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Harry Potter’s Harry Melling on ‘blessing’ of not being recognised after Dudley Dursley role


Harry Potter actor Harry Melling on the ‘blessing’ of not being recognised (Picture:Warner Bros/Getty)

Harry Potter star Harry Melling has opened up about the ‘blessing’ of not being recognised after the films.

The actor, who played Dudley Dursley in the franchise, admitted it was like ‘starting over’ again.

‘I went to drama school when I was 18 and that’s kind of where the weight shifted, not for any sort of major need on my side, but it’s just something that just happened,’ he said.

‘And I’ve done a lot since drama school, went to do lots of theatre. I think one of the blessings of that sort of stage in my life was the fact that I didn’t get recognised. I had this history of being part of the films, but also I felt like I had the opportunity to sort of cause a new start, which I think is useful.’

‘I hope people don’t get bored of seeing me,’ he continued to PEOPLE. ‘But honestly, it’s just a great, strange coincidence that unfortunately, people can’t get out and so they’re relying on Netflix.

‘So it’s been a really strange and wonderful happening, the fact that these shows have all had this strange Covid life almost.’

He looks unrecognisable to his role in Harry Potter (Picture: Warner Bros)

The 31-year-old now stars in three Netflix projects, including the Charlize Theron-starring movie The Old Guard, The Devil All The Time and The Queen’s Gambit.

With three epic small screen stints under his belt, how could anyone get bored of him?

He now stars in three Netflix films (Picture: Elisabetta A. Villa/WireImage)

Harry stars as Harry Beltik in The Queen’s Gambit, someone who competes against the main character in chess.

Meanwhile, The Devil All The Time had him reunite with Harry Potter co-star Robert Pattinson – sort of.

In both Harry Potter and the new Tom Holland film, the two never actually crossed paths on set.

‘[In Harry Potter] we never met each other. We did a film in Belfast, [2016’s] The Lost City Of Z, that was the first time we met,’ he previously told Metro.co.uk.

‘I’m a huge fan of Rob, he’s an amazing actor and I think this year has been such an amazing year for him. It’s always going to be a joy if you’re lucky enough to be in a film with him.’

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