Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi (2026) Movie Script
[intriguing music playing]
Hello! Is this recording?
[laughter]
Hi.
[chuckling]
[laughter]
[Kit] I've learned a lot about myself
in the process of making this show.
[director] Action.
[Yasmin] It taught me so much. Being on a
set like Heartstopper, you can't describe.
-[Tobie] We love to see it, eh?
-[laughter]
-[party horn toots]
-[laughter]
[Joe] I've never had a bond like I do
with the cast of Heartstopper.
We're like family.
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
[Kizzy] Oh my God.
Overnight, everything was different,
and it would never be the same again.
[crowd cheering]
Heartstopper!
[William] I wish I could've had
a show like this growing up.
[woman] I hope that it has helped people.
That's really the most blessed thing
I can hope for as a creator.
[camera shutter clicking]
[Tobie] Bye.
[music fades]
[intriguing music playing]
[Alice] The origin story of Heartstopper
is an interesting one.
When I was 19,
I wrote and published my first
young adult novel called Solitaire.
That book is about Tori Spring,
who those who know Heartstopper
will know is the older sister of Charlie.
I absolutely loved Nick and Charlie
as characters in Solitaire.
As soon as I'd finished writing that book,
I knew I wanted to tell Nick
and Charlie's story somehow.
I wanted to understand
how Nick and Charlie had got
to this point so young,
where they're in such a beautiful,
loving, supportive relationship,
and so I wanted
to tell their origin story.
But when I first started planning it
as a comic,
I didn't think
traditional publishing was possible.
But I thought I could self-publish a book,
I could do a crowdfunding campaign,
raise the money and create the book
entirely by myself without a publisher.
When I did the crowdfunder,
it truly shocked me.
It raised the goal amount in four hours,
and it ended up raising
five or six times the goal.
And I took a step back and thought,
"People really like this comic."
It was a big surprise. Yeah.
So I read a little excerpt of Volume One,
the graphic novel, and I was like, "Wow."
I loved a character of Charlie.
It reminded me a little bit of myself.
Oh my goodness.
This is the picture. [chuckles]
This was my sort of Charlie Spring moment.
This is me at school.
And so when meeting with Alice,
I was like, maybe I should just get
my phone out and show this picture
as a sort of like,
you know, breaking the ice moment,
which I did probably
in a very kind of flustered, nervous way.
[Alice] I'd spoken to some other people
who wanted to adapt it,
and I wasn't sure that they truly loved
what Heartstopper was,
but I felt that instantly from Patrick.
-Now here we are.
-That's great to hear.
[Alice chuckles]
[Joe] You know, we were 17 when we met.
-16. I was 16.
-You were 16. I was 17.
Heartstopper was
my first audition I'd ever done. Um
And I'll be honest,
I don't really remember it that well.
[Alice] I remember Joe's self-tape
because he did the Charlie monologue
we'd sent to all the people
who were auditioning for Charlie.
And then at the end,
he spent 30 seconds to a minute
talking about how
he personally related to Charlie
and he felt like
he was Charlie at his school.
And that was the moment where,
for the first time,
I saw Charlie in real life.
[Patrick] We had a chemistry read
with Kit and Joe.
They'd never met each other at this point,
and they read the first big kissing scene
in season one.
It was, like, electric.
I remember thinking to myself,
"This is Nick and Charlie. We've got it.
They are the best that they can be."
-[both chuckle]
-Yeah. Fair.
-[producer] Hello.
-[Yasmin] Hi.
-[producer] Take a seat.
-[Yasmin] Perfect.
I was growing up in Manchester.
[Tobie] I was working at the supermarket.
[Corinna] I was at school.
I was doing every club afterwards.
[William] I was writing songs,
making music.
I used to nanny for a very lovely family
who, hello, if they're watching.
[Kizzy] There was an open casting call
on Instagram,
which I got sent by a friend.
And I was like,
"That sounds a lot like me."
[Yasmin] I never really could see myself
in the industry,
never mind playing a role that is trans.
I was just about to give up.
I remember I looked at my phone,
and it just went ping. "What is that?"
"Oh, that's a little bit of me!"
[chuckles]
I remember practicing in the mirror
the night before.
[Kizzy] I almost didn't get in the car
to go to audition,
telling myself if I was too scared to go,
I didn't have to.
I remember being in the audition,
the most nervous I've probably ever been.
I left my shift early and ran home
as quick as I could to make the Zoom call.
I was on the bus and I got,
like, a missed call from my agents.
And the casting director called me
and was like, "You've got the part."
I couldn't believe it.
[chuckles softly]
I tried to play it cool.
"I'll do my best."
"Thank you.
I really appreciate the opportunity."
My mum was off camera flapping
and sort of jumping up and down.
