Heartstopper.Heartstopper is based on the much-loved graphic novels by Alice Oseman. Her original comics, following the romance between school boys Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, appeared in 2016.
This was followed by the books in 2018, and then the Netflix adaptation in 2022.The show has helped create stars of lead actors Joe Locke and Kit Connor.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Given that the show began as an exploration of queer love between British schoolboys in their mid-teens, the physical action between the leads has been rather chaste.
However, the stars of the show have revealed that season 3 will explore them taking their feelings to the next level.In fact, Connor recently told The Times that he and Locke shot seven hours of sex scenes (no doubt cut down to a few seconds for the show).“We’ve been taking baby steps.
Season one, he would be there making sure that we were comfortable holding hands,” Connor said. “And now we’re doing the sex scenes.“We shot a lot of footage for them,” Connor added. “Not much actually ended up in the show.