Harry Potter's Dudley Dursley Actor Is Open To Starring In A Musical

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Dudley Dursley actor Harry Melling has made it clear that he is very open to the prospect of being in a musical. Melling made his acting debut as Dudley, the titular wizard's odious cousin, in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001, before reprising the role a further four more times across the magical franchise. Audiences will see him play his first major lead role in Amanda Kramer's '50s greaser drama Please Baby Please later this year, as well as in the upcoming horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye as Edgar Allen Poe.

Following his final performance as Dudley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, the actor has since gone on to enjoy an impressively varied stage and screen career. The actor hasn't completely said goodbye to the fantasy genre as a whole, having appeared in His Dark Materials and Merlin, Melling has proven he is a versatile performer post-Potter. Garnering roles in the Coen Brothers' western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Netflix's hit period chess series The Queen's Gambit, and more recently in Joel Coen's acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation The Tragedy of Macbeth, the former wizard foil is becoming a more familiar face on the big screen.

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Now, it seems that the actor is looking to expand his repertoire even further. Promoting Please Baby Please in an interview with THR, Melling details his relationship with theater and the risks he took whilst filming Kramer's drama, before being asked where he feels he is now with his career. Addressing how he appears to have avoided being typecast from his most famous character, Melling describes his approach of being "very forward-thinking" with his roles and not