MY POLICEMAN- The movie starring Harry Styles as a bisexual copper and out non-binary Emma Corrin

May 2024 · 22 minute read

Like anyone with tendencies toward the literary and wanting to read the book before the film I read this novel last month. I had been excited to because it was supposed to be inspired by the real life relationship that E. M. Forster had with a married policeman and his wife, which from all accounts was loving and worked for all three of them despite the time period. Not that I was expecting completely happiness, there needs to be drama, but the book is much more true to the time period and more about heartbreak. But I did love the setting of 1950s Brighton, ocean swims, the art museum at the Pavilions and that clash of working class and upper crust worlds meeting and am expecting it to look gorgeous on the screen, so I’ll see it when it premieres on streaming. Oh, and Rupert Everett is in it too!

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by Anonymousreply 146November 5, 2022 10:05 AM

This looks excellent and is out on general release in cinemas from 21 October. Naked gay sex scenes.

by Anonymousreply 1June 11, 2022 1:14 AM

Have we not exceeded the Harry Styles thread quota?

by Anonymousreply 3June 11, 2022 2:19 AM

Trailer out today, it looks stunningly beautiful.

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by Anonymousreply 4June 15, 2022 3:02 PM

Before I watch thetrailer, how much will it downplay the gay? The thumbnail isn't helping.

by Anonymousreply 5June 15, 2022 3:24 PM

It’s basically all about sexual tension, they haven’t included any of them as older adults.

by Anonymousreply 6June 15, 2022 3:26 PM

Everything with Harry has to be about being gay/bi.

by Anonymousreply 7June 15, 2022 3:27 PM

They don’t show any of Harry’s dialog.

by Anonymousreply 8June 15, 2022 3:28 PM

I wonder how much work they had to do to hide Harry's tattoos Every time he's in a movie where he has to be shirtless I feel for those airbrushers and CG artists.

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by Anonymousreply 9June 15, 2022 3:30 PM

The title sounds like a gay porn movie.

by Anonymousreply 10June 15, 2022 7:22 PM

Yes, I understand how show business works in that you cast actors who will sell tickets, but did the producers even read the book? In the book, Styles's character is a big, strapping blond lunk, not... Harry Styles.

by Anonymousreply 11June 15, 2022 7:46 PM

[quote]Yes, I understand how show business works in that you cast actors who will sell tickets, but did the producers even read the book?

Apparently not.

by Anonymousreply 12June 15, 2022 7:47 PM

Sick of this pandering uggo.

by Anonymousreply 13June 15, 2022 7:59 PM

I’m not someone who has more then a passing understanding of who Harry Styles is, but I will say that when I saw in in Dunkirk and here also there is something about him that comes across as perfect for that period of time and he has the look of someone in the past, unlike someone like Keanu Reeves who always looked so contemporary and stood out awkwardly in period movies.

by Anonymousreply 14June 15, 2022 8:27 PM

Is Harry Styles gay? If not, I don't approve of him taking a gay role.

by Anonymousreply 15June 15, 2022 8:35 PM

'Before I watch thetrailer, how much will it downplay the gay? '

The film has naked gay sex scenes, one where the character played by David Dawson is riding Harry Styles' character. They can't show that in the trailer though .

by Anonymousreply 16June 16, 2022 1:25 AM

Another movie about a woman struggling having a gay boyfriend / husband? Gay man has fun while woman is tortured.

It’s not interesting to me. I know it’s based on a novel but so what.

I hate how they only use proud gays for comedies and closet gays for drama.

by Anonymousreply 17June 16, 2022 4:15 AM

R17 The husband is bisexual

by Anonymousreply 18June 16, 2022 4:31 AM

“Oh, and Rupert Everett is in it too!“

Rupert Everett aged like someone locked him in a nuclear reactor for the weekend with an eightball of meth.

by Anonymousreply 20June 16, 2022 7:37 AM

I'm still waiting to be tapped to play James Bond, which is only my due.

by Anonymousreply 21June 16, 2022 7:41 AM

R20 He plays one of the older versions of the triad and they go through some shit, so his look should actually make sense.

by Anonymousreply 22June 16, 2022 8:49 AM

Now that all the non-binaries in Hollywood are going down spectacularly in flames, I'm curious how long it will be before Emma Corrin announces she's really just a lesbian.

by Anonymousreply 23June 16, 2022 9:46 AM

Harry Styles is the reason I won’t see it.

by Anonymousreply 24June 16, 2022 9:58 AM

Harry Styles looks awful with long hair and poor grooming but he's handsome when he's shorn and cleaned up.

