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Heartstopper
Genre
Based onHeartstopper
by Alice Oseman
Written byAlice Oseman
Directed byEuros Lyn
Starring
ComposerAdiescar Chase
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
ProducerZorana Piggott
Production locationsHerne Bay, Kent, England
EditorSofie Alonzi
Running time26–33 minutes
Production companySee-Saw Films
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) –
present

Heartstopper is a British coming-of-age romance streaming television series developed for Netflix based on the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman. Starring Kit Connor and Joe Locke, it tells the story of Charlie Spring, a gay schoolboy who falls in love with someone he sits next to in his new form, Nick Nelson, while also exploring the lives of Charlie and Nick's friends: Tao, Elle, Tara, Darcy and Isaac.

The television rights for the series were purchased by See-Saw Films in 2019, and Netflix acquired distribution rights in 2021. Filming took place from April to June that year, with teasers released throughout the timeframe. It was eventually released on 22 April 2022 to a high number of viewership. Heartstopper received critical acclaim, particularly for its tone, pacing, and acting, as well as its representation of the LGBT community.

Cast and characters

Main

  • Kit Connor as Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, a popular year 11 rugby player at Truham Grammar School seated next to Charlie in form class
  • Joe Locke as Charles "Charlie" Spring, a year 10 student at Truham Grammar School who was recently outed
  • William Gao as Tao Xu, Charlie's protective best friend
  • Yasmin Finney as Elle Argent, Charlie and Tao's friend who transferred to Harvey Greene Grammar School for Girls (nicknamed Higgs) after coming out as transgender
  • Corinna Brown as Tara Jones, a Higgs student who befriends Elle
  • Kizzy Edgell as Darcy Olsson, Tara's girlfriend and a friend of Elle’s
  • Tobie Donovan as Isaac Henderson, an introverted member of Charlie, Tao, and Elle's friend group
  • Jenny Walser as Victoria "Tori" Spring, Charlie's older sister
  • Sebastian Croft as Benjamin "Ben" Hope, Charlie's first boyfriend
  • Cormac Hyde-Corrin as Harry Greene, a popular boy on the Rugby team who is a bully
  • Rhea Norwood as Imogen Heaney, one of Nick’s friends from Higgs, who has a crush on Nick
  • Fisayo Akinade as Mr Ajayi, an art teacher who looks out for Charlie
  • Chetna Pandya as Coach Singh, a P.E teacher and the Rugby Coach who looks out for Charlie
  • Stephen Fry as the voice of Headmaster Barnes, the Headteacher of Truham Grammar School
  • Olivia Colman as Sarah Nelson, Nick's mother

Recurring

  • Araloyin Oshunremi as Otis Smith
  • Evan Ovenell as Christian McBride
  • Ashwin Viswanath as Sai Verma
  • Georgina Rich as Jane Spring, Charlie and Tori's mother
  • Joseph Balderrama as Julio Spring, Charlie and Tori's father
  • Momo Yeung as Yan Xu, Tao's mother
  • Alan Turkington as Mr Lange

