Joe Locke and Kit Connor, who play two British teens at an all-boys school who discover their friendship might be something more, say they want to normalize queer joy on-screen.
, in the summer of 2019. But it took another 18 months for the TV adaptation to land at Netflix, with Oseman attached as a first-time screenwriter and Euros Lyn as the director.
And while there is an immediate spark, Charlie and Nick’s connection only begins to deepen after Charlie decides to join the rugby team and Nick comes to Charlie’s defense in an after-school scuffle with Ben. The turning point in their relationship, Locke and Connor agreed, comes in the final minutes of the second episode, when Nick resists the urge to hold a sleeping Charlie’s hand and begins to question his own feelings.
Part of the show’s appeal to younger and older viewers alike lies in its ability to capture the universal angst and jubilation of falling in love for the first time, with the help of instant messaging and simple animations taken from the comics. By the time Charlie and Nick kiss for the first time, their relationship as friends has made them feel comfortable enough to explore that attraction and laid the foundation for a blossoming romance.
For Locke, the fact that the cast has received “so many messages of people just feeling seen for the first time and feeling like they can see themselves on-screen” has been extremely meaningful. He was particularly struck by supportive messages from older members of the LGBTQ community, who have marveled at the significant strides in queer representation but also felt slightly “melancholic,” wishing they could have had a show like “Heartstopper” growing up.
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