He just doesn't have the right kind of hair for it to look good when long. It's curly, but it's too fine.

by Anonymousreply 25June 16, 2022 10:05 AM

I don't think she's a lesbian, r23. I think she's bi, leaning more towards men.

by Anonymousreply 26June 16, 2022 10:09 AM

bisexual? pass. An even duller British version of call me by your name then.......

by Anonymousreply 27June 16, 2022 10:20 AM

I sort of see R11.s point, but in Maurice, the title character was described as a strapping rugger type, and thin-armed, droopy James Wilby did ok.

by Anonymousreply 28June 16, 2022 10:22 AM

Unless it’s relevant to the plot, I don’t care whether an actor matches the physical description of a book character.

by Anonymousreply 29June 16, 2022 4:48 PM

R30 That trailer really doesn't make me want to watch the movie.

by Anonymousreply 31September 7, 2022 4:10 PM

R31 I’ve read the book and I’m not that interested, but the visuals are stunning and it does make me want to see it.

by Anonymousreply 32September 7, 2022 4:21 PM

The book was very good...sad...but good.

Written from various perspectives.

I see from the trailer, the policeman and the woman who becomes his wife are swimming in a pool. In the novel, it's the sea.

by Anonymousreply 33September 7, 2022 4:28 PM

The story sounds interesting but after all the drama around his current film I don't want to see HS for awhile.

by Anonymousreply 34September 7, 2022 4:30 PM

r30 The other guy look fug even by British standards. Where is DL fave Oliver Jackson-Cohen when you need him?

by Anonymousreply 35September 7, 2022 5:03 PM

Really? A new trailer now? I’d delay the release by months just to not coincide with all the bad publicity Styles is getting. This is the worst time to try to sell anything on his name.

by Anonymousreply 37September 7, 2022 5:19 PM

Following the drama with Harry Styles and Don’t Worry, Darling, I’ve had my fill of the guy.

I’ll leave him to go around spitting on others and taking up with sleazy women all while he gay baits and looks(and acts) a fool.

Won’t be supporting him in anything he appears in.

by Anonymousreply 38September 7, 2022 5:20 PM

R31 - I agree. Looks boring as fuck. It's pretty delusional to think it will do well in theaters after seeing that trailer. Even streaming is iffy. R35 is right too.

by Anonymousreply 39September 7, 2022 5:38 PM

It’s in theaters for two weeks to qualify for awards, and then will be available on Amazon Prime. Most people will see it there.

by Anonymousreply 40September 7, 2022 5:42 PM

Both of these Harry Styles movies are going to tank and I’m going to larf

by Anonymousreply 41September 7, 2022 5:47 PM

Who has Amazon Prime?

Is there anything on it apart from that Tolkein fiasco?

by Anonymousreply 42September 7, 2022 5:48 PM

R42 Anyone who doesn’t want to pay for shipping or grocery deliveries.

by Anonymousreply 43September 7, 2022 5:50 PM

R42 I only have Prime for the free shipping

by Anonymousreply 44September 7, 2022 5:50 PM

He didn't spit.

But it was a great 24 hr Twitter drama! Even Grace Randolph was taken in.

by Anonymousreply 45September 7, 2022 5:57 PM

I have Prime and will watch this film. I think it looks pretty good.

by Anonymousreply 46September 7, 2022 5:57 PM

"STOP. Telling me what I'm supposed to. Think. About It."

I smell a Razzie win.

by Anonymousreply 47September 7, 2022 6:35 PM

r47 I. AM. Acting.

LOL that was terrible. A few of the critics, for some reason, avoided criticising his acting in DWD saying they needed to see this too before coming to a conclusion. Which makes no sense. But judging from this trailer - unless they were jus waiting for cheques to clear, I think we know what that conclusion will be

by Anonymousreply 48September 7, 2022 6:42 PM

He knows this was coming, hence his recent comments about not planning to do many movies...

by Anonymousreply 49September 7, 2022 6:44 PM

Nicely done in-depth review that’s cuttingly honest. Sounds like there’s hope for award love for David Dawson, and the cast one an ensemble acting award at TIFF.

