I don’t really know how much “credit” he deserves for just taking on a film role. He’s clearly really desperate to quickly be seen as a “serious actor”. Taking on “sad queer” roles is a fast-track to that. It’s also not much of a risk considering he’s cultivated a semi queer-ish and “open-minded” persona for the last several years. I personally don’t have much issue with Harry. Nor am I that concerned with whether or not he has queer aspects, the dimensions of his sexuality and sexual journey, his preferences, his relationships, where he is in the gender, sexual, romantic, emotion, relationship, commitment spectrum. But some of y’all be looking for any reason to praise dudes that you think are straight/straight-ish.
As for the movie, it looks like another “gay romance” made mostly for straight/hetero-leaning white women: period piece, straight/straight-ish presenting actors, a downbeat and humorless tone, less a “gay romance” and more about sex and interpersonal drama, a lot of focus on hetero dynamics. If the reviews are good I’ll probably watch it eventually.