Get ready for a good dose of youthful romance with the return to Netflix of ‘Heartstopper’ for a second season. On August 3, the new episodes of the series that was described as the fiction dreamed of by the LGTBI collective in their adolescence will be available, a happy place where many people were finally represented thanks to the characters of Nick, Charlie, Tara, Darcy, Teo and Elle, among others.
Synopsis
The second season features new challenges for the protagonists and start with a new advanced course and exams just around the corner and students revved up by the upcoming study trip to Paris and prom planning. The group of friends tries to do what they can to go through the new stages of life and their relationships of love and friendship.
Characters
Nick and Charlie face a new phase in their relationship and for Kit Connor (Nick) “the second season is going to be very different from the first.” The actor He had a difficult time after the success of the seriese because the interest in his personal life forced him to reveal his sexuality and he went so far as to tell his fans “that they had not understood the message of the series” which precisely speaks of nobody being forced to come out of the closet if they do not want to. His co-star Joe Locke explains that Charlie’s story continues, but that he grows older.
Rhea Norwood, the actress who plays Imogene, explains that her character “is going to focus more on taking care of herself and putting the boys first.” There will also be new challenges for the couple of Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgel), while Elle (Yasmin Finney) and Tao (William Gao) continue to wonder if their friendship can become something more. In fact, Finney says that many unexpected things are going to happen to her character. “She would say that she has changed, that she has more confidence in herself and surrounds herself with people who encourage her,” she says. The success of ‘Heartstopper’ has meant a boost for the career of this actress who will participate in the iconic BBC series ‘Doctor Whoo’ in the role of Rose.
In addition to those already mentioned, they also reprise their characters Sebastian Croft (Ben), Tobie Donovan (Isaac), Jenny Walser (Tori), Cormac Hyde-Corrin (Harry) and Oscar winner Olivia Colman as Nick’s mother (The Crown).
A successful series
Alice Oseman is the creator of the series from her own graphic novels. Kit Harrington praises the writer’s work and says that “the scripts are incredible, fresh and original.” Oseman’s books have already reached 35 countries around the world with 8 million copies sold and being number 1 on the bestseller lists of The New York Times and The Sunday Times. The success of the series is not far behind either, since it remained among the most viewed in 54 countries for several weeks.
