Harry Styles officially added to cast list for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk film

New career: Harry Styles has been cast in Nolan's Dunkirk
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Jennifer Ruby16 March 2016
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Harry Styles seems to have been officially added to the cast list for Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film Dunkirk.

After much speculation that the One Direction star had been given a role, he has now been added to the film’s official IMDB page.

Despite it being his first acting role, Styles is listed alongside Oscar winner Mark Rylance and Oscar nominees Tom Hardy and Kenneth Branagh.

Nolan, who wrote the screenplay and will direct the WWII action adventure, is still thought to be in the process of putting together his ensemble cast for the film, which will be released on July 21 2017.

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While little is known about the film, the blurb on IMDB simply reads: “The film tells the story of the Dunkirk evacuation, which took place at the beginning of World War II.”

Deadline reported that Styles has been cast over the weekend, citing multiple sources.

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According to the film industry website, the British singer only has a small role in the film but impressed producers during his readings.

Harvey Weinstein recently pegged Styles as ‘one to watch’, admitting that he’d offered him a film role in Tulip Fever.

“There's no question he will enter the movie business. I get from him that he wants to,” he told The Sun.

“When you meet him, he's super-charismatic. He came to our Oscars party last year and then I went out to lunch with him. I've met him two or three times and he was very interested and charming. I think the guy is a movie star."

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