Charles Melton doesn’t need to be the lead. Give him a single scene with a great filmmaker, and he’ll take that over every second of screen time and a bigger payday. It’s a philosophy that helps explain the actor’s striking post-“Riverdale” run, moving from Todd Haynes’ “May December” to Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s “Warfare,” the second season of “Beef,” and now Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Her Private Hell.”
Refn’s first feature-length movie in a decade—following two full-length series—is a surreal horror film that stars Melton as Private K, an American soldier whose search for his daughter crosses paths with Elle, the troubled young woman played by Sophie Thatcher (read our review).
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