Harry Styles has revealed that he's the only reason Dunkirk had to be certified 12A.
The former One Direction star makes his acting debut in Christopher Nolan's war epic, which was originally planned as a PG.
But Harry, 23, has admitted that he accidentally dropped the F-bomb twice on set, and the director was so convinced by the star's raw reactions to the action that he decided to keep one in.
The bad language is what tipped the film from a PG to a 12A, and Harry joked that it made him feel "really cool".
He said: "Chris makes this world that makes you react so naturally.
"You do not feel like you have to act that much as he makes it really instinctive."
He added: "And you get carried away. He makes it easy to be immersed in it."
Harry has also confessed that he got very emotional as he watched the film's premiere.
The singer admitted that he was overcome with emotion as he watched the film at its world premiere in London's Leicester Square last week.
Harry chatted about the movie, which tells the story of soldiers being evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk during the Second World War, with pal Nick Grimshaw on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show on Monday.
He said: "The first time I watched it, because I hadn't seen anything and how he'd put the story together, I was more watching to see how the story was, and when I watched it at the premiere in London it got me a couple of times.
"There were a couple of emotional bits but I didn't know if I was allowed to cry at a film I'm in, but yeah it was really emotional.
"It's a very personal experience, even if you're watching it in a cinema full of people you feel like you're watching it on your own."
He added: "I think it's just really human and I don't really see it as a typical war film because they're always about being the hero and running and saving the day and how it affects everyone and it's like the civilians who are saving everyone."
However, Harry did admit that he felt a bit "uncomfortable" watching himself in the movie and doesn't enjoy seeing himself on the big screen.
Harry said he wore a beanie hat and a jumper for his audition as he wanted producers to see him as a "blank canvas", and that he was very excited when he found out he'd got the part.
He said: "I was in a writing session at the time and wasn't allowed to tell anyone I'd got it so my agent and manager called me and I shouted with them on the phone and walked back in the room and they asked if I was okay and I said, "Yeah my friend got a job and it's really good'."
And even superstar Harry was nervous for his first day at work.
"I think walking onto the set was so overwhelming," he said.
"Trying to imagine something of that size and when you actually see it, it's insane.
"My first day was one of the hardest weather days so it was like being thrown in at the deep end."
Harry also admitted that he was nervous about messing up his lines, and has previously hinted that this could be his first and last ever movie role.
But pal Grimmy asked the romcom superfan if he'd ever consider starring in a movie from his favourite genre.
Harry said: "I don't know, I do like 'em though. I think When Harry Met Sally is the classic."
The Notebook remains one of his all-time favourites though, and Harry admits that he's watched it at least 30 times.
The cast and crew of the epic World War II movie Dunkirk made a stop in the big apple for its US premiere on Tuesday evening.
But it was Harry Styles who took centre stage as he posed for pictures on the red carpet.
Directed by Christopher Nolan, the movie is a visual spectacle recounting the battle of Dunkirk, in which 400,000 British, French and Belgian soldiers were trapped on French beaches by German forces.
Harry, who looked as handsome as eve in head-to-toe black, previously admitted he had no idea what part he was auditioning for when he tried out for Dunkirk - his acting debut.
Harry plays Alex, one of the junior soldiers desperately trying to get home as the enemy forces close in, but did not know that when he first read for the part with the film's eventual star, Fionn Whitehead.
He told the Press Association: "We auditioned together and I was sitting in a cold, lonely room and Fionn came in from a set of something he was working on and there was one other person in there.
"You had no idea what part you were auditioning for. We didn't know how many parts there were and they kind of round robin-ed us a little bit, so we did everyone with everyone."
As a newcomer to film sets, Harry said his first day on location in Dunkirk with director Nolan was "pretty overwhelming".
He added: "I think as much as you can imagine what something like that is going to look like, people don't make that.
"I don't know in what other situation someone gets to do what he did so he was pretty amazing to be around.
"You are kind of in awe of it a lot of the time, just continuously during the film.
At times the tide would go out and you could see ruins of some of the old boats that were out there and it was moments like that when everyone was aware of how special the place that we were was."
The One Direction star's Hollywood debut has been highly anticipated, with fans of the singer flocking to the film's locations to see him in action, but he is not sure he will act again.
He said: "I might be one and done. I think I'm one and done, to be honest. I think so."
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