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Age meant much of the cast was new to acting: William Gao, who plays Charlie’s exuberantly cynical best friend Tao, was discovered via an open casting their other friend Elle is played by trans TikTok sensation Yasmin Finney in her TV debut.
Kit Connor – best known for his role as the young Elton John in Rocketman – is Nick, while newcomer Joe Locke is Charlie. It’s the norm for teens on TV to be played by twentysomethings, but “there aren’t enough shows where teens are played by real teens,” thinks Oseman. Oseman also felt it was important to fill the cast with school-age actors. I think people will still understand it.” Like how British audiences have no problem grasping the minutiae of the US school system? “Exactly!” I really, really wanted it to be set in Britain – I think that’s so integral.” Terminology such as “form groups” has confused overseas readers of the comics, but she insisted on keeping “all of those little British things. Oseman, who grew up in Kent, “wouldn’t have said yes to adapting it if they’d wanted to set it in America. Despite being aimed at a global audience, there is no Sex Education-style, vaguely transatlantic setting here. One of the stipulations was that it remained distinctively British. But Oseman was determined to stay true to the story’s roots.
Heartstopper is the sort of meticulously crafted passion project that, done carelessly, could make for a painful page-to-screen translation. She began reshaping the comic into a TV show in 2019 and is still writing new chapters of the web version as we speak – aiming to draw a page every day of her working week. It took off quickly, popularity-wise – and then proceeded to take over Oseman’s life. Yet she was determined to turn the origin story of Charlie and Nick’s relationship into something “optimistic and joyful”. Solitaire was a relatively “dark” book about mental health, says Oseman, who is unwaveringly smiley and inclined towards brief, efficient explanations.
Oseman started Heartstopper in 2016, plucking the two protagonists from her YA debut novel Solitaire, where they appear as supporting characters. Nick squeezes me and says, ‘Yeah,’ because he already knows.Alice Oseman, photographed around Rochester castle for The Guardian. ‘I’m weird too,’ I say, because saying ‘I love you more than anyone too’ back to him doesn’t feel quite adequate, even though I honestly love him more than anyone else in the entire world. Every day we wonder when we’re going to stop feeling like this and get over our teenage relationship. It’s weird that we hang out every single day, it’s weird that we’d rather just be with each other all the time. We both know we’re weird, we’re not like other couples our age. ‘I’m only eighteen.’ ‘I don’t know,’ I say. ‘Is that weird?’ he continues, and then huffs out a small laugh. I move my head out from the crook of his neck so I can meet his eyes. ‘Okay, fine, I love you more than my dogs.’ ‘Good.’ ‘I love you more than anyone, actually.’ He says this a little quieter. “Nick laughs and wraps his arms around me.
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