Harry Styles set to play gay police officer in new movie My Policeman

HARRY Styles is to play a gay cop in the film adaptation of a novel.

The ex-One Direction singer, 27, will also dye his hair blond for the role in My Policeman.

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It is based on the 2012 novel by Bethan Roberts and is set in Brighton in the 1950s when homo-sexuality was illegal.

Pin-up Harry, who made his film debut in Dunkirk in 2017, will play cop Tom Burgess, who has an affair with museum curator Patrick.

Emma Corrin — Princess Di in The Crown — will play his wife Marion.

The film will be set in both the 1950s and 1990s.

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Production starts next week.

A film insider said: “With Harry and Emma starring, it’ll be a hit!”