Harry Styles hints that he could return to acting after Dunkirk during his BBC special

Harry Styles' big BBC One special aired last night, and he's revealed that Dunkirk might not be his only acting appearance.

The former One Direction star gave fans an intimate look into his life and his solo music on the one-off Harry Styles at the BBC on Thursday (November 2), with host Nick Grimshaw along for the ride.

Throughout the hour, Harry performed some of his biggest solo hits (including 'Sweet Creature', 'Two Ghosts', 'Woman', 'Carolina' and 'Sign of the Times'), trotted out his amazing cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' and a soulful version of country band Little Big Tow's 'Girl Crush'.

And he also told Grimmy that while he would never leave music forever, if another film role came up, he'd certainly be keen.

"I love music so much, so I don't think it would shift," Harry said. "But if there was something I loved, then maybe, yeah."

Reflecting on his time filming Christopher Nolan's critically-acclaimed war movie, he added: "I'd say that the worst day, weather-wise, physical-wise, was my first day on set. It was so cold.

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"They kind of just threw us straight in the ocean, it was freezing cold, and there was all this weird foam on the beach and stuff. Sand was blowing everywhere... it was my first day, and I remember at the end just being like, 'What have I done? This is so hard!'"

Harry also looked back to his One Direction years, when he revealed that it was his mum who first urged him to audition for The X Factor. And the rest was history...

To be sure, the Directioners were out in force from the off of this one-hour musical extravaganza:

In a candid moment, Hazza admitted to Grimmy that he originally had doubts about whether or not One Direction fans would accept him as a solo artist.

"I was very aware that you can't assume anything... I didn't really know what was going to happen," he acknowledged. "I'm very, very happy and feel lucky."

Nick Grimshaw also teased his pal about some of his more questionable fashion choices as the pair whizzed down the Manchester motorway. Watch that funny segment below:

On top of that fashion faux pas, Nick also coaxed the effortlessly cool Harry into chatting about the guilty pleasures that first piqued his interest in music.

"The first song where it'd come on and I knew the words was 'Still the One' by Shania Twain… The only time I really sang, was when I was with her in the car," he remembered.

"The first time I watched a singer, thinking it was cool, was the kid at the end of Sister Act. I remember thinking, 'She's cool. I want to do that!'"

For those comedy fans in the audience, Harry and Nick got more than a few chuckles when they conducted a round of bingo for a group of friendly senior citizens. Harry probably wasn't expecting to receive some shade from someone's nan:

Not everyone was keen on Harry Styles at the BBC — in fact, some grumpy people even called it a waste of their licence fee. Rude...

In getting his own BBC One special, Styles follows in the footsteps of music superstars like Adele and Michael Bublé. Next up is Sam Smith, who'll be promoting his comeback album The Thrill of It All.

Sam Smith at the BBC — which airs next Thursday at 8pm — will feature the Oscar-winning singer-songwriter performing his biggest hits with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

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