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by Anonymousreply 50September 12, 2022 8:53 AM

Styles is getting panned lol

by Anonymousreply 51September 12, 2022 11:41 AM

[Quote] because homosexual was then illegal.

ESL?

by Anonymousreply 52September 12, 2022 1:35 PM

Could Harry get an Oscar nomination? God I hope not.

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by Anonymousreply 53September 12, 2022 5:42 PM

There is some intense filtering applied to the guys faces in this movie. On the red carpet they both looked rough and old.

by Anonymousreply 57September 12, 2022 6:24 PM

To be fair, in the book Tom is basically a vacuous cipher so it was a perfect part for him to play, but people will see it as flat acting.

by Anonymousreply 58September 12, 2022 6:29 PM

LOL the desperate coping going on with r58

by Anonymousreply 59September 12, 2022 9:24 PM

R59 No, if you’ve read the book Tom is the blandest character and you never even get his point of view, only the wife and the lover who do all the heavy lifting in the novel. Tom is who they project everything onto, hence the title, he is not the main character they are the protagonist and antagonist interchangeably. Tom is tertiary, this role wasn’t going to be the break out starring role for him.

by Anonymousreply 60September 13, 2022 12:04 AM

r60 Nah, he's just a shitty actor. Two different films, same bad reviews.

by Anonymousreply 61September 13, 2022 12:09 PM

I love how out non-binary Emma Corrin only ever plays heterosexual women. It’s almost as if she is one!

by Anonymousreply 64September 13, 2022 12:32 PM

R64 If you are a "non-binary" who keeps your feminine name and you are always playing heterosexual cis-gendered women, you can't get surprised or upset when people forget you are "queer" and forget to use your vanity pronouns.

by Anonymousreply 65September 13, 2022 3:31 PM

Emma Corin was dating Chris(tine & The Queens).

by Anonymousreply 66September 13, 2022 3:41 PM

Only in fan fiction, r66.

by Anonymousreply 67September 13, 2022 8:30 PM

Hardly. Emma enjoys the touch of an XX.

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by Anonymousreply 68September 13, 2022 8:33 PM

[quote]Emma Corin was dating Chris(tine & The Queens).

Isn't Christine now a fella?

Does that make Emma straight?

A straight white posh English actress! How unique!

by Anonymousreply 69September 13, 2022 8:35 PM

Emma is family. Deal with it, r69.

by Anonymousreply 70September 13, 2022 8:39 PM

The reviews are in: HARRY SUCKS!

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by Anonymousreply 71September 13, 2022 8:40 PM

'On the red carpet they both looked rough and old.'

IF Styles is your idea of rough and old you must be a pedophile.

by Anonymousreply 72September 14, 2022 2:23 AM

Emma Corrin was virtually showing her labia on the red carpet at Toronto Film Festival. Bangs on about feminism and then feels the need to do that to do attention, something no man would ever do. Have some dignity, you fame whore.

by Anonymousreply 73September 14, 2022 2:26 AM

Meant 'for attention' not 'to do attention'.

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by Anonymousreply 74September 14, 2022 2:29 AM

Both his films are rated ROTTEN so he'll probably give up acting now. Should have stuck with Dunkirk which got fantastic reviews and nobody attacked him because he was cast in a mid sized part with someone more experienced as lead.

Why the fuck did Emma wear something that high cut? You can see the tattoo on her pubic bone. She's not in a rap video for fuck's sake.

by Anonymousreply 75September 14, 2022 2:30 AM

Liam Payne is cackling in her dungeon.

by Anonymousreply 77September 14, 2022 5:45 AM

Liam Payne uses female pronouns?

by Anonymousreply 78September 14, 2022 5:57 AM

Emma is the kind of straight "bisexual" girl who'll snog other girls at parties, go on a few "dates" with one or two, maybe have a small, non-sexual fling with one and then go on about her forevermore as her "ex-girlfriend". Read her latest Vogue interview, it's clear her experiences with women are minimal and more to do with her thinking going on a date with a woman is a cool "queer" thing to do rather than because she's really into women.

by Anonymousreply 81September 14, 2022 7:57 AM

The sex scene from the film is making the rounds. I would say he should stick with singing but he can't do that well either.

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by Anonymousreply 82September 14, 2022 8:04 AM

There are a lot of choices made by many professionals in that scene that I very much question, not only HS' acting.

by Anonymousreply 84September 14, 2022 2:03 PM

R73 It’s hypocrisy. Complain about being sexualized while sexualizing yourself.

