Harry Styles on working with Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Harry Styles is no stranger to being swarmed by hundreds of people, but working on Christopher Nolan’s upcoming World War Two drama, Dunkirk, provided a different experience for the pop star sensation-turned-supporting actor. He was one member of the 1,300-strong ‘beach’ unit who spent six weeks filming on the shoreline of Dunkirk, the primary location for what promises to be an epic retelling of a truly remarkable saga. In anticipation of Nolan’s film, which hits cinemas 21 July, we sat down with Styles to chat about his debut role.
On getting into character
“From a character point of view, the story is stripped back to basic instinct. It’s all about that survival instinct, and how different people reacted to the situation in different ways. So you have clashes and tension between different characters and that intertwines with the land, air and sea theme.”
On working with Christopher Nolan
“The biggest thing I learned from making this movie is that Chris Nolan doesn’t sit down. He leads by example, so any time there’s a break given it’s because he knows everyone else needs one. It makes it really hard to complain because you know he’s been there longer than you, you know he’s the first one there and you know he’s going to be the last one to leave. For him it’s all about making the project the best that it can be, and that’s infectious.”
On the challenges of shooting by the sea
“A week before we started filming Emma [Thomas, the film’s producer] called me and said, ‘By the way, I forgot to ask… you can swim, right?’ It was a relief to know I could because there was so much swimming involved. However much you train for it, filming in the water for an hour in full clothes is a gruelling experience.”
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