The sugary sweet gay teen romance series Heartstopper has quickly become a sensation, launching multiple cast members to stardom and earning itself two more season orders at once.
Though the show took streaming by storm just earlier this year, it seems the future installments may not be too far off. In fact, most fans suspect that filming for the second season has just begun.
After all, the cast is dropping major hints that they’re back together.
Corinna Brown quickly posted and deleted an Insta story entry:
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heartstopper s2 era has Begun pic.twitter.com/Ohikr1yfXn
— heartstopper comfort (@luvheartstopper) September 13, 2022
The picture features her and costar Yasmin Finney in their characters’ signature hairstyles.
Kizzy Edgell also posted a cheeky tweet about a castmate:
Kit Connor literally has the loveliest juiciest bum
— kizzy edgell (@kizzy_edgell) September 13, 2022
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Also serving as evidence is the world’s blurriest TikTok allegedly showing a scene being filmed.
Naturally, the dedicated stans of Heartstopper have had their hearts suitably stopped:
heartstopper season 2 is filming Right Now nobody move pic.twitter.com/m1cAsgd8fn
— mills (@Ioverspring) September 13, 2022
i need a boyf before heartstopper season 2 comes out because i don’t think i can mentally cope watching it single #Heartstopper #HeartstopperSeason2
— harvey (@harveyyjamess) September 11, 2022
this will be us for the next few months as content from the second season of #Heartstopper comes out . #HeartstopperNetflix pic.twitter.com/9s72ZoPco4
— Manu (@2fast2you) September 13, 2022
waiting for behind the scenes photos of the filming of heartstopper season 2 is not enough… i need to PHYSICALLY BE THERE
— ︎shola (@willesimaug) September 13, 2022
i cant believe heartstopper season two is actually happening like- a comfort show of mine like this has always been canceled im Gonna
— sabrina / ej (@enough4nick) September 13, 2022
#heartstopper season 2 begins filming today!!! pic.twitter.com/owpJl2NedR
— Isik Skywalker (@eyezcosplay) September 13, 2022
nick and charlie being boyfriends. but like, boyfriends boyfriends. that’s what we’re going to get from season two
— miru season two era! (@nicksblve) September 13, 2022
NICK AND CHARLIE WILL COME HOME pic.twitter.com/fKMtUH0Jqr
— jo kit connor bff (@raddiosilence) September 13, 2022
heartstopper season 2 era!!! so excited to see our boys as nick and charlie again pic.twitter.com/wPGpXvd1mF
— kit n joe thinker (@kitjoethinker) September 13, 2022
has it hit you guys yet.. they’re filming season 2 of heartstopper. they’re. filming. season. 2.
— tim (@nickscolour) September 13, 2022
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As excited as fans are for the second season, many are also anxious to see how the more serious plotlines and themes from the comics are going to play out on the screen.
Kit Connor will have a lot more screen-time with his character Nick Nelson as an out and proud bisexual, while Joe Locke has his work cut out for him with Charlie Spring’s upcoming dramatic storylines.
Heavy material notwithstanding, it’s clear the girls are set and ready to stream.
bachy
Is Kit Connor returning as Nick? Last I recall, a mob of Twitter Inquisitors were chasing the young actor off social media with torches and accusations. Too bad, he really seemed to be trying to make a contribution to culture with his beautiful portrayal of a gay teen in HeartStopper. But apparently his efforts failed to meet the stringent, uncompromising demands of our matchless keyboard inquisitors.
Lucky for us they’re always ready to annihilate any potential allies who fall short of their exacting, neo-puritanical requirements!
Creamsicle
The intersection of fandom and identity politics is literally Hell.
smittoons
Did he get off of social media? I don’t blame him, anyone who isn’t demanding to know if he’s gay or bi and why not is probably thirsting after him which is a little… I mean, he only just turned 18. Avoiding social media is the best medicine to sidestep a lot of that.