[chuckles]
It was an amazing moment.
It was a moment of, like,
"Yeah, maybe acting is possible."
Casting's incredible 'cause you had to
cast a friendship group,
and now here we are, four years later,
all in the same group chat.
[heartwarming music playing]
[Kizzy] Wow.
Oh, it's Heartstopper.
Aw, how cute.
[Tobie] We were really lucky
to have about two weeks of rehearsals
for the first series.
[William] It was during COVID,
so we all had masks on.
And we all met in this church hall
and just read through the scenes.
And that was so great
in getting to know each other as a group.
[Tobie] It was so, so cool.
We heard everyone say their lines
as their characters.
And it was really emotional.
Some of the stuff between Joe and Kit,
between Nick and Charlie,
all of us just went silent
and looked at them,
like, "Oh my God, this is gonna work."
Hey, guys,
I'm here with Netflix's Joe Locke.
Hi. This is the set of Heartstopper.
[intriguing music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Yasmin] My first day on set,
Alice and Patrick came up to me
and could sense the nerves,
just held my hand and was like,
"This is gonna be amazing."
"You're in a safe space."
Most of my scenes were just me and Joe.
I didn't really know the rest of the cast,
and it was one lunch break
and I just remember hearing them all
having a load of fun in one of the rooms.
I plucked up the courage, knocked on
the door, and introduced myself.
And then after then,
I was added to the WhatsApp group.
[William] There was this feeling on set
we were doing something special,
like inherently telling the story
of these young queer people
falling in love and navigating life.
[Joe] I was looking back at my photos
from season one
like "You have no idea
what's in store for you."
[Kit] The magic of season one,
I think it just captured
a lot of people's hearts.
I hope. Touch wood. [knocks wood]
[Netflix Tudum]
[suspenseful music playing]
[person 1] When I heard it was coming out
on Netflix, I was a bit apprehensive.
[person 2] I was like, "Oh no.
What's this going to be like?" [chuckles]
[person 3] It came
at a time after lockdown
where people wanted
something to really resonate with.
[music building]
And then I saw the show,
and I think it changed my brain chemistry.
[intriguing music playing]
[person 4] It's so true
to what Alice was creating.
It's a perfect adaptation.
So I watched the first season,
and I was, like, obsessed.
It's a story about finding your place
and your people.
My mum's watched the show,
and her seeing it helped her
understand my life a little bit more.
[sweet music playing]
The first time I watched Heartstopper,
I fell in love.
I fell in love with the characters.
I fell in love with the world.
I fell in love with love again.
Heartstopper made me feel so proud
that finally we have a show
where queer characters are
at the front and center.
This was something
that was very, very different
and had love and care at its core.
People from all generations
have connected with Heartstopper.
It's filled a gap
that they might not have had
in their childhood
and in their adolescence.
But also,
young people now can connect to it
because they can see themselves in it.
I'm having a proper full-on gay crisis.
[inhales nervously]
I was just so confused.
And now it's taken over the world.
It was kind of unheard of to have
a television show
that was focusing on queer themes
that didn't lead with
the kind of extreme level of trauma.
It made me feel so happy and proud
that this could be the experience
for other people like me.
[waves lapping shore]
What we saw was just kids being kids.
[Tobie snickering]
[whispers] Action.
[giggling]
It's lunchtime. We've climbed
to the top of the helter-skelter.
-And we're not allowed to be on here.
-[all chuckling, shushing]
[Tobie giggling]
All the crew are down there.
-[William] Oh, come on, just do it.
-[Tobie snickers]
-[Kit whimpers]
-[Tobie snickers]
[Tobie laughing]
[Yasmin chuckling]
[Tobie] Oh!
-Hughie definitely saw me!
-[all giggling]
What helter-skelter?
I never went on a helter-skelter.
We decided
to take that to the grave with us.
No one's gonna ever know
that we went on the helter-skelter.
[producer] If you were to reveal
the biggest behind-the-scenes secret,
what would you say?
Oh my gosh, behind-the-scenes secrets?
Um
I guess that
Okay, any time that there is
a sort of improvised scene
or there's dialogue happening on screen
that you can't quite make out, we're
the cast are almost certainly talking
about willies and vaginas.
[chuckles]
[director] Exterior. Beach town.
Tara and Darcy are running towards
the beach, racing, laughing and screaming.
[Alice] I write the scripts,
and during that time I'm able
to have conversations with the actors,
see how they're feeling
about their characters' stories.
And often they will come to me
with their own ideas
and differing opinions
and thoughts about particular scenes
or even particular lines.
It's really helpful
to get their perspective.
[Yasmin] Alice is amazing at communicating
and also being so vigilant.
I was bullied when I was growing up,
so I knew firsthand what it was like
to experience transphobia.
