Heartstopper star Kit Connor says he doesn’t want to be defined by the term “queer actor”, after his breakthrough role as bisexual school rugby star Nick Nelson in the Netflix mega-hit.
03.07.2023 - 15:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Netflix has finally released a teaser trailer for Heartstopper season two - leaving excited fans 'screaming.'
The show, which debuted in April last year, follows Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson as their unexpected friendship turns into something more. Navigating love, friendship and identity, the coming-of-age series has been praised for its portrayal of LGBTQ+ stories and characters.
Heartstopper's second season sees Charlie, Nick and friends juggle a school trip to Paris, a prom and upcoming exams. The 40-second teaser trailer features classmates and friends Tara, Darcy, Tao, Elle and Isaac alongside Charlie and Nick.
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"Show the world what love is made of", the season's logline reads, while Charlie says: "Everything's going to be perfect," and Nick responds: "Yeah." The clip is sound tracked by Gold by Saint Joan.
Netflix UK dropped the teaser via Twitter on Saturday (July 1), writing: "Can we interest you in a...HEARTSTOPPER S2 TEASER??" The clip was followed up with the official season two poster.
It would be an understatement to say fans were excited by the reveal. @iamreversefunny said: "Screaming crying throwing myself against the wall" and @Federista93 echoed: "SCREAMING LIKE A FOOL & SQUEALING NON STOP!!!!"
@Marianaclown123 announced: "I'm ready to make this season my whole personality" and @QueenGlimmer1 said: "everyone shut up this is the only thing I am going to talk about for the rest of the month". @flopeande tweeted: "im ready drop everything," with a string of crying face emojis and @deadpoetsprng admitted: "a 37 secs teaser has got me going insane".
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Heartstopper star Kit Connor says he doesn’t want to be defined by the term “queer actor”, after his breakthrough role as bisexual school rugby star Nick Nelson in the Netflix mega-hit.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kit Connor came out as bisexual in an October 2022 Twitter post in which the “Heartstopper” breakout wrote, “Back for a minute. I’m bi. Congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. I think some of you missed the point of the show. Bye.” Prior to the social media post, Connor had been facing mounting accusations of queerbaiting due to his role as Nick in the popular Netflix coming-of-age series. Connor stars on “Heartstopper” as a high school jock coming to terms with his own bisexuality. The public perception of Connor was that he was a straight actor taking on a queer role (and participating in queer events like pride marches in order to promote the show), so Connor’s own coming out as bisexual was in part to course-correct that false narrative among “Heartstopper” fans.
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Heartstopper actor sits down for an interview with British Vogue, where he discusses the pressure he felt to come out as bisexual and what that experience means to him now. In November 2022, Connor first disclosed his sexual identity after fans claimed he was «queerbaiting» by playing Nick Nelson, a bisexual teen on his Netflix show, as well as attending Pride events. «I’m bi. Congrats for forcing an 18-year-old to out himself. I think some of you missed the point of the show.
interview published Tuesday with British Vogue. “But I would say that I would have preferred to do it another way. I also don’t know if I would have ever done it.
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