Harry Melling on Approaching ‘Pillion’ With ‘No Fear,’ Learning How to Lick Boots and Watching Sex Scene Outtakes: ‘It Looked Hilarious’

Harry Melling on Approaching ‘Pillion’ With ‘No Fear,’ Learning How to Lick Boots and Watching Sex Scene Outtakes: ‘It Looked Hilarious’

Harry Melling says he approached 'Pillion' with 'no fear' and explains how he built trust with Alexander Skarsgard for the BDSM romance.

SGN:: Pillion is a bold cinematic exploration of Gay BDSM

The film’s title, Pillion, can be interpreted in several ways. On one hand, it refers to the passenger seat on a motorcycle — a powerful symbol of vulnerability and reliance on the driver. On the other, it suggests being carried through life, dependent on the choices and control of others. In both interpretations, the meaning is clear: this film is about dominance and submission. Directed by Harry Lighton and based on Adam Mars-Jones’s novel Box…

Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Melling, and director Harry Lighton Talk "Pillion"

Written and directed by Harry Lighton and based on the book Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, “Pillion” is a gritty, indie romantic drama that follows a timid man’s sexual and emotional awakening, exploring themes of self-discovery, adaptation, and intimacy through a queer BDSM relationship.  The film features Alexander Skarsgård as a dominant, experienced biker and The post Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Melling, and director Harry Lighton Talk “Pillion…

Alexander Skarsgård & Harry Melling Talk Kinky Gay Romance ‘Pillion’ & On-Screen Intimacy

There’s no slow fade into Pillion. The film opens with desire already in motion, tentative, charged and slightly off balance. For stars Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, that immediacy is the point. Directed by Harry Lighton in his feature debut, Pillion adapts the novel Box Hill and relocates its 1970s setting to the present. The title refers to the passenger seat of a motorbike, a loaded metaphor for a story about control, longing and the…

Interview: ‘Pillion’ Director Harry Lighton and Star Harry Melling Bring Kink to the Mainstream

"I've had dreams about the Castro and having a film here. It's a proper 'pinch me' moment." Harry Lighton is beaming, just hours before his directorial feature debut Pillion is to be the first new release premiere at the restored and refurbished Castro Theatre in San Francisco, with what would no doubt bring out a…

Interview: 'Pillion' director Harry Lighton on kink, bikers, and prosthetics

To say that this interview is NSFW would be an understatement. Then again, that’s inevitable when one sits down to talk with Harry Lighton about his brilliant new film Pillion, a gorgeous tale of first love that engages with kink in a properly explicit fashion well-suited to the subject matter. This isn’t 50 Shades, and would properly horrify the women of Book Club had they chosen Adam Mars-Jones’ Box Hill, upon which the film is based, as their…