Nice information: The Heartstopper Season 3 solid contains many of the characters we’ve grown to like.
There are a couple of exceptions, after all: Sarah (Olivia Colman) is not going to be again due to scheduling conflicts, and Ben’s (Sebastian Croft) storyline got here to an finish.
With the feel-good LGBTQ+ collection’ third season on the brink of debut on Netflix on October 3, 2024, there’s no time like the current to refresh your reminiscence about who’s who and what they’re as much as.
Charlie Spring
Joe Locke
Unsurprisingly, Charlie will once more be a part of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid, because the collection is centered round him and his relationship with Nick.
There are different characters and {couples}, however there can be no present with out Charlie.
Over the previous two seasons, he’s grown from being so insecure about his identification as a homosexual teenager that he accepted a secret relationship with a man who handled him like filth to brazenly loving Nick.
Season 3 guarantees a transferring psychological well being storyline for Charlie.
All through Season 2, he struggled with an consuming dysfunction, failing to eat whereas in Paris for thus lengthy that he handed out, and if the collection follows the storyline within the graphic novels, it is going to doubtless worsen.
Locke’s model of Charlie is so relatable that I typically need to attain by the TV to offer him a hug, but the star by no means had any appearing expertise earlier than touchdown the position in 2021.
It’s much more spectacular contemplating he beat out 10,000 different actors to play Charlie.
Locke’s profession will go far, and he’s already had some success past Heartstopper.
Between seasons, US followers of the British collection flocked to New York Metropolis to see him in Sweeney Todd on Broadway.
Locke additionally was lately solid in 2024’s Wandavision spinoff, Agatha All Alongside, which is able to stream on Disney+ beginning in September.
Nick Nelson
Package Connor
Nick Nelson is the form of man that everybody who has ever been a highschool pupil goals of relationship.
He’s not solely a star athlete, however he’s genuinely form, nearly to a fault.
Did anybody else need to shake him when he nearly bought caught in an absurd love triangle as a result of he was afraid of breaking Imogen’s coronary heart throughout Season 1?
Fortuitously, that’s all behind us now.
Nick can be a part of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid, and this time he can have the chance to show how supportive he could be whereas Charlie works by his psychological well being points.
Package Connor is already an completed actor regardless of being solely 20 years outdated.
His first main position got here on the age of eight, when he performed Tom within the film Get Santa, and he’s additionally well-known for taking part in a younger Elton John in 2019’s Rocketman.
Nick is one in every of his hottest roles as a result of it’s one of many few examples of constructive LGBTQ+ illustration in current months.
Paradoxically, he first discovered about Heartstopper when his sister launched him to the comics.
Tao Xu
William Gao
Tao was a personality who needed to develop on me.
Throughout Heartstopper Season 1, he was principally annoying, as he saved making an attempt to persuade Charlie that Nick was straight and never price Charlie’s time.
He appeared to verify off each drained TV trope about jealous finest associates, even when his bestie being homosexual was a singular twist.
Tao’s grown so much since then, having admitted his concern of dropping Charlie and now being keen to brazenly declare his love for Elle, who’s trans.
Heartstopper wouldn’t be the identical with out him.
Fortuitously, Tao is returning as a part of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid.
Outdoors of Heartstopper, William Gao is finest identified for his position within the 2024 film Dawn, a thriller which additionally stars Neighbours alum and well-known actor Man Pearce.
Gao can be a musician who’s a part of a band known as Wasia Venture, as is his sister, Olivia.
Heartstopper followers have heard his music earlier than, as his band’s track “You’re So Fairly” was featured in an episode of the collection.
Elle Argent
Yasmin Finney
Full disclosure: Elle is my favourite character, and I’m an enormous fan of the actress who performs her, too, after discovering her on Physician Who.
Elle is a good friend of Charlie and Tao who attended a women’ grammar faculty after transitioning shortly earlier than the Season 1 premiere.
I’m all the time up for extra transgender illustration, particularly when it entails actors who’re a part of the neighborhood.
She is going to once more be a part of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid, the place she is now attending an arts-focused faculty.
That is an fascinating growth for Elle’s character.
She’s lastly doing precisely what she has dreamed of doing, not letting something or anybody maintain her again.
Nevertheless, her faculty state of affairs separates her from her good friend group, particularly Tao, who she simply began relationship.
Yasmin Finney is an brazenly transgender actor who enjoys exhibiting her viewers that it’s attainable to dwell fortunately and authentically as a transgender individual.
I first found her as Physician Who’s Rose Noble, a transgender teenager who was lucky sufficient to have the complete assist of her mom, the Physician’s companion Donna, and who was desperate to discover new worlds.
Rose is a really totally different character from Elle, who rocks the harmless, naive schoolgirl persona, whereas Rose has an adventurous, daring spirit that her mom is consistently making an attempt to reign in.
FInney’s personal pleasure in being herself shines by in each roles.
My favourite scene in all of Heartstopper is when Elle was dancing on the artwork exhibition, as her happiness shined by.
Tara Jones
Corinne Brown
Elle by no means anticipated Tara to develop into one in every of her finest associates after they first met.
Throughout Season 1, Elle was too shy to speak to anybody at school and anticipated to be rejected as a result of she was trans.
She quickly discovered that Tara was homosexual and was there to assist the start of Tara’s relationship with Darcy.
Tara and Darcy nearly break up up due to Darcy’s homophobic mom interfering with Darcy going to promenade, however that turned out to be for the sake of drama, as Darcy defined her mom’s abusive habits, and Tara forgave her.
