Harry Styles on his budding acting career: "I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing"

Pop star Harry Styles may be in one of the Mostra's most anticipated films of Venice, but he still considers himself a beginner in the world of theatre.

The musician told reporters in Venice: "The music I made a little longer , so I'm a little more comfortable. What I love about acting is that I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing."

The 'Don't Worry Darling' star said he considers music and acting as being “opposed in a lot of ways.”

"Making music is a really personal thing," Styles said, speaking at the at a press conference for the film Warner Bros. Discovery Monday afternoon. He was joined by his co-stars Gemma Chan and Chris Pine, and his director and rumored girlfriend Olivia Wilde.

"There are aspects of the game where you draw form experiments a bit, but for the most of you pretend to play someone else," the 28-year-old said. "That's what I find most interesting about it. They can help each other in some way. Every time you see the world through a different lens, it can help create in every way. I find it really different. I think the fun part is you never know what you're doing in either."

Styles received the most questions from reporters than anyone else at the conference - quite a feat given the drama surrounding the film - with international journalists eager to hear more about the "As It Was" singer's Hollywood ambitions.

"It's fun to play in worlds that aren't necessarily your own," said styles. “This world [of ‘Don’t Worry Darling’] is supposed to be so perfect; it was fun to play pretend in it. It's like driving fun cars, lots of fun things too. We were lucky to have this world built around us so well, so that we could play in reality instead of pretending that everything was fine."

Styles later said he hoped audiences would leave the film with a greater awareness of its "own protected bubbles". ."

"What we hope people take away from the film is - what does it take to someone giving up to do the right thing and get out [of their bubble]? We're all capable of sitting in a really comfortable life and ignoring the consequences of what's happened in the world. It is undeniable that these consequences exist."

When asked how he envisions his future as an actor, Styles replied, " I feel very lucky to have done something that I love for work. I feel like being able to explore that has made me feel even luckier to be able to do two things that I really enjoy. In terms future… I like both. It's great fun to play in both worlds and see how they influence each other."

Styles' previous film roles include Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" and a small part in the end from Chloe Zhao's "Eternals". This fall, he's also directing Amazon's "My Policeman," which will have its world premiere at TIFF next week. Styles will travel to Toronto, where he and his co-stars will receive the TIFF Tribute Actor award.

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