Harry Melling Ditches Dudley for A-List Glamour

Harry Melling Ditches Dudley for A-List Glamour

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star Harry Melling was worlds away from Dudley Dursley as he mingled with A-listers at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday night.

The actor, 36, who shot to fame in the famous wizarding film franchise at the age of 12 in 2001, has recently shed his child star image by promoting his new role in an X-rated gay romance film.

Harry cut a smart figure for the evening in a bold red studded shirt which he teamed with a black blazer and matching trousers. 

The star flashed a smile as he posed on the red carpet while rubbing shoulders with the likes of , Leonardo , Timothée Chalamet and . 

Three years ago, while promoting his gothic thriller, The Pale Blue Eye, Harry expressed his desire to separate himself from the world of Harry Potter. 

He mused: 'You have to move on and get on with your life and and pursue the things that interest you... hopefully the Potter thing will slowly fade away.' 

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Harry Potter star Harry Melling is worlds away from Dudley Dursley as he mingled with A-listers at the Directors Guild of America Awards

The actor, 36, who shot to fame in the famous wizarding film franchise at the age of 12 in 2001, has recently shed his child star image by promoting his new role in an X-rated gay romance film

Harry cut a smart figure for the evening in a bold red studded shirt which he teamed with a black blazer and matching trousers

Harry pictured promoting Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets in 2003

The star rubbed shoulders with the likes of Kate Hudson, who stunned in an off the shoulder navy dress which showed off her amazing figure

Leonardo DiCaprio was all smiles in a black suit

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Olivia Wilde caught the eye in a long sleeved black leather maxi dress as she posed at the star-studded event

Timothée cut a smart figure in an orange double breasted suit which he teamed with an open collar white shirt; pictured with Josh Safdie 

Alexander told Entertainment Weekly that he and Harry met for the first time a week before shooting as they rehearsed a wrestling scene.

He explained: 'The only thing we really had to rehearse was the wrestling scene because obviously there were all these moves. So that was the very first time Harry and I met, basically on the wrestling mat two days before we started shooting.'

The intimate scenes had to be carefully planned out because they shot it in a single take: 'I think it was almost 10 minutes long, so it was very choreographed,' Alexander said. 

'We had like 10 or 15 moves in it. I think in the edit, Harry felt like, all right, this is quite delicious and fun, but maybe 10 minutes is a bit too long to stay on the wrestling, and he chopped it up.

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'And then to have sex on top of that. The main event right after. That's what we call foreplay,' he joked. 

Harry added: 'It was a tiring day.' 

The racy role is worlds away from any of Harry's former roles.

Harry - who has lost approximately 70lbs since starring in the movies - has had roles in black comedy The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs and Netflix hit The Queen's Gambit.

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