One Direction star 'dodged starring in movie about The Beatles' before being replaced
One Direction star Harry Styles is slowly but surely bolstering his filmography. The singer-turned-actor previously worked with Christopher Nolan on the war epic Dunkirk in 2017 and has since signed on to appear in upcoming films Don’t Worry Darling and My Policeman. Despite his enthusiasm to appear on the silver screen, Styles reportedly turned down a spot in Boyle’s 2019 movie Yesterday.
Yesterday tells the story of a young musician – Jack Malik (played by Himesh Patel) – who one day wakes up to nobody on the planet remembering any of The Beatles’ songs. He then claims they are his own, becoming famous and rubbing shoulders with pop stars along the way.
One of the singers Jack works with a lot during the film is Sheeran, who later gave an interview about his time on the film.
Speaking to BBC Radio 1, Sheeran confessed: “They asked Chris Martin, he said no. They asked Harry Styles, he said no, and I was third choice. That is 100 percent true.”
If Harry were to join the film he would have been acting alongside Lily James and Kate McKinnon.
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