Justin Timberlake and Chris Evans complained about being sexualized and stopped doing it. Lots of male actors have intentionally stopped being eye candy - Men’s Health used to be masturbatory worthy and in the last 10 years, male celebs refuse to take their shirts off for photoshoots.

There’s a lot of female celebrities who demand to stop being sexualized while sexualizing themselves as a form of “taking back” something or whatever but meanwhile they’re just sexualizing themselves.

And who ever sexualized this actress? She’s not that cute.

by Anonymousreply 85September 14, 2022 8:28 PM

Take a shot every time R85 says sexualized.

by Anonymousreply 86September 14, 2022 8:30 PM

"Don't sexualize me" doesn't mean a person doesn't want to see or present themselves as a sexual being. It means they don't want to be a passive part of the process.

by Anonymousreply 87September 14, 2022 8:38 PM

R87 Too bad, because that is a natural occurrence. I would venture that most people are sexualized by others everyday without their knowledge or consent. Ok, some of us more than others. But, it occurs. The only reason actors and actresses notice it is because they are famous so people are vocal about sexualizing them, instead of just keeping it in their mind.

by Anonymousreply 89September 15, 2022 12:47 AM

I'll be watching for the luscious Linus Roach who was so incredibly hot in Wings of the Dove.

by Anonymousreply 90September 15, 2022 1:32 AM

R88 Pathetic is walking a red carpet half naked and saying it’s feminism.

by Anonymousreply 91September 15, 2022 6:39 AM

Did Emma Corrin say anything about feminism?

by Anonymousreply 92September 15, 2022 8:24 AM

[quote] Naked gay sex scenes.

Where?

by Anonymousreply 93September 15, 2022 8:32 AM

[quote] Styles takes the cliché-closeted-gay-role and rethinks it in a completely modern, post-metoo way.

Wtf does that mean?

by Anonymousreply 94September 15, 2022 8:38 AM

Is Emma Corrin the Z-Gen version of Emma Watson?

by Anonymousreply 95September 15, 2022 5:56 PM

[quote]Is Emma Corrin the Z-Gen version of Emma Watson?

Emma Corrin has won a Golden Globe and been nominated for a SAG, Emmy and Olivier. She's insufferably earnest but there's some promise there.

Emma Watson has won 2 People's Choice awards which mean a lot because they're from the people.

by Anonymousreply 96September 15, 2022 7:13 PM

R96 You stole this from The Comback, Valerie Cherish says it, I watched it last night!

by Anonymousreply 97September 15, 2022 7:16 PM

This movie is going to be a flop.

Harry is a TERRIBLE actor.

But given he's not even an actor, that's to be expected.

by Anonymousreply 98September 15, 2022 11:30 PM

I think this movie is going to go strong in cinematography, costume design and production design departments. And possibly awards nominations for Dawson, with the Styles and Corwin static canceling them out, he’s going to emerge as the dark horse people are amazed by in the film. And it’s the most empathetic and sympathetic role.

by Anonymousreply 99September 15, 2022 11:35 PM

Does it annoy anyone else that Hollywood would rather take pretty boy no-talent singers to play major roles in films, than going with veteran actors for the parts?

I can think of a million better actors who could have done a better job in this film.

But TPTB in Hollywood are going for the "star effect" with Harry Styles.

Hollywood is a fucking whore house, with no integrity.

by Anonymousreply 100September 15, 2022 11:39 PM

How is this character non-binary?

by Anonymousreply 101September 15, 2022 11:40 PM

R101 I still can’t understand how people like Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Rock and Marky Mark became movie stars, while much more talented people fell by the wayside. Talent obviously isn’t the most important thing when making it in the movies. An elusive “It” factor seems much more important.

by Anonymousreply 102September 15, 2022 11:54 PM

^^^ Sorry, that should be R100

by Anonymousreply 103September 15, 2022 11:54 PM

R102 Whatever "it" is, it appears HS does not possess it.

by Anonymousreply 104September 15, 2022 11:57 PM

R104 I mean he must have it on stage in concerts, but I’ve never seen them. It’s like when Elton John, Mick Jagger, Sting and Bowie did movies, none of them really carried it off that well, except maybe Bowie, but he was good at creating personas already.

