"Harry Melling has returned to Cannes in Kantemir Balagov's new film, the chaotic and dangerous immigrant family drama Butterfly Jam. "Two years in a row is not bad," the actor jovially agrees, speaking to AnOther on the rooftop terrace of the glamorous JW Marriott Cannes - on what will undoubtedly be the windiest day of the festival. Furniture is being hastily rearranged to protect audio levels when Melling arrives; he rallies his interviewer to take courage and soldier on, promising to speak as close to the microphone as possible."
"There's a lot to talk about. Melling's last three films received splashy festival rollouts - the land clearance historical film Harvest, biker BDSM romance Pillion, and Butterfly Jam, which opened the independent Directors' Fortnight section. This career boom is the result of almost a decade of captivating supporting performances that quickly and successfully left the "kid from Harry Potter" references in the dust."
"After he played a travelling amputee actor in the Coen Brothers' The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Melling appeared in not fewer than three high-profile Netflix projects in 2020, including the megahit The Queen's Gambit. It was an ideal year to be big on a streamer. Melling credits his role in 2018's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs for "opening up another chapter of my career"."
""I'm not memoir-ing it," he insists. "I have some friends who are very good at talking strategy, 'If I do this, then that means that, and if I do that...' I've never been able to operate on that level. What has defined my thought process for potential jobs is if I read something and think I can offer""
Harry Melling returns to Cannes one year after Pillion’s world premiere, starring in Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam, an immigrant family drama. He notes that appearing in Cannes two years in a row is not bad despite festival wind and logistical chaos. His recent film run includes Harvest, Pillion, and Butterfly Jam, with Butterfly Jam premiering in Directors’ Fortnight. Melling credits earlier supporting performances for moving beyond “kid from Harry Potter” references. After The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, he appeared in multiple high-profile Netflix projects in 2020, including The Queen’s Gambit. He rejects framing his career rise as strategy or memoir, focusing instead on whether he reads a role and believes he can contribute.
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