So for Alice to sit me down and to say,
"What is your experience?
How can we embed it in the role?"
It's just little questions like that
that make the experience so much easier.
[Alice] When the actor feels excited
about what they're doing,
it's always a better performance.
-Bonjour.
-Bonjour.
-Hola. I mean, bonjour.
-[Tobie] Great.
Thinking back through
all of the journey of making the show,
I think the highs are are super high.
Getting up at 5:00 a.m.
to go up the Eiffel Tower
with a bunch of teenage actors
and experiencing the chaos of that
-[Tobie] Bonjour.
-Bonjour.
that's just, like, a pinch-me moment.
[Kit] We saw sunrise. It was one of
the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
[indistinct chatter]
One of my fondest memories of filming
would be season two in the Louvre.
That was so magical.
It was completely empty.
To go in such a space like that
is beautiful
and to be authentically trans,
like, playing Elle in that space
was magical.
-That's a wrap for Paris!
-[cast and crew cheering]
-Merci beaucoup!
-[Tobie] Merci! Au revoir.
-City of love.
-City of love. Paris.
Oh, my favorite on-set memory?
There's too many. It's four years.
[Joe] Most memorable,
probably the first kiss
because it's an iconic kiss for the show.
And it's framed beautifully.
It looks really lovely.
[Patrick] Also, when Nick watches
Tara and Darcy kissing free
at the party together
and he's filled with this hopefulness
about his future
because he can see two people
being open with their sexuality.
[hopeful music playing]
I was standing
next to our director, Euros,
and we were both just, like, emotional,
like, tears in our eyes
because it felt incredibly special.
[both grunting]
[William] The bullying storylines,
especially in the earlier seasons,
were really important to show.
I found them tough to shoot.
And what's good is we show them,
we observe them.
But then later on, and also in the film,
we have bullying taking place,
but us as older characters at school
being able to stop it and intercept it.
I think that's
a really beautiful storyline.
And that is, again,
really important to show on screen.
[Joe] I really loved the way
the show as a whole handled
Charlie's eating disorder story
in season three.
I thought that was beautifully told.
I think episode four of season three
is definitely my favorite
of any Heartstopper episode.
[Alice] For me, it's about
seeing the healing process
and hopefully expressing the idea
that no matter what dark things
are going on in your life,
you can always find light at the end.
I want to get better.
[Kit] Looking back to season one,
the final scene with Olivia,
who was playing my mum,
was really special.
-Mum?
-Mm-hmm?
[hesitantly] Charlie's my boyfriend.
And seemed to really resonate
with audiences as well, which was lovely.
I just wanted you to know.
[inhales nervously]
My favorite moment of the whole show
is when Nick comes out to his mum.
She doesn't interrupt him.
She doesn't tell him what to think.
She doesn't insert
her own emotions into it.
She just sits there quietly
and she smiles.
Oh, baby.
[Tag] And you can see how proud she is.
The trans storylines in Heartstopper
are really important.
[Didi] The scene where Elle goes
into the radio station
was hard to watch.
She thinks she's about to be interviewed
about her art and her practice.
She's actually interviewed
about being trans.
[radio host] Some call it a culture war,
feminists versus trans activists.
It's so important
we hear all voices and opinions.
Trans people aren't a debate.
We're human beings.
But I think it's also really nice
how Tao sort of flipped that
and made it into something positive.
[Tao] I know
you've been really down lately,
but I love making little videos
to cheer up the people I love.
So I made you one.
[Elle chuckles softly, sniffles]
[sniffles]
[waves lapping]
[pensive music playing]
[Charlie] My favorite moment is the scene
with Kit Connor and Hayley Atwell
on the beach.
Nick is kind of at a loss
with how to help Charlie
and how to be there for him.
Oh, come here.
-Oh, darling.
-[Nick sobs]
That is a lot to put
on the shoulders of a 16-year-old.
[Nick] I don't know how to fix him.
Maybe you can't.
You don't know how
to handle those things at 16.
And I think it helped
so many people understand
that actually they can't fix everything,
and that's so okay.
It's been really wonderful working
with seasoned actors across the series.
Olivia Colman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Jonathan Bailey.
Sir Derek Jacobi is in the movie,
and that was, like,
a complete pinch-me moment.
This is the trailblazing gay actor
who has really paved the way.
And seeing him in a scene with Joe Locke,
who is, in my mind, the future of it all,
it was full circle and and brilliant.
[producer] What did you learn
from Nellie the dog?
If she could talk, what would she say?
[Kit] Hmm.
-She'd probably say, "Get a fucking room."
-Yeah, she would.
[both chuckle softly]
[heartwarming music playing]
What?
I [chuckles]
I've never seen you in a vest before.
[Joe] Our show shows love
in all of its different forms.
