Kit Connor is not particularly interested in labeling others or himself.
10.05.2022 - 19:59 / variety.com
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”As readers of this column know, Netflix’s “Heartstopper” is one of my new favorite things.Based on Alice Oseman’s web comic and graphic novels of the same name, the show follows a friendship-turned-romance between two British teens, the seemingly straight Nick and the out-and-proud queer Charlie, played by “Rocketman” actor Kit Connor and newcomer Joe Locke, respectively. Their friends include a lesbian couple (Corinna Brown and Kizzy Edgell), trans student Elle (Yasmin Finney) and Charlie’s best pal Tao (William Gao).“Heartstopper” has done its job for Netflix. The show shot to the top of Variety’s Trending TV chart, with 1.05 million engagements on Twitter in the week following the April 22 series premiere.
I recently caught up with 18-year-old stars Connor and Locke over Zoom from their homes in the U.K.Did you know about “Heartstopper” before you auditioned for the show?Kit Connor: My sister was a big fan. She had the first volume on her bookshelf so I had seen it around the house. But when I got the first email about auditioning, they sent me a link to the web comics.
I read it and I said, “I need to be a part of this.” Then as the auditioning process went on, I read through the rest of the volumes. The more I kept reading the more I really wanted to be a part of it.Joe Locke: I had a friend who was obsessed with them. When I went on my first audition, I read through the whole web comics in one sitting.
I just sat on the sofa for hours reading it. I couldn’t put it down. I fell in love with it.Joe, this is your acting debut. You’re now on this huge Netflix hit. What is going through your mind?Locke: When I auditioned,
.Kit Connor is not particularly interested in labeling others or himself.
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Heartstopper star Joe Locke has revealed he wants American Pie‘s Jennifer Coolidge to play his grandmother in season two of the Netflix show.Based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novel of the same name, Heartstopper tells the story of school students Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring (Locke), who strike up a romantic relationship after being seated next to each other in class.A second season is yet to be officially announced by Netflix, but Locke is clear on who he wants to join the cast for the show’s eventual return.In a wide-ranging interview with Variety, the actor said that he wants Coolidge to play his grandmother, since Connor has Olivia Colman portraying his mother in season one.“Jennifer Coolidge should play my grandmother,” he said. “That would be so cool.
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