Tara can be a part of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid, so there’ll most likely be extra to come back in her and Darcy’s story, even when Tara goes it alone or finds a brand new girlfriend.
Outdoors of Heartstopper, Corrine Brown is finest identified for the 15-minute brief Essex Ladies, which focuses on Black British girlhood.
She additionally starred in 2023’s The Kitchen, a Netflix movie a couple of dystopian future the place social housing has been eradicated and one courageous neighborhood refuses to desert their residence.
Just lately, she additionally appeared on the British cleaning soap The Docs.
Brown has been interested by appearing since childhood and carried out with the Royal Academy Dramatic Youth Firm earlier than touchdown her first half on BBC Three’s My Homicide in 2012.
Darcy Olsson
Kizzy Edgell
Darcy, Elle’s different finest good friend and Tara’s girlfriend, has an advanced life.
Initially, Darcy needed to be affected person with Tara, who didn’t need to put up about their relationship on Instagram or be out to anybody however a couple of shut associates.
At college, Darcy was not solely out and proud however stood as much as homophobic bullies, however at residence, she needed to cover who she was due to her mom.
Though it’s not confirmed, it’s attainable that Darcy will come out as non-binary when returning as a part of the Heartstopper season 3 solid, including to the collection’ queer pleasure.
Like Joe Locke, Kizzy Edgell made their debut on Heartstopper.
Edgell is non-binary, and in 2023 he got here out as transmasculine.
Which means whereas Edgell is evident that they aren’t feminine, however don’t totally establish as male.
Thus, Edgell makes use of each he they usually pronouns.
Nevertheless, in the course of the first two seasons, Darcy recognized as feminine, and although there are rumors, there was no affirmation but about whether or not Darcy may even come out as non-binary.
Edgell has not appeared in another roles but.
They studied psychology earlier than getting the position on Heartstopper.
Isaac Henderson
Tobie Donovan
Isaac is commonly on the sting of the good friend group.
Charlie, Tao, and Tara all are partnered up, whereas he isn’t.
A part of the rationale for that’s that Isaac is asexual, one thing that I hope the collection explores since he’s a member of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid.
There may be not almost sufficient asexual illustration on TV, and it’s particularly onerous for boys who don’t expertise sexual attraction due to societal expectations that teenage boys and males ought to be hypersexual.
It isn’t clear but whether or not Isaac is aromantic (bored with any romance in any respect) or interested by romance with out intercourse.
It could be nice illustration for him to develop a platonic relationship that’s as emotionally shut as his associates’ romantic partnerships.
Tobie Donovan initially meant to be a theatre actor, however took benefit of the chance when Heartstopper got here alongside.
He’s additionally well-known as a vlogger, and in the course of the first season of Heartstopper, he created a behind-the-scenes vlog to point out his followers how the present was filmed.
Package Connor gave him a digital camera so he may proceed his vlog, and he reached 100k subscribers in 2022, which earned him a Silver Play Youtube Creator Award.
Imogen Heaney
Rhea Norwood
I used to be stunned that Imogen was a part of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid as a result of there didn’t appear to be a lot additional for her story to go.
Throughout Season 1, Imogen crushed onerous on Nick, and was devastated when he broke up along with her in order that he may discover his emotions for Charlie.
In Season 2, she started relationship Ben, who had abused Charlie, and was indignant that Nick tried to warn her away from Ben, fueling loads of teen drama till she finally discovered what Ben was all about.
Ben is now not a part of the collection, so Imogen must take care of any additional fallout from his nonsense on her personal, however no less than we gained’t should take care of an obsessive love story!
She is a valued member of the good friend group, so hopefully, she’ll discover some actual happiness now and have a worthwhile story.
Norwood was one other actress who landed her first main position on Heartstopper.
She initially auditioned as Darcy earlier than touchdown the position as Imogen.
Nevertheless, her position as Imogen has already led her to a number of different roles, most notably as Alice within the BBC drama Consent in 2022.
She additionally starred in a theatre manufacturing of Cabaret as Sally Bowles, which she has stated was a lifelong dream of hers.
Norwood is open about the truth that she has Sort 1 diabetes, hoping to coach and empower others who’ve the situation.
Who Else Could Be A part of the Heartstopper Season 3 Solid?
There Are A number of Visitor Stars Or Recurring Characters Coming Up
There are a number of different characters anticipated to be a part of the Heartstopper Season 3 solid:
- Leila Khan as Sahar Zahid, one other classmate of Elle, Darcy, and Tara
- Jenny Walser as Tori Spring, Charlie’s older sister
- Darragh Hand as Michael Holden, a brand new character who can have scenes with Tori
- Bridgerton‘s Jonathan Bailey as Jack Maddox, an Web movie star Charlie has a crush on
- Hayley Atwell as Nick’s aunt
- Eddie Marsan as Charlie’s therapist
Though not confirmed, it’s additionally attainable that Jack Barton can be again as Nick’s annoying brother David, Thibault de Montalembert will reprise his position as Nick’s dad, Bel Priestley
It’s additionally doubtless that Ash Self will return as Elle’s new associates Naomi and Felix, Bradley Riches can be again as James (a pupil who had a crush on Isaac), and Nima Taleghani will return as Mr. Farouk.
Which of those characters do you hope come again? Who’re you most trying ahead to seeing?
Hit the feedback and tell us!
Heartstopper Season 3 will drop on Netflix on October 3, 2024.