by Anonymousreply 105September 16, 2022 12:01 AM

R100 Who are these unknown TPTB you talk about?

by Anonymousreply 106September 16, 2022 12:13 AM

Whoever is doing the casting for movies, R106.

by Anonymousreply 107September 16, 2022 12:28 AM

R100 I don't think this is a US movie.

by Anonymousreply 108September 16, 2022 12:30 AM

R105 Yes, there are plenty of people who have the "it" factor for one facet of the business but not others. Elvis' movies, for the most part, weren't great. He repeatedly said so. But, no matter how bad the film was the camera loved him and he did have "it." It is just his "it" was wasted largely on shit. Harry is doing "prestige" films, who would benefit from some "it."

Dolly has "it" in multiple areas of the business, as does Reba, & Jennifer Hudson, and as did ONJ, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and of course Judy Garland, among others. Like you, I've never seen him perform live, so he must have "it" on stage, because I haven't seen "it" demonstrated anywhere else.

by Anonymousreply 109September 16, 2022 1:19 AM

[quote] the "it" factor

Elinor Glyn told me that 'the "It" factor' was a euphemism for 'The Sex factor'.

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by Anonymousreply 110September 16, 2022 1:31 AM

r100 It's been reported Lily James was meant to have the Corn role in this, but dropped out after Styles was cast which says a lot

by Anonymousreply 111September 16, 2022 1:33 PM

All these gay-for-pay, sorry “Non-binary” types.

For 75 bucks they could have got Colton and Anne Heche

(Is that too soon?)

by Anonymousreply 112September 16, 2022 1:56 PM

[quote][R100] It's been reported Lily James was meant to have the Corn role in this, but dropped out after Styles was cast which says a lot

Lily James, from Downton, Cinderalla, Pam & Tommy and Mamma Mia 2?

This would be a regressive move for her career wise.

Lily Cole, the "queer" model married to an ugly man, would be more suited.

by Anonymousreply 113September 16, 2022 2:53 PM

That sounds highly implausible, r111.

by Anonymousreply 114September 16, 2022 2:55 PM

r100 Harry Styles is many things but that bitch is not pretty by any standards. He's former member of a popular boyband that happen to have a good PR/manager now taking advantage on the current LGBTQIAXYZ zeitgeist.

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by Anonymousreply 115September 16, 2022 4:02 PM

R115 He wasn't even the hottest one in the boyband.

by Anonymousreply 116September 16, 2022 4:03 PM

r114 Which part? Because she absolutely was originally planned for the part

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by Anonymousreply 117September 16, 2022 8:46 PM

That she turned it down because of Styles, r117. Your own link says she was in negotiations for the part while Styles was also in negotiations for his part. Therefore she was trying to get this role at a time when she knew Styles was very likely to be in the movie. It's more likely that playing Pamela Anderson appealed to her more and she thought it would be the bigger role (especially after the flop of the Netflix Rebecca remake, a similarish film to My Policeman) and scheduling conflicts meant she had to pull out of My Policeman. My Policeman and Pam & Tommy were literally being filmed at exactly the same time.

by Anonymousreply 118September 16, 2022 9:05 PM

[quote]Therefore she was trying to get this role at a time when she knew Styles was very likely to be in the movie

You're assuming that part

by Anonymousreply 119September 16, 2022 9:11 PM

R119, your link shows that she was trying to get the role at a time when she knew Styles was very likely to be in the movie. The only assumption, and a wild one at that, is your assumption that she pulled out because she learnt Harry Styles was going to be in it.

by Anonymousreply 120September 16, 2022 9:25 PM

r120 Once again, you're assuming she knew Styles was being talked to when she was in talks. The article I linked to does not state she was aware of that at all, despite you twice falsely claiming it does.

And it's not my assumption, I said it was being reported by others.

by Anonymousreply 121September 16, 2022 9:43 PM

R121, just like you could read about it at the time, so could Lily James, and of course potential co-stars are mentioned in casting negotiations. Why on earth would she pull out because of Harry Styles? In late 2020 he was an untouchable superstar and his previous acting credit in Dunkirk had been well received. Given her weird affair or whatever it was with Dominic West, Lily James would probably jump at the chance to have such a famous co-star as Styles, not be put off by him.

by Anonymousreply 122September 17, 2022 8:13 AM

His "performance" in Dunkirk was massively overrated. He didn't embarrass himself in a small role, it was not worthy of the praise it got, and any actor could see that.

