The Queen’s Gambit’s Anya Taylor-Joy admits she met Harry Melling

She is currently riding a wave of critical acclaim for her performance on Netflix’s hugely popular new show The Queen’s Gambit.

And Anya Taylor-Joy, 24, revealed that she was struck by meeting Harry Potter’s favorite Harry Melling, 31, on the set of their show for the first time.

British actor Harry is seen on The Queen’s Gambit as Harry Beltik, a friend and one of Anya Beth Harmon’s character chess contestant in Kentucky.

However, Anya admitted that she had her own moment as a fan girl when she met Harry, thanks to her role as Harry Potter’s spoiled cousin Dudley Dursley.

In a new interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she admitted to quitting it minutes before letting Harry know how big a fan she was.

She said: ‘I timed him correctly, which is not in the first 10 minutes, but not more than 10 minutes … You have to eliminate him … [otherwise] it gets weird and then you hid something from them. So it is better to just eliminate it. ”

Elsewhere in her interview, the actress also revealed that she is now officially on the property ladder after buying a house in the English capital.

The star said: ‘I currently live in London. In fact, I just bought my first home, which is really exciting. I doubt we’ll have any furniture anytime soon, but it has a roof and I feel good about it.

However, she will not be sharing the new space with her beloved pet dog, thanks to a generous gesture on her part for a grieving family member.

She explained: ‘I have a wonderful dog, but my grandma unfortunately lost her husband last year so my dog ​​is currently with grandma and I don’t think I’m getting her back and that’s OKAY. I made peace with that … He’s a little guardian angel.

In a recent interview, Anya revealed that she doesn’t consider herself ‘beautiful enough’ to be cast in movies and has even gone so far as to call herself ‘ugly’.

“ I’ve never done it and I don’t think I’ll ever consider myself beautiful, ” The Sun said, citing the striking actress. “I don’t think I’m beautiful enough to be in movies.

She continued, “ It sounds pathetic and my boyfriend is warning me that people will think I’m an absolute whore for saying these things, but I just think I sound weird.

“I won’t go to the cinema to watch my own film, I will watch it first. The beauty of being in your own skin is that you don’t have to look at your own face.

The actress then admitted that she “ really had a panic attack ” when she was cast for the lead role in the Jane Austen Emma film adaptation.

She explained her feelings at the time: “I was like, ‘I’m the first ugly Emma and I can’t do that’, because the first line of the movie is, ‘I’m beautiful, smart and rich’ . ”

Anya recently revealed that she will “ definitely ” make a second season of the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, based on a book by American author Walter Tevis.

In the first season, the actress played Beth Harmon, a chess prodigy and orphan from Kentucky whose genius is no doubt.

Speaking to Town & Country, Anya said, “ If I’ve learned anything from being in this industry, I never say never.

“ I love the character and would definitely come back if asked, but I think we’re leaving Beth in a good place.

“ I think the rest of her life will surely be an adventure too, but in her quest to find some form of peace, just a form of being able to be happy with who she is. I think it ends in a beautiful place.

The Queen’s Gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings and is the move Beth used at the end of the seven-part series.

The Netflix show won fans among chess pros for the authenticity of the playing strategies, and fashionistas for the jaw-dropping 60s style.

Anya has a photographic memory, which is surely useful for scripting, and describes herself as “an empath” – someone who senses the emotions of others to an intense degree.

She’s her character Beth, she admitted, “ By the time I started playing her, I didn’t have the energy to create a wall between her and me. So if she was having a bad day, I was having a bad day.

The Anglo-Argentinian American-born star was the star of an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma that was released this spring.

Born in Miami, Anya is the youngest of six children and was raised in Argentina. Her father is a banker who rides speedboats and her mother is a photographer.

At the age of six, the family moved to Knightsbridge in London and went to Hill House Preparatory School and then Queen’s Gate School.

She said: “Argentina is all green and I had horses and animals everywhere. All of a sudden I was in a big city and I didn’t speak the language.

The actress describes her “mix” of identities, with a British sense of humor combined with “Argentinian warmth… I hug everyone. I am very effusive.

Anya was spotted to be a model and dropped out of school at 16 to continue acting. Prior to Emma, ​​she had several small roles, including one in the X-Men spinoff film The New Mutants.

Currently, she is filming in Belfast a lead role in The Northman alongside Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgard.