Former One Direction member Harry Styles has finally debuted his dramatic chops, charming the Toronto International Film Festival at the world premiere of ‘My Policeman’. An emotional, decade-spanning drama about a 1950s cop juggling an idealistic wife and a secret male lover, Styles turned up with his co-stars Emma Corrin and David Dobson to unveil the long-awaited project, reports ‘Variety’.

The company of actors and their director, Michael Grandage, received a standing ovation at Toronto’s Princess of Wales theater following the Sunday night premiere. Applause was cut short thanks to Styles’ schedule, the singer had to catch a plane immediately after the screening to resume his world tour.

At a brief Q&a, Styles discussed how he and his costars built an authentic bond as on-screen friends, and navigated some soul- and body-baring love scenes with both.

“Having a base of a real friendship outside of the characters a...