And for all we know she pulled out upon seeing the press reports he was to be involved. Perhaps she knew he'd suck, perhaps she was offended at the idea of this pop singer getting a leading acting role based on nothing, perhaps she wanted nothing to do with his queerbaiting. Who knows, but she did drop out shortly after that article came out. But I'm sure the idea that someone didn't want to work with your beloved is just too difficult a concept for a stan to understand.

by Anonymousreply 123September 17, 2022 12:19 PM

There is no way Lily James would learn that she might be starring opposite Harry Styles via an industry article. Get fucking real.

by Anonymousreply 124September 17, 2022 4:20 PM

She dropped out for a better role in anothr production. Simple as that.

by Anonymousreply 125September 17, 2022 4:21 PM

Lily James was "eyed" to star in My Policeman in Sept 20.

Lily James was announced as starring in Pam & Tommy in Dec 20 and started filming in April 21.

Corrin's casting was announced in Feb 21 along with the older actors. Filming started in April 21.

Lily James got her first acting nominations so she deffo made the right choice.

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by Anonymousreply 126September 17, 2022 5:07 PM

Who should have played Harry's part? Richard Madden looks fairly mature but then so does David Dawson.

by Anonymousreply 127September 17, 2022 5:36 PM

^ Neither of them look like Edward and Bob

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by Anonymousreply 128September 18, 2022 1:06 AM

Well, the choice between filming in Malibu verse Brighton is probably what made the decision.

by Anonymousreply 129September 18, 2022 1:08 AM

In the novel Harry's character is supposed to be 25-28 and David's 35-38.

by Anonymousreply 130September 18, 2022 2:16 AM

They should have given Harry's part to that guy Joe Lycett outed.

by Anonymousreply 131September 18, 2022 2:18 AM

R9 Looks like he had a drunk roll-around in someone's ink stamp collection.

Reminds me of Tyler Posey and how they had to pour the make on him to cover up his desire to look like a hobo fuckup.

by Anonymousreply 134September 18, 2022 2:24 AM

Joe Alywn would have made a good Ted Burgess. Ted in the book is tall, blonde and broad with quite a gentle passive nature. Joe to a T.

by Anonymousreply 135September 18, 2022 2:24 AM

I wonder if Harris Dickinson was in the running.

by Anonymousreply 137September 18, 2022 2:26 AM

[quote]I love how out non-binary Emma Corrin only ever plays heterosexual women

[quote]Now that all the non-binaries in Hollywood are going down spectacularly in flames, I'm curious how long it will be before Emma Corrin announces she's really just a lesbian

According to Deuxmoi, Harry and Emma Corrin hooked up in the past and during the filming of "My Policeman".

No one is gay in Deuxmoi!😂

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by Anonymousreply 138September 20, 2022 10:28 AM

[quote]They should have given Harry's part to that guy Joe Lycett outed.

Who was that?

by Anonymousreply 139September 20, 2022 10:34 AM

R139 Alex Lawther. He's outed in this podcast at about 30 minutes in

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by Anonymousreply 140September 20, 2022 3:44 PM

Oh yes Alex Lawther, the miniature Stephen Fry.

by Anonymousreply 141September 20, 2022 3:55 PM

Why did he out him? I'm not listening to it, was it done maliciously or accidentally?

by Anonymousreply 142September 20, 2022 10:14 PM

R142 It wasn't malicious. He just mentioned that he lived with his boyfriend and when asked if he just outed him he just assumed that it was already well known that he was gay.

by Anonymousreply 143September 20, 2022 10:36 PM

I think they got the casting of the older characters wrong, Rupert Everett should have played the older Tom, who Harry Styles played, and Linus Roach should have played the older Patrick.

by Anonymousreply 144November 5, 2022 8:21 AM

the director pays homage to The Servant in one scene involving a kiss at a mirror. Just hammering the point across about the class differences between the two main characters. This film really pales in comparison to the former though.

by Anonymousreply 145November 5, 2022 9:07 AM

While it’s nice that filmmakers are dealing with more gay stories, I kind of like that previously when gay stories were filmed they were almost like prestige projects. Now they are being ubiquitous and the quality seems to be slipping. Do we really want a genre of gay hallmark-style movies.

by Anonymousreply 146November 5, 2022 10:05 AM

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