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Harry Styles Is Somehow Responsible For One Of The Box Office Hits Of 2020…That He Doesn’t Even Star In · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Harry Style is clearly becoming a box office
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Speaker 1: draw as an actor with his starring turn in Dunkirt
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Speaker 1: and plenty of roles in the works, including a rumor
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Speaker 1: he might be the next James Bond. But it turns
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Speaker 1: out Harry also fills seats as a character in a
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Speaker 1: movie because the surprise hit film After We Collided is
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Speaker 1: based on fan fiction originally centered on Harry. A steamy
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Speaker 1: romance called After, between Harry and a college freshman girl
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Speaker 1: was first posted on the internet back in It took off,
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Speaker 1: so publishers came calling for legal reasons, Harry Styles became
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Speaker 1: hardened Scott. The book was a bestseller and spawned several
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Speaker 1: more novels, including its sequel, After We Collided. The first
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Speaker 1: movie After was released did fairly well, but it's what
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Speaker 1: its sequel is doing during the pandemic that's particularly impressive.
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Speaker 1: With almost no traditional marketing and before even being released dateside,
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Speaker 1: it's already earned thirty million dollars overseas in very limited release.
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Speaker 1: Two more installments were just given a green light based
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Speaker 1: on that success. So while you might not see Harry
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Speaker 1: in the films, just no he inspired the whole franchise
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Speaker 1: that's direct from Hollywood,