he gave away. Obviously, he’s ultimately okay with that. He wouldn’t have done the films if it was a deal breaker. But it really makes you understand why he’s so fiercely protective of his privacy.

[daggerandrose]

And another thing! Tom putting his finger in Patrick’s mouth like he’s discovered this wondrous thing and he must explore it with something other than his own lips? Like…

What’s this? A mouth I want to know? Lips I’m not sure are real? I must be dreaming. This mouth? This man?

[awesomefringey]

https://twitter.com/JackalineMadden/status/1646614683644751874?t=a4qnahDraWxctoqIfQ-yFw&s=19

This is true?

Ohhh… hmmm, it could be credible since Star Fox/Eros is a part of the Eternals.

I wonder when Harry is about to film those, how big his role is going to be and whether it is in fact the end of Love On Tour, in order for him to focus more on acting?

[alarrytale]

But not all queer people are like angry bees in a hive. Some of us actually just want the best actor for the job. We'd never have had Timothee Chalamet in CMBYN if your criteria of 'only openly gay actors need apply' was implemented.

All Larries love that Harry was in My Policeman but I'm guessing you don't? A lot of people think he's bisexual, a few think he's gay, but he's hardly open and a role model any more than Kit was. And Harry is impervious to the lgbt community getting angry about what he does, unlike Kit.

Hello, anon (i think you are the same)!

I have NEVER said that only openly queer actors can play queer roles. I'm not out here yelling about the casting of Nick and TZP in RWRB now am i? No, i'm applauding it! This lack of reading comprehension you're showing is exhausting. There is a major difference between being closeted but recognised and accepted as queer by the queer community, and being closeted and presenting straight to the point of the queer community being uncomfortable with you representing them.

Harry is gay and that's why us larries applaud his gay MP role. Harry has been getting critizism for taking the role by people of the queer community, because they don't recognise him as queer or think he's not in a position to represent them. I don't know how you missed that. Hence the queerbaiting accusations against him as well, that's growing by the day.

TZP is married to a man and the queer community accepts him as queer representation, even though he's closeted. So it's not about being in or out of the closet, it's about if you're in a postition to represent the queer community and accurately portray the queer experience. All this is usually about if you're recognised as queer and how much straight pushing you do. Being recognised as queer depends on if you're straight passing or not. If you're straight passing, straight presenting or straight acting (making out with/showing pda with women) like H or Kit, you'll have a harder time being recognised as queer, accepted as a queer role model and deemed worthy of representing the queer community.

Back when CMBYN came out, the queer community was just happy to finally have a queer movie go mainstream. They couldn’t afford to also ask for the actors to be part of the queer community. It's the same with trans movies or movies about indigenous people. Now it's frowned upon if you put straight, white, privileged people in minority roles, especially in mainstream movies. So things have changed. You don’t put Jar*d Le*o in a trans role when Hunt*r Sch*fer is right there. Directors know now that putting straight actors in queer roles will give them backlash. So they've mostly stopped doing it (i say mostly because some of the actors i think are straight might be queer).

If you are closeted and taking queer roles the best way to go about it is to not push a het agenda at the same time. That is provoking. Show understanding and compassion with the queer community. Acknowledge them, understand where they're coming from, and you'll be welcomed. There is a reason why Pa*l Me*cal, TZP and Nick don't get shit for taking queer roles, but Kit and Harry do.

[harmonyandco]

Muggle or modern AU

Hermione and Harry are child actors who are secretly dating. After some pressure from his family, Harry has to leave and Hermione decides to date someone else (Cormac, Malfoy.. a major jerk). Ten years later Hermione & Harry meet up again and fall again for each other while working on a reality show together. Only catch? Hermione's cheating ex is the executive producer, and hates Harry.

[skepticalarrie]

Just saw the little mermaid trailer, glad Harry turned it down. He would’ve been too endearing as a prince, would have left Ariel in the shade and a Disney prince™ is supposed to fade into the background a bit tbh.

LHH on the other hand, what would I not trade to have lhh portraying Ariel? Sigh, some things are just too good to become reality. I must thus settle with squidrry and lhh-mermaid-fanfiction. Life’s tough..

At first, I was really happy he turned it down because he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor and Little Mermaid wouldn't give him that. It would have been messy. But now, after DWD and all the shit that happened.... god, I'd much rather have him just being cute and fading in the background for his first big role. I think he just put himself in a much trickier position as an actor after last year.

As for LHH, YESSSSSS. He's a mermaid 😭😭😭 he was born for that!

[goongiveusnothing]

https://twitter.com/stcncms/status/1599104941716426753

lol