Episodes

Overview

Series Episodes Original release
1 8 22 April 2022

Series 1 (2022)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Meet"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Truham Grammar High School student Charles "Charlie" Spring is in a secret relationship with Benjamin "Ben" Hope. In his new form class, Charlie is assigned to sit next to Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, a rugby player whom he develops feelings for. They become friends, though Charlie is unsure of Nick's sexuality. Nick invites him to join the rugby team, and he accepts. After seeing Ben kissing a girl, and realizing his own unhappiness in the relationship, Charlie tells Ben he does not want to meet up anymore. Later, Charlie reluctantly meets with Ben again, who forcibly kisses him and is fended off by Nick. Meanwhile, one of Charlie's friends, Elle Argent, moves to all-girls school Higgs after coming out as a trans woman.
2"Crush"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Charlie vents to Nick about his relationship with Ben, whom Nick condemns. Charlie's friend Tao Xu assumes that Nick is heterosexual and tells Charlie to abandon his feelings for Nick, but Charlie refuses. Tao tells him that Nick has a crush on a girl named Tara Jones, who is friends with Elle at Higgs. However, Elle soon learns that Tara is in a same-sex relationship with Darcy Olsson. While hanging out at Charlie's house, Nick secretly tries to hold Charlie's hand while he is sleeping, and begins questioning his sexuality.
3"Kiss"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Nick is invited to his friend Harry Greene's 16th birthday party. Nick invites Charlie, who accepts. Tao begins to grow jealous of his friend's crush, which has been causing their friendship to become more distant. Harry and his group try to set Nick up with Tara, and Charlie leaves the scene out of anxiety. Tara comes out to Nick, who breaks off his friendship with Harry after he makes fun of Charlie. Imogen Heany, one of Nick's friends, tells Nick she likes him. Charlie tells Ben to leave him alone. Nick and Charlie meet again at a secluded room, where they kiss; Nick is dumbfounded and leaves Charlie after he hears Harry looking for him. Though heartbroken, Charlie is surprised to see Nick at his doorstep the next day amid rainfall.
4"Secret"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Charlie apologizes for what happened the previous, before Nick kisses him, then explaining that he is still closeted and needs time to figure himself out; Charlie says he does not need to publicly declare anything yet. After a rugby game, Tao and Elle eavesdrop and hear Nick reluctantly agreeing on a peer-pressured date with Imogen.
5"Friend"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Nick is about to cancel the date with Imogen when she reveals that her dog died, and Nick reverts his plan out of sympathy. Charlie invites Nick to his birthday celebration at an arcade, which happens to be on the same day as his date, but he decides to spend time with Charlie. There, Tao tells Charlie about his eavesdropping which Nick overhears, later clarifying the truth to Charlie before explicitly admitting his feelings for him, which Charlie reciprocates. The next day, Nick meets with Imogen and explains that he does not like her romantically. Imogen says she understands and they stay as friends.
6"Girls"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Nick thinks that he might be bisexual; Charlie tells him to take his time, but Nick does come out to Tara and Darcy, who suggest a double date. After Elle reveals she has feelings for Tao, the group then secretly makes it a "triple date", hoping to set the two up. On the date, Elle catches onto their intentions and confronts them, saying she does not want any more change in her life and she wants to protect her friendship with Tao, though she is happy about Nick and Charlie. That day, there is an orchestral concert between Truham and Higgs; Tara angrily leaves upon homophobic sentiments, and Darcy follows. They embrace and go back to perform.
7"Bully"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Nick invites Charlie to the cinema with his friends but is unexpectedly greeted by Harry and Ben, who were supposedly uninvited, and bully Charlie. An argument culminates with Charlie being called "a fag" and Nick fighting Harry. At the car park, Ben approaches Charlie and claims Nick does not care for him to make him feel bad. Tao feels guilty for unintentionally worsening Charlie's situation by verbally attacking Harry, but as Charlie continues to ignore him, he gets into a fight with Harry and confronts Charlie for not telling him about his relationship with Nick.
8"Boyfriend"Euros LynAlice Oseman22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Harry is suspended for the fight but Charlie's friendship with Tao is still strained. Depressed, Charlie quits rugby and ignores Nick. Tao and Nick have a healthy conversation and they find common ground on wanting Charlie to be happy. Tao reconciles with Charlie, who also confronts Ben for indecency. Nick privately explains to Charlie that he changed his life and asks not to break up, and they kiss. On a date at the seaside, Nick reveals his plan to come out and to publicly declare their relationship, which makes Charlie happy. Later that day, he comes out to his mother Sarah, who accepts his bisexuality.

Production

Development

See-Saw Films optioned the television rights of Heartstopper in July 2019. On 20 January 2021, it was revealed that Netflix ordered an 8-half hour episode series, with Oseman themself as writer and Euros Lyn as director and executive producer.[1] Also executive producing the series were Patrick Walters, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman, with Zorana Piggott as producer. Production design was done by Tim Dickel, series set decoration by Maxwell Fine and props by Zoe Seiffert.[2]

Casting

Daniel Edwards-Guy served as casting director. An open casting call went out in January and February 2021 for five of the main characters as well as three recurring.[3] Oseman explained that the character Aled would not appear in the adaptation because she wanted to respect his story in Radio Silence. After reportedly over 10,000 people auditioned, she announced the first round of casting in April 2021, with Kit Connor and Joe Locke starring as Nick and Charlie respectively.[4] The rest of the cast were announced days later, including Yasmin Finney, Sebastian Croft, William Gao, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Cormac Hyde-Corrin, Rhea Norwood, and Tobie Donovan.[5] Jenny Walser joined in the cast in May.[6]

Filming

Production began on location in April and wrapped in June 2021.[7] Filming mostly took place on location in Herne bay, Kent, United Kingdom. Herne Bay High School was used for Truham Grammar School.[8] A Hollywood Bowl bowling alley in High Wycombe, United Kingdom was used for filming. The rugby scenes, as well as the Sports Day in the first season's finale, were filmed on the sports pitch at the now derelict E-Act Burnham Park Academy. The railway station from where Nick and Charlie depart to the seaside is North Weald railway station in Essex, but the actual scene on the seaside is in Herne Bay. After milkshakes, Charlie and his friends are seen walking along the River Thames in Windsor, Berkshire before their concert.[9] Olivia Colman filmed all her scenes in two days.[10]