He’s contracted for season 2 and I think I saw him in photos from London Pride with the rest of the cast.
CatholicXXX
It was due to his unwillingness to come out as straight. People want him to be bi, so he plays coy.
London957272
“ his unwillingness to come out as straight”? lol. You mean his decision not to cave into people‘s ridiculous demands on a teenager to self-identify and announce his sexual orientation publicly.
Cam
Oh please, with ANY straight actor they regularly have their relationships announced, followed, or speculated on. He’s been told by somebody, that his sexuality, whatever it is, is likely bad for business. Since he was spotted with a woman, my guess is, his P.R. folks told him to keep his mouth shut and he jumped off Twitter to avoid the conversation.
That said, the show was cute, a little sappy but well done and I’m all for as much LGBTQ content as possible to convince these streamers that we’re a profitable market.
LumpyPillows
Yeah, social media has become so toxic with all the bullying. Leave people alone to figure themselves out. They don’t owe us an explanation.
nm4047
I guess when the ages of these main characters isn’t in the mid 20’s playing a mid teen, you do have to get on with the next season(s) otherwise they may not be recognisable in a few more years.
Cam
That didn’t even occur to me, you’re right, they need to film before they look 30.
Terrycloth
Imo..getting off social media not saying anything is great PR for any upcoming Seasons.. sure the producers are loving it..
HankHarris
One of the best shows this year – glad to have it back.
LumpyPillows
I’ll be eagerly awaiting season two to drop.
Ronbo
I’m so glad that Charile Grey is using his Journalistic “talent” to do an insta-twit story to make side-money doing publicity and public relations.
Next up: Charlie Grey reports on how six insta-twiters think Da Bedpan’s feet are simply scrumptious when urine moistened. Some are highly anticipating his new video “Spinkle, shake, sprinkle” saying the secret colaboration with Kesha and Kanye is gonna drop like ‘three streams of liquid sunshine’.
Steve
How about this idea “Heartstoppers” the TV series fans, read the books! Help support the author who created these amazing characters and their stories, Alice Oseman, in the first place. She deserves it, and the graphic novels — also illustrated by her hand, are even better (no disrespect to Joe and Kit) than the TV series in my opinion. In fact, it’s interesting to compare the two, scene-by-scene,* and see what changes / choices were made for TV audiences. True fans, I think, if they can hardly wait for the TV series might venture out and read the novels. I can attest to the fact that they (spoiler alert) are all insanely great and available for purchase on all of the online book stores and Amazon.com for those who prefer paper copies. I devoured them all in one day.
* Here’s one example from the second book so there’s no spoiling here…(other than that it spoils something that’s in the book that’s different from the TV version — which is kind of a spoiler of the book, I guess, but you would never know if you didn’t watch/read both)… in the TV series script, the very famous and fan favorite scene where Nick and Charlie are doing homework together on Charlie’s bedroom floor, Nick claims that Charlie is staring at him while studying. However, in the book, Charlie accuses Nick of staring, and Nick says, “You’re cute!”.
When you read the books, you will find lots of little changes like the one above which are both interesting and delightful. The one above, for example, puts a very tiny but different spin on the relationship at this stage because it’s clear that Nick really likes Charlie’s looks. In the TV series, it’s not clear, and partly because of the switch of the lines, if Nick really likes Charlie’s looks or not. On balance, you will find there are scenes in the show that are not in the books and vice-versa plus lots of re-ordering done apparently, at least in my opinion, to highlight the other characters more. The books focus much more on just Charlie and Nick and the other characters, while important, are not as important. There are also extra pages and small stories about the other characters plus notes from Alice that are really cool which you won’t find in the series.
I strongly encourage all TRUE fans to read the books. The first two fit up with the first season of the TV show, and the second two presumably will either be seasons 2 and 3 stretched out or maybe season 2 will be books 3 & 4 and season 3 will follow the new book coming out in January.
Final word—go read the books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!