“We wanted it to be a queer story that young people could watch, either by themselves or with their families,” says Oseman. Excitingly, Olivia Colman plays Nick’s mother, a secret that was kept quiet even from the cast. His friendship group is made up of LGBTQ+ people, such as lesbian couple Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) and Tara (Corinna Brown), and trans teenager Elle (Yasmin Finney), who shares a flirtation with Tao (William Gao), the only cisgender, hetrosexual person in the gang. It follows Charlie (Joe Locke), an out gay teen, and his burgeoning relationship with Nick (Kit Connor), a rugby player who is unsure about his sexuality. TV has always honed in on the teenage experience to various degrees of authenticity, angst and explicitness, but Heartstopper is a different breed of teen drama: one crafted specifically for a young LGBTQ+ audience. Based on the popular web comic and graphic novel series by British writer Alice Oseman, it’s a queer coming-of-age drama about first love and finding yourself as a teenager. Netflix’s Heartstopper might just be the boldest TV show of 2022.
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