Movies Alexander Skarsgård to take 'all sorts of virginities' from Harry Potter star in 'kinky' queer biker movie The upcoming British film "Pillion" stars Harry Melling as a "weedy wallflower" who becomes a "24/7 submissive" to the handsome leader of a motorcycle gang. By Christian Holub Christian Holub Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled. EW's editorial guidelines Published on May 8, 2024 02:33PM EDT They didn't always seem like parallel franchises, but it's finally time for a Harry Potter star to get the 50 Shades of Grey treatment. Harry Melling, who played Dudley Dursley in the popular wizard films, is set to become a "24/7 submissive" to Alexander Skarsgård in the upcoming British film Pillion. Described as "a fun and filthy romance," Pillion stars Melling as Colin, "a weedy wallflower letting life pass him by." But that changes when he meets Ray (Skarsgård), the impossibly handsome leader of a motorcycle gang. Ray brings Colin out of his dreary suburban existence and into a community of kinky queer bikers, "taking all sorts of virginities along the way." But eventually Colin starts to wonder if life as a sub is actually liberating, or if it's just replacing one form of suffocation for another. Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Alexander Skarsgård; Harry Melling. Neilson Barnard/Getty; Vivien Killilea/Getty Pillion is the feature-film debut from director Harry Lighton, who also wrote the script. Lighton previously directed the short film Wren Boys, which earned him a BAFTA Award nomination in 2018. Pillion will be produced by Element Pictures and distributed by Cornerstone, with funding from BBC Film and the British Film Institute. Dudley did right: Harry Melling on his evolution from Harry Potter to Edgar Allan Poe “Harry’s script is equally compelling and shocking as it is funny and entertaining — and one of the best we’ve read in years," Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder of Cornerstone said in a statement. "The casting is inspired, and we are thrilled to unleash this brilliant project in the Cannes market.” Meanwhile, Melling continues to accumulate one of the most intriguing post-Potter careers out there. His remarkable performance as a limbless artist in the Coen brothers' 2018 film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, put him on many directors' radars, leading to roles like his turn as Edgar Allan Poe in 2022's The Pale Blue Eye. Alexander Skarsgård teases the return of his ruthless tech mogul in the final season of Succession Coming off his portrayal of an Elon Musk–esque tech mogul on Succession, Skarsgård is next set to star as an android in the Apple TV+ series Murderbot. He's also already had some experience with BDSM relationships on screen, having played a dude on Mia Goth's leash in last year's Infinity Pool.