I don’t know, you’d have to ask him.The After movie series, based on the Harry Styles fan fiction turned novels by Anna Todd, is soon coming to a close with the release of 'After Ever Happy,' the fourth movie in the series.

Only exchange we’ve had is a handshake and a knowing look. “I’m so grateful for Anna’s inspiration initially coming from him to lay down the line, bring me this opportunity. He’s so like, I don’t know – you’re kind of drawn to him, and he’s just such a great performer,' Hero said to J-14. He went into deeper detail in June 2022, where he mentioned how 'drawn' he is to Styles. I haven’t spoken to him in detail about it. 'We didn’t have the opportunity to talk because it was at the entrance, and it was quite full, but I feel like there was a little thing in the eyes of, like, we both knew.

“I shook his hand, and there was a kind of thing,' the actor told Style Caster in 2021. Listen to this episode of Lowbrow, hosted by Holly Wainwright and Shannen Findlay. While Hero doesn't believe he looks much like the character who inspired the creation of Hardin, he has admitted to meeting the One Direction star a few times. Since then, there are three more movies that have followed in its wake 2020's After We Collided, 2021's After We Fell and 2022's After Ever Happy. The fifth instalment of the film, After Everything, has been confirmed for release in 2023. That number is made up of the five individual novels Anna has released, inspired by the Wattpad fan fiction that kick-started it all. But I don’t know in terms of… I’m not really sure.'ĭespite the confusion from the band, fans loved the series and in 2019, it was reported that 15 million of her books had been sold around the world. I’m not entirely educated on the origin of the script or anything. 'I don’t know how much… I don’t know,' he said, according to clips that have been shared via TikTok. The 'As It Was' singer was asked on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show in May 2022 if the After series was actually about him and his former bandmates. 'I know knows about it,' she said in an online interview before refusing to delve deeper.

While One Direction has stayed relatively quiet about their thoughts on Anna's steamy fan fiction (which has since become an international bestseller), Todd says she 'knows' Styles is aware of her book.

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