United Kingdom, July 24 -- Charles Melton has the "face of a poet and the quality of an animal", according to Nicolas Winding Refn.

The 35-year-old actor stars in Refn's new thriller film, Her Private Hell, and the director has lavished praise on Charles, observing that he's able to tap into an unnatural anger.

Speaking to Bustle, Refn said: "To play a real action hero, you also have to have a lot of depth.

"Look at the great action heroes of our time. There was always a sense of purity and ability to connect emotionally. And Charles has both spectrums.

"I told him he has the same qualities that Marlon Brando was quoted as having, which was the face of a poet and the quality of an animal."

Likewise, Charles relished the experience of...