In 'Heartstopper,' a group of teenagers grow up, fall in love and explore their identities — all on their own terms and in their own time. But its stars have not been given the same grace.
, picking up right where Nick and Charlie's love story left off. Theirs is a cool status-crossing romance that has defined many teen rom-coms of yore: Nick is a rugby-playing jock. Charlie is a nerd.come out as bisexual to his mom . So, while less"popular," Charlie has the freedom of being more outwardly himself.
Connor didn't specify why he felt like he had to"out himself." The tweet came after photos circulated of him holding hands with Maia Reficco, his co-star in"A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow." He also facedfrom fans, which refers to the practice of performing queerness for attention from the LGBTQ community.
"I wasn’t angry. I was just slightly disappointed by this reaction," he said, referring to the online harassment."I would say that I would have preferred to do it another way,” he said. “I also don’t know if I would have ever done it. But at the end of the day I don’t regret it. In many ways it was really empowering.”Charlie and Nick's main source of tension in Season One of"Heartstopper" is Nick's wish that their relationship remain secret.
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