Sibling, friends, romantic, parents.
And that is a really wonderful thing,
to celebrate
all those different versions of love.
[Tobie] I guess with Isaac specifically,
I've learned
how important platonic love is
and how vital
all of his friendships are to him.
And that's made me
value my friendships more.
[Kizzy] I think Tara and Darcy are
the strongest couple in the show.
The way that they're written
is almost married.
Like, they are so comfortable
with intimacy.
They love each other more
when they go through challenges together.
They are each other's rock.
They are each other's safety.
[Joe] Me and Jenny do have
a sibling relationship.
And Jenny's one
of the most talented actors that I know.
And she's also
one of the most lovely people I know.
And I do feel like a sibling.
I would fight someone for her.
[Jenny] More than anything,
I've learned more from my castmates,
particularly Joe.
I just think that
he's the most spectacular human being,
and I'm gonna cry if I talk about him.
[Yasmin] Tao and Elle, for me,
is just a magical relationship
because it goes
from them being in an all-boys school,
her transitioning,
and them still being friends,
and then building that love relationship.
It's something that a true bond
is built on through years, through time,
through being friends with each other
and loving each other
through the thick and the thin
and let each other grow and blossom.
I think that is the most magical
kind of relationship you can have.
[Fisayo] In this scene,
Mr. Ajayi is proposing
a date with Mr. Farouk.
There's awkwardness. There's,
um, there's fear. There's tension.
Some might say there's pain.
But we're here to try.
It's a fun kind of tension, though,
if you know what I'm saying.
-But everything's fun to you, isn't it?
-Yeah. I'm an art teacher.
Yeah. But for me, I know about real life,
d'you know what I mean?
-My character knows what pain is.
-[Fisayo chuckling]
[Alice] So much of Heartstopper
is about teenage love.
In the script,
we call them Heartstopper Moments,
and I wanted to see those moments
with adult characters.
And so I came up with these two teachers
who are in their thirties.
They're definitely not teenagers anymore.
-Guess how old he is.
-[both laughing]
[Alice] They've both got their own lives
and their own baggage,
but they still manage
to find their Heartstopper Moment.
[all cheering]
[siren wailing]
I suppose I'd better
head down to reception
and try and get some fresh sheets.
You could just share my bed.
No, sorry.
-Stupid idea.
-Youssef.
[Farouk] No.
I don't think it's a stupid idea.
[heartwarming music playing]
[Jamie] My favorite character, I think,
could be, curveball, Mr. Farouk.
[Janet] One moment
that crystallizes it for me
is when Mr. Farouk is telling Mr. Ajayi
that he's missed out on these
coming-of-age crushes, romance moments.
And he says to him that it's not too late.
Probably a bit late for me to have
any youthful moments of discovery.
Don't think there's an age limit on those.
to be honest.
You flirting with me?
Maybe.
[Patrick] Heartstopper treats love
in a way that's not overblown.
It's just simple. It's just
a pure connection between two people.
And it allows it to be carefree
and happy and euphoric.
People of all ages love the show
because the feeling of love
is one that you associate
with that kind of like, you know,
adolescent feelings of finding yourself.
And, yeah, I think
that's what sets the show apart.
[hopeful music playing]
[Suzannah] So I teach
predominantly teenagers.
I have the books on my bookshelf
just behind my desk.
There's a pattern which emerges
from a lot of my children.
They see the books,
and then a little bit later,
a little bit along the line,
they'll mention them.
And then, bit by bit,
they'll slowly start
adding queer characters to their stories.
They'll start building confidence
within themselves
and exploring what it means to be queer
through their writing.
And then, slowly, when they're feeling
more comfortable, more confident,
they feel ready to come out.
[Alice] To have seen
something that I've written
have that strong of an impact on people,
it's beyond my wildest dreams.
It takes me back to why we're doing this
and how important this thing is
to so many people.
[intriguing music playing]
[Kit] The fan base Heartstopper has
is flooded with creativity.
I've seen plenty of drawings and paintings
and it's clear that so much love
has been poured into them.
[Oliver] The Heartstopper fandom
is very creative.
I've seen people do fantastic pieces
of fan art online.
And also, as a fellow fan artist,
sharing my art is definitely a part
of being involved in a community.
[Didi] A lot of fans use Heartstopper
for their own creative expressions,
which I think is amazing
and I definitely do as well.
I literally started
trying to draw characters
and trying to develop more characters
after seeing Alice's work.
[Alice] It's just such a beautiful way
to express yourself,
to take something that you love
and to play with it.
It's amazing. It's all you can ask for.
At the end of the day, you wanna be
making work that is universal.
And when you're making a show about love,
there's nothing more universal than love,
you know.
[crowd cheering]
I would say the Heartstopper fan base
is very, very diverse.
