Harry Melling on Approaching ‘Pillion’ With ‘No Fear,’ Learning How to Lick Boots and Watching Sex Scene Outtakes: ‘It Looked Hilarious’

For the Bdsm drama “Pillion,” Harry Melling traded the world of wizarding for one of leather, licking boots and orgies in the wilderness.

Best known for playing Dudley Dursley in the “Harry Potter” films, the actor, now 36, takes on his first true leading role in Harry Lighton’s unorthodox romance. In the film, Melling plays Colin, a shy meter maid and barbershop quartet singer who catches the attention of Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), a stoic motorcyclist looking for a “sub” to fulfill his sexual (and domestic) desires.

Soon, Colin is cooking meals and doing chores for Ray. They don’t kiss, and Ray makes him sleep on the floor by the bed like a dog. It might sound degrading, but when Colin appears midway through the movie in a leather biking outfit and shaved head, he looks liberated.

Below, Melling talks to Variety about the year’s kinkiest rom-com, getting comfortable…