Olivia Colman Was In Tears While Rehearsing For ‘Heartstopper’, Kit Connor And Joe Locke Reveal

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley dazzled last year as Leda Caruso, the complicated, unlikeable woman at the heart of Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s adaptation of Elena Ferrante‘s “The Lost Daughter.” And it looks like fans of the in-demand actresses won’t have to wait too long for their onscreen reunion. Their next film together is on the market at the Cannes Film Festival, courtesy of Studiocanal.

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley will be reuniting once again for a brand new movie.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off their Oscar nominations for drama The Lost Daughter, Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Chernobyl star Jessie Buckley are set to reunite on comedy Wicked Little Letters, which will be a hot project at the Cannes market.

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.

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.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.comViewers continue to fall for “Heartstopper” long after its April drop on Netflix. For the third week in a row the series topped Variety’s Trending TV chart, earning nearly 600,000 more engagements for the week of May 2 to 8. The series was down week-over-week in terms of overall engagements, but first-season re-watches, people discovering the queer coming-of-age story for the first time, and fans clamoring for a second season (and profile icons) also added to the conversation.

Heartstopper came out on Netflix in April and, since then, the LGBTQ+ teen drama has stolen the hearts of thousands of people. The Alice Oseman adaptation tells the story of Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson, two completely different teenagers who end up falling in love.

A groundbreaking love story! Netflix’s Heartstopper introduced viewers to the characters created by Alice Oseman in her graphic novel series — and it wasn’t long before Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson’s (Kit Connor) adorable romance caught everyone’s eye.

When Heartstopper premiered on Netflix in April 2022, sweet rugby star Nick Nelson quickly won the hearts of audiences everywhere — including Kit Connor, the actor who plays him on the show.

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Heartstopper star Kit Connor has expertly shut down speculation surrounding his sexuality. The actor, 18, has become a household name over the past week after Heartstopper rocketed up the Netflix chart and became the series everyone wanted to binge-watch. Heartstopper sees Kit star opposite Joe Locke, also 18, in what has been hailed a revolutionary and life-changing coming-of-age show for the LGBTQ+ community.

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**Warning: This article contains spoilers from season one of Heartstopper**Heartstopper actor Kit Connor has responded to fans who’ve come out to their families with the help of his poignant scenes in the Netflix series.  The new show follows Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), an openly gay teenage student who has a crush on his friend, Nick Nelson (Kit Connor).

Baby Queen had a very special surprise for those attending her gig in London last night - after she was joined on stage by the cast of breakout new Netflix show Heartstopper. 

Amber Dowling The debut of Netflix’s “Heartstopper” was the talk of Twitter over the weekend, catapulting over the competition and landing in the No. 1 spot on Variety’s Trending TV chart for the week of April 18 to 24.

Netflix‘s new coming-of-age drama Heartstopper has drawn huge acclaim since its release last week, and its much-loved soundtrack is now broken down in full.The series, which is based on Alice Oseman’s comic and graphic novel, follows the budding romance between high schoolers Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor).Among the acts making appearances on the soundtrack are Wolf Alice, Girl In Red, Beabadoobee and Baby Queen – the latter of whom has released a new single called ‘Colours Of You’ for the show.Check out the full list of songs that appear in Heartstopper below:Episode One – MeetEpisode Two – CrushEpisode Three – KissEpisode Four – SecretEpisode Six – GirlsEpisode Seven – BullyEpisode Eight – Boyfriend Heartstopper has also generated a lot of talk over a surprise appearance from Olivia Colman, who portrays Nick’s mother Sarah in the series, with Netflix managing to keep her casting under wraps until the show debuted last week.

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Season 1 of Netflix’s Heartstopper.

Netflix drama Heartstopper.Based on the graphic novel by Alice Oseman, Heartstopper is a coming-of-age teen romance series about high school students Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor).Colman’s involvement in the series has been a secret until the show debuted today (April 22), appearing as Nick’s mother Sarah at the end of the first episode.The character is seen at several points throughout the series, offering emotional support to her son as he struggles to come to terms with his feelings.So the secret is out… Olivia Colman stars as Nick Nelson's wonderful mum, Sarah, in Heartstopper! pic.twitter.com/IPdBOrSOUP— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) April 22, 2022Viewers have shared their surprise at the reveal, with many impressed how Netflix managed to actually keep Colman’s role a secret.“Olivia Colman as Sarah Nelson in Heartstopper is a+ casting,” one viewer wrote.Everyone during episode 1 of #Heartstopper when there's suddenly OLIVIA COLMAN.