I would say it's one of the most diverse
fan bases that I've seen personally.
I love you!
[Oliver] It's a very lovely thing
to like the same book,
the same TV show, the same film,
and then talk to people about it.
[all cheering]
[Suzannah] I have friends
who I've been lucky enough to meet up with
in the United States, in New Zealand.
I have friends all across Europe
who I never would have met
without Heartstopper.
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[squealing excitedly]
[Tag] There's no doubt
that Heartstopper has truly earned
its place as a phenomenon.
You can see that through
how fans in so many different countries
and with different languages
and different cultures and backgrounds
respond to this show.
[Joe] I always talk about Netflix's reach
as such a positive thing for Heartstopper
because Heartstopper's available in
all the countries Netflix is available in,
even the ones where being gay is illegal.
It's a testament to our show that our show
charted in a few of those countries,
and it's a testament to queer identities
that people in those countries
still want to watch our show
because queer people exist
in those countries regardless of laws.
It's really powerful
that Netflix has the power to
to still show content like ours
in those countries.
[Joe humming softly]
[Alice] So we're at Herne Bay today.
We're shooting one of the sequences
near the end of the film.
It's very weird to be back here
'cause I know this place so well.
I hung out here when I was a teenager.
So this beach is, like
it has a lot of happy memories for me.
Now it has a lot of happy memories
for Nick and Charlie.
[Kit] We're having a great day. We filmed
a big scene right in front of the ocean.
-It was very beautiful.
-[Joe] It was.
And it happens to be four years to the day
that we filmed here for season one.
-How cool is that, Kit?
-It's four years to the day.
I mean, it's like they planned it.
But they didn't.
-So that's pretty crazy.
-Crazy.
Uh, it's like we were meant to be here.
[Alice] And we actually saw some graffiti
that people have left.
Just the word Heartstopper.
So the Heartstopper fans also think
this is a very special place.
So it's really magical to be here,
and we're having a lot of fun.
[director] Camera set and action!
[hopeful music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Patrick] The cast's careers
have just exploded
across the life cycle of the show.
To see them
as incredibly seasoned professional actors
who've got three seasons
and now a movie under their belt
is just extraordinary.
[Alice] Already
they're doing incredible things.
-[camera shutters clicking]
-[hopeful music playing]
[camera shutters clicking]
[Cydney] With Heartstopper and the cast,
I really feel like this is
just the beginning of their careers.
[camera shutters clicking]
[camera shutters clicking]
[Janet] I can only imagine,
with the amount of talent that they have,
it's just going to get better and better.
[Kit] You know, Nick has been
an amazing drama school for me.
I certainly think
if I'd have taken on any of the roles
I've taken on since starting Heartstopper
without Heartstopper,
they would've been
very different performances.
[Joe] I've learned the most from Kit.
I've spent most of the last four years
with Kit for at least twelve hours a day,
and he's an old pro.
He's been doing this for a long time,
and he's very talented.
I've learned a lot
from just watching him work.
And the way that he treats people,
he's a real professional
and he's very talented.
I play a lot of scenes with Joe.
And it was really special to see him
grow into the actor he's become.
You know, the sky's the limit.
[music fades]
They should put a plaque on the wall.
"This is where Nick and Charlie
had their first kiss."
[sentimental music playing]
[Nick groans, exhales slowly]
-I feel old.
-[Nick chuckles softly]
We are not old.
Last time we were in here, we were babies.
[Nick sighs]
So, I'm gonna go to uni,
and then you're gonna go to uni in a year.
It's only a few years.
It's really not that long compared to
The rest of our lives?
Yeah.
I could never imagine any of that
till I met you.
And now?
Now I can see it.
[Nick chuckles softly]
[hopeful music playing]
[Alice] I've always had the ending
of Heartstopper in mind.
Now we've reached that point,
and it feels really satisfying
to have got there.
[Joe] It made me cry
the first time I read it.
I think it's a really beautiful
and cinematic ending.
It's also way more grown up.
That's what I noticed.
I was like, "God, they're shagging a lot
and they're swearing a lot." [chuckles]
And it was great.
It felt sort of weird filming such,
like, grown-up stuff for Heartstopper.
Aww!
I almost feel I'm gonna be sad it's over,
but also at the same time, I'm glad.
Because there's nothing worse
than loving a show so much
and then it just goes on for too long.
I want to be able to miss it
when it's gone.
It doesn't matter who you are
or how old you are.
Believing in love,
believing in friendship,
believing in connection is okay.
And Alice has made that possible.
Thanks, Alice.
Oh!
This is one of my favorite moments.
With Nellie! [laughs]
Yeah. It's definitely one of those shows
that really gets you in the feels.
