--- title: Harry Styles Fans Are Going Wild for His 'Dunkirk' Acting description: A new trailer for the Christopher Nolan war epic with the former 1D star has dropped—and his overjoyed fans see an Oscar in his future. canonical: https://time.com/4602148/harry-styles-oscar-memes/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-14T21:27:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:28.800Z og:title: Harry Styles Fans Are Calling His 'Dunkirk' Oscar Early og:description: The One Direction singer is in the new trailer for Christopher Nolan's war epic. og:url: https://time.com/4602148/harry-styles-oscar-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harry Styles Fans Are Calling His 'Dunkirk' Oscar Early twitter:description: The One Direction singer is in the new trailer for Christopher Nolan's war epic. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Harry Styles Fans Are Already Pretty Sure He's Going to Get an Oscar for _Dunkirk_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 14, 2016 9:27 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 14, 2016 9:27 PM UTC Christopher Nolan’s [new war epic](http://time.com/4440143/dunkirk-trailer-christopher-nolan/?iid=sr-link3) _Dunkirk_ isn’t due in theaters until summer 2017\. But the [new movie trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-eMt3SrfFU), which dropped Wednesday morning, has already made plenty of waves online: while the ensemble film stars plenty of veteran actors like [Tom Hardy](http://time.com/4590303/leonardo-dicaprio-tom-hardy-tattoo-bet/?iid=sr-link1), [Cillian Murphy](http://time.com/4393203/anthropoid-movie-jamie-dornan-cillian-murphy/?iid=sr-link1), and [Mark Rylance](http://time.com/4299682/mark-rylance-2016-time-100/?iid=sr-link1), it also features the beloved former One Direction [heartthrob Harry Styles.](http://time.com/4507965/harry-style-magazine-cover-photos/?iid=sr-link3) And his [rabid fandom](http://time.com/4136869/most-retweeted-tweets-2015/?iid=sr-link6) is very, very excited for the Brit’s big acting debut. Styles appears in three brief snippets in the dramatic, intense trailer, but eagle-eyed fans had no problem spotting his acting chops in the quick cuts. They also had no problem determining his future in the theatric arts: looking bright, if Twitter is to be believed. Here are a few of the best reactions: > [](https://twitter.com/louistchrist/status/809060019803131904) > [](https://twitter.com/OfficialWith1D/status/809056008228118531) > [](https://twitter.com/MattBellassai/status/809062552378417152) > [](https://twitter.com/harrymoonchild/status/809062398086610945) > [](https://twitter.com/dnklrks/status/809057299524415488) > [](https://twitter.com/HarryDunkirkITA/status/809054241599922176) > [](https://twitter.com/roseann%5Fstyles/status/809063668705009668) > [](https://twitter.com/FatimaE1999/status/809063256581144581) Although, of course, not everyone is here for _just_ his acting. > [](https://twitter.com/horansidiotx/status/809063405940342784) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4602148/harry-styles-oscar-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602148/harry-styles-oscar-memes/"},"headline":"Harry Styles Fans Are Already Pretty Sure He's Going to Get an Oscar for Dunkirk","datePublished":"2016-12-14T21:27:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:28.800Z","description":"Is an Oscar in his future?","url":"https://time.com/4602148/harry-styles-oscar-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","movies","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4602148/harry-styles-oscar-memes/","name":"Harry Styles Fans Are Already Pretty Sure He's Going to Get an Oscar for Dunkirk"}}]}] ```