‘The Academy Murders’ director praises Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe on Netflix

On January 6, the film ‘Los Crimenes de la Academia’ arrived in the Netflix catalogue, a title which, although we are at the beginning of 2023, has already been described as one of the best films of the year in this service, a production starring Christian Bale, where the actor Harry Melling gives a great performance as Edgar Allan Poewhich earned him praise from the director of this film.

In a short video of just over 3 minutes shared by Netflix In their social networks the opinions of the cast and members of the production of “Los Crímenes del Academia” about this film are shown, and it is here that the director and screenwriter of this film, Scott Cooper, clarifies his admiration for the work done by the actor Harry Melling bringing to life a young version of Edgar Allan Poe.

The director and screenwriter points out that when he was creating the screenplay for ‘The Crimes of the Academy’, always envisioned actor Christian Bale as the star of this dark and mysterious story, however, it’s the work of Harry Melling who made a huge impression with his portrayal of Edgar Allan Poe,

Harry Melling goes far beyond my imagination, bringing to light the Poe I imagine,” comments the director.

There is no doubt that many subscribers of the streaming giant will agree with the opinion issued by Scott Coopergiven that the character of Edgar Allan Poe, according to many critics, has been interpreted in a very prominent way, a performance that, as the experts point out, does not clash at all with the famous Christian Bale.

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What is a fact is that ‘The Crimes of the Academy’ is one of the most interesting movies that Netflix premiered so far in 2023, a production that has managed to conquer millions of users of this service, becoming in a few days one of the most watched films on this platform in each of the territories where this service is available.

Is “The Academy Crimes” based on a true story?

It is worth mentioning that the thrilling mystery presented by ‘The Crimes of the Academy’, showing real elements such as West Point and Edgar Allan Poe, made many subscribers think that this story is based on real events, however, as pointed out by the director of this production, is an adaptation of the book of the same name released in 2003.

The real elements that this fictional story presents and its huge dose of mystery are elements that have contributed to making this film a hit on Netflix, of course, we cannot forget the great cast that this title has, since, in addition to the performances by Christian Bale and Harry Mellingthis tape has actors of the stature of Robert Duvall, Gillian Anderson, Timothy Spall and Toby Jones.