[intriguing music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Patrick] Getting 400 fans in
for the final day shoot
of the Heartstopper movie
was a stressful process
in that we didn't know quite
whether it was going to work out.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughter]
[Oliver] When we got to the actual set
where the Pride was happening,
my first thought was,
"Damn. This is looking good."
-Wow.
-[fans cheering]
[person 5] It was so colorful.
It was just such a great atmosphere.
[inspiring music playing]
[fans cheering, clapping]
[Oliver] There were these butterfly wings.
I thought that was very beautiful
because it's very symbolic
of the metamorphosis
that you can go through as a trans person.
[all chuckling]
[fans cheering]
[Charlie] Every so often,
I get kids coming up to me,
"You know
there'll be a Heartstopper film?"
Do I know about it? I'm in it!
[fans cheering]
[Charlie] I feel at my most comfortable
when I'm around the fans of Heartstopper.
[fans cheering, clapping]
[Alice] Although it was a very sad moment
that something so huge
has come to a close,
I felt like I could
let out my breath a little bit.
Of course it's bittersweet.
It's so sad to be saying goodbye
to these characters that I love so dearly.
Trans rights! Trans rights!
But we've done it
exactly how we wanted to do it.
-Bye!
-Bye!
[Tobie] If there was to be
a last day on Heartstopper,
of course it was gonna be Pride,
the epitome of everything
we've tried to do with this show.
So, yeah, that definitely felt like
the right way to wrap everything up.
[Kizzy] The last day of filming,
I just burst into tears immediately.
Having so many people there
felt so overwhelming.
[William] It was this beautiful conclusion
to the last few years.
I don't know
if I've fully processed it yet,
but it was really special.
[fans cheering]
[William] Loads of fans out.
It was just a beautiful encapsulation
of what Heartstopper is
and what it does for the world.
[director] Okay, everybody,
that is a wrap. Well done.
[fans cheering]
The moment of wrap,
Alice and Brett, our producer,
had gifts
and, uh, big bouquets of flowers.
So we were rushing out into the Pride set
to give them to the cast.
All of a sudden, I saw flowers coming.
I was like, "Oh yeah, it's the last day."
-We've got matching!
-Yay!
Then everybody was crying.
[Yasmin] I just bursted out into tears,
which is not like me.
But when you've been on something
for four years,
it becomes your whole life.
Oh my God!
This show that we'd started four years ago
has given me some of my best friends.
So it doesn't feel like it's ending.
And guess what?
If I miss it, I'll watch it on Netflix.
[clicks tongue, laughs]
[person 6] This way.
We did a wrap for everyone at lunchtime.
[person 7] 5-7-3, take 2, A mark.
But me and Kit had one more scene to do.
[director] And action!
I don't want you to spend your time
worrying about me.
-Don't need to think about that now.
-I want you to be okay on your own.
-[director] Great. Yes.
-[person 8] Yeah?
Good for the camera?
Great, we got it.
Folks, we have wrapped.
[cast and crew cheering]
I've got to thank Alice for creating this.
[cast and crew cheering]
[Alice] I would encourage young creatives
or older creatives,
anyone who wants to put
their work out there,
to just put it out there
and express yourself.
Because if you earnestly love
the thing that you're making,
I promise there will be other people
who do as well.
[Joe] It means the world to me to be
part of such an important show,
especially for young queer people.
I think it's easy for us making this show
to forget the impact
and the importance it's had on the world.
This is just gonna blow people away.
Heartstopper Forever, man.
[Kit] It's not every day you get to do
a job that has a real effect on people.
I hope that it paves the way
for more queer representation
in mainstream media.
[hopeful music playing]
[Kit] It's really special
that people get to
go on one of the biggest
streaming services in the world,
and on the front page right there,
there's two boys falling in love.
[heartwarming music playing]
[music fades]
Hello! Is this recording?
[laughter]
Hi.
[chuckling]
[laughter]
[Kit] I've learned a lot about myself
in the process of making this show.
[director] Action.
[Yasmin] It taught me so much. Being on a
set like Heartstopper, you can't describe.
-[Tobie] We love to see it, eh?
-[laughter]
-[party horn toots]
-[laughter]
[Joe] I've never had a bond like I do
with the cast of Heartstopper.
We're like family.
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
[Kizzy] Oh my God.
Overnight, everything was different,
and it would never be the same again.
[crowd cheering]
Heartstopper!
[William] I wish I could've had
a show like this growing up.
[woman] I hope that it has helped people.
That's really the most blessed thing
I can hope for as a creator.
[camera shutter clicking]
[Tobie] Bye.
[music fades]
[intriguing music playing]
[Alice] The origin story of Heartstopper
is an interesting one.
When I was 19,
I wrote and published my first
young adult novel called Solitaire.
That book is about Tori Spring,
who those who know Heartstopper
will know is the older sister of Charlie.