Release

First look images were revealed on 1 March 2022 followed by a teaser on 16 March.[11] An official trailer was released on 13 April. The episode titles were released on 19 April.[12] The series was released on 22 April, 2022.[13]

Soundtrack

A selection of songs used in the soundtrack for the series were released digitally on Spotify to coincide with the series' release on 22 April 2022.[14] An official single by British artist Baby Queen, "Colours of You", was released by Polydor Records in conjunction with the launch.[15] Other popular songs featured in the series include "Girls" by Girl in Red and "Tired" by Beabadoobee.[16]

Heartstopper: Official Mixtape track listing
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Colours of You"Baby Queen4:15
2."Want Me"Baby Queen4:18
3."Lovesick"Peace2:13
4."Dover Beach"Baby Queen3:38
5."Don't Delete The Kisses"Wolf Alice4:35
6."Sappho"Frankie Cosmos1:52
7."girls"girl in red3:18
8."Dance with Me"beabadoobee3:54
9."Angel"Lava La Rue and Deb Never3:56
10."Why Am I Like This?"Orla Gartland3:32
11."My Own Person"Smoothboi Ezra4:42
12."Telephone"Waterparks2:33
13."LUCID"Rina Sawayama3:38
14."Don't Leave Me (Chapter 1: Despair)"HMLTD3:32
15."Clearest Blue"CHVRCHES3:53
16."Alaska - Toby Green Remix"Maggie Rogers and Toby Green3:05
17."What's It Gonna Be?"Shura3:34
18."heart"flor3:42
19."nothing else i could do"ella jane2:50
20."If You Want To"beabadoobee3:43
21."fever dream"mxmtoon3:16
22."Buzzkill"Baby Queen3:24
23."Paper Mache World"Matilda Mann2:59
24."I Want To Be With You"chloe moriondo2:59
25."Flirting with Her"Sir Babygirl3:50
26."Bang Bang Bang"Lauran Hibberd2:22
27."Tired"beabadoobee3:19
28."Any Other Way"Tomberlin3:22
29."Smokey Eyes"Lincoln3:15
30."Our Window"Noah and the Whale5:48
31."Because I Love You"Montaigne3:37
32."Close To You"Dayglow3:14
33."Moment In The Sun"Sunflower Bean3:09
34."I Belong in Your Arms"Chairlift3:27
Total length:1:55:10

Reception

Audience viewership

During its debut week, Heartstopper ranked at number seven on Netflix's Top 10 TV English titles, just two days after its release. Based on Netflix's methodology of measuring a programme by the number of hours, it was watched by 14.55 million hours viewed.[17]

Critical response

The series has received critical acclaim. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a "Certified Fresh" 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.5/10, based on 30 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "An inclusive romance told with striking sensitivity, Heartstopper is so effortlessly charming that viewers won’t dare skip a beat."[18] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 84 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[19]

Reviewing the series for The Guardian, Rebecca Nicholson gave a rating of 4/5 and said, "Heartstopper may not quite live up to the dramatic promise of its title, but this adorable teen romance is a heartwarmer, at the very least."[20] Saloni Gajjar of The A.V. Club gave the series an A- and said "Thankfully, Heartstopper subverts notions by keeping its protagonist proudly gay: It’s the love interest who has to sort through his unexpected feelings, not the other way around. Nick’s attraction to Charlie catches him by surprise (but not disdain)."[21] Digital Spy's David Opie gave a rating of 5/5 and said, "Heartstopper centres queer love, affirming the feelings of young people watching who might be unsure or afraid to speak their truth."[22] Jonathan Wilson of Ready Steady Cut gave a rating of 4/5 and stated, "Heartstopper might lack some edge and feel as if it’s speaking to a younger demographic than the usual teen drama, but its deeply uplifting portrait of young love is very difficult not to get swept up in."[23] For Paste Magazine, Emily Maskell gave a rating of 8.8/10 and said, "An open-armed embrace for queer youth, Heartstopper lays the strong foundations of what you can only hope will be the uplifting and inclusive depictions of queer characters for the next generation of viewers."[24] Ezelle Alblas for The Upcoming gave a 5/5 rating and said, "Heartstopper feels like a show everyone needs to see. It’s sweet without the cheese and quietly radical without the shock factor of shows like Sex Education, Euphoria or It's a Sin."[25]

Impact

Following the release of the series, volume one of Oseman's Heartstopper graphic novel became the top-selling children's bestseller in the UK.[26]

References

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External links

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