I absolutely loved Nick and Charlie
as characters in Solitaire.
As soon as I'd finished writing that book,
I knew I wanted to tell Nick
and Charlie's story somehow.
I wanted to understand
how Nick and Charlie had got
to this point so young,
where they're in such a beautiful,
loving, supportive relationship,
and so I wanted
to tell their origin story.
But when I first started planning it
as a comic,
I didn't think
traditional publishing was possible.
But I thought I could self-publish a book,
I could do a crowdfunding campaign,
raise the money and create the book
entirely by myself without a publisher.
When I did the crowdfunder,
it truly shocked me.
It raised the goal amount in four hours,
and it ended up raising
five or six times the goal.
And I took a step back and thought,
"People really like this comic."
It was a big surprise. Yeah.
So I read a little excerpt of Volume One,
the graphic novel, and I was like, "Wow."
I loved a character of Charlie.
It reminded me a little bit of myself.
Oh my goodness.
This is the picture. [chuckles]
This was my sort of Charlie Spring moment.
This is me at school.
And so when meeting with Alice,
I was like, maybe I should just get
my phone out and show this picture
as a sort of like,
you know, breaking the ice moment,
which I did probably
in a very kind of flustered, nervous way.
[Alice] I'd spoken to some other people
who wanted to adapt it,
and I wasn't sure that they truly loved
what Heartstopper was,
but I felt that instantly from Patrick.
-Now here we are.
-That's great to hear.
[Alice chuckles]
[Joe] You know, we were 17 when we met.
-16. I was 16.
-You were 16. I was 17.
Heartstopper was
my first audition I'd ever done. Um
And I'll be honest,
I don't really remember it that well.
[Alice] I remember Joe's self-tape
because he did the Charlie monologue
we'd sent to all the people
who were auditioning for Charlie.
And then at the end,
he spent 30 seconds to a minute
talking about how
he personally related to Charlie
and he felt like
he was Charlie at his school.
And that was the moment where,
for the first time,
I saw Charlie in real life.
[Patrick] We had a chemistry read
with Kit and Joe.
They'd never met each other at this point,
and they read the first big kissing scene
in season one.
It was, like, electric.
I remember thinking to myself,
"This is Nick and Charlie. We've got it.
They are the best that they can be."
-[both chuckle]
-Yeah. Fair.
-[producer] Hello.
-[Yasmin] Hi.
-[producer] Take a seat.
-[Yasmin] Perfect.
I was growing up in Manchester.
[Tobie] I was working at the supermarket.
[Corinna] I was at school.
I was doing every club afterwards.
[William] I was writing songs,
making music.
I used to nanny for a very lovely family
who, hello, if they're watching.
[Kizzy] There was an open casting call
on Instagram,
which I got sent by a friend.
And I was like,
"That sounds a lot like me."
[Yasmin] I never really could see myself
in the industry,
never mind playing a role that is trans.
I was just about to give up.
I remember I looked at my phone,
and it just went ping. "What is that?"
"Oh, that's a little bit of me!"
[chuckles]
I remember practicing in the mirror
the night before.
[Kizzy] I almost didn't get in the car
to go to audition,
telling myself if I was too scared to go,
I didn't have to.
I remember being in the audition,
the most nervous I've probably ever been.
I left my shift early and ran home
as quick as I could to make the Zoom call.
I was on the bus and I got,
like, a missed call from my agents.
And the casting director called me
and was like, "You've got the part."
I couldn't believe it.
[chuckles softly]
I tried to play it cool.
"I'll do my best."
"Thank you.
I really appreciate the opportunity."
My mum was off camera flapping
and sort of jumping up and down.
[chuckles]
It was an amazing moment.
It was a moment of, like,
"Yeah, maybe acting is possible."
Casting's incredible 'cause you had to
cast a friendship group,
and now here we are, four years later,
all in the same group chat.
[heartwarming music playing]
[Kizzy] Wow.
Oh, it's Heartstopper.
Aw, how cute.
[Tobie] We were really lucky
to have about two weeks of rehearsals
for the first series.
[William] It was during COVID,
so we all had masks on.
And we all met in this church hall
and just read through the scenes.
And that was so great
in getting to know each other as a group.
[Tobie] It was so, so cool.
We heard everyone say their lines
as their characters.
And it was really emotional.
Some of the stuff between Joe and Kit,
between Nick and Charlie,
all of us just went silent
and looked at them,
like, "Oh my God, this is gonna work."
Hey, guys,
I'm here with Netflix's Joe Locke.
Hi. This is the set of Heartstopper.
[intriguing music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Yasmin] My first day on set,
Alice and Patrick came up to me
and could sense the nerves,
just held my hand and was like,
"This is gonna be amazing."
"You're in a safe space."
Most of my scenes were just me and Joe.
I didn't really know the rest of the cast,
and it was one lunch break
and I just remember hearing them all
having a load of fun in one of the rooms.
I plucked up the courage, knocked on
the door, and introduced myself.
And then after then,
I was added to the WhatsApp group.
[William] There was this feeling on set
we were doing something special,
like inherently telling the story
of these young queer people
falling in love and navigating life.
[Joe] I was looking back at my photos
from season one
like "You have no idea
what's in store for you."
[Kit] The magic of season one,
I think it just captured
a lot of people's hearts.
I hope. Touch wood. [knocks wood]
[Netflix Tudum]
[suspenseful music playing]
[person 1] When I heard it was coming out
on Netflix, I was a bit apprehensive.
[person 2] I was like, "Oh no.
What's this going to be like?" [chuckles]
[person 3] It came
at a time after lockdown
where people wanted
something to really resonate with.
[music building]
And then I saw the show,
and I think it changed my brain chemistry.
[intriguing music playing]
[person 4] It's so true
to what Alice was creating.
It's a perfect adaptation.
So I watched the first season,
and I was, like, obsessed.
It's a story about finding your place
and your people.
My mum's watched the show,
and her seeing it helped her
understand my life a little bit more.
[sweet music playing]
The first time I watched Heartstopper,
I fell in love.
I fell in love with the characters.
I fell in love with the world.
I fell in love with love again.
Heartstopper made me feel so proud
that finally we have a show
where queer characters are
at the front and center.
This was something
that was very, very different
and had love and care at its core.
People from all generations
have connected with Heartstopper.
It's filled a gap
that they might not have had
in their childhood
and in their adolescence.
But also,
young people now can connect to it
because they can see themselves in it.
I'm having a proper full-on gay crisis.
[inhales nervously]
I was just so confused.
And now it's taken over the world.
It was kind of unheard of to have
a television show
that was focusing on queer themes
that didn't lead with
the kind of extreme level of trauma.
It made me feel so happy and proud
that this could be the experience
for other people like me.
[waves lapping shore]
What we saw was just kids being kids.
[Tobie snickering]
[whispers] Action.
[giggling]
It's lunchtime. We've climbed
to the top of the helter-skelter.
-And we're not allowed to be on here.
-[all chuckling, shushing]
[Tobie giggling]
All the crew are down there.
-[William] Oh, come on, just do it.
-[Tobie snickers]
-[Kit whimpers]
-[Tobie snickers]
[Tobie laughing]
[Yasmin chuckling]
[Tobie] Oh!
-Hughie definitely saw me!
-[all giggling]
What helter-skelter?
I never went on a helter-skelter.
We decided
to take that to the grave with us.
No one's gonna ever know
that we went on the helter-skelter.
[producer] If you were to reveal
the biggest behind-the-scenes secret,
what would you say?
Oh my gosh, behind-the-scenes secrets?
Um
I guess that
Okay, any time that there is
a sort of improvised scene
or there's dialogue happening on screen
that you can't quite make out, we're
the cast are almost certainly talking
about willies and vaginas.
[chuckles]
[director] Exterior. Beach town.
Tara and Darcy are running towards
the beach, racing, laughing and screaming.
[Alice] I write the scripts,
and during that time I'm able
to have conversations with the actors,
see how they're feeling
about their characters' stories.
And often they will come to me
with their own ideas
and differing opinions
and thoughts about particular scenes
or even particular lines.
It's really helpful
to get their perspective.
[Yasmin] Alice is amazing at communicating
and also being so vigilant.
I was bullied when I was growing up,
so I knew firsthand what it was like
to experience transphobia.
So for Alice to sit me down and to say,
"What is your experience?
How can we embed it in the role?"
It's just little questions like that
that make the experience so much easier.
[Alice] When the actor feels excited
about what they're doing,
it's always a better performance.
-Bonjour.
-Bonjour.
-Hola. I mean, bonjour.
-[Tobie] Great.
Thinking back through
all of the journey of making the show,
I think the highs are are super high.
Getting up at 5:00 a.m.
to go up the Eiffel Tower
with a bunch of teenage actors
and experiencing the chaos of that
-[Tobie] Bonjour.
-Bonjour.
that's just, like, a pinch-me moment.
[Kit] We saw sunrise. It was one of
the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
[indistinct chatter]
One of my fondest memories of filming
would be season two in the Louvre.
That was so magical.
It was completely empty.
To go in such a space like that
is beautiful
and to be authentically trans,
like, playing Elle in that space
was magical.
-That's a wrap for Paris!
-[cast and crew cheering]
-Merci beaucoup!
-[Tobie] Merci! Au revoir.
-City of love.
-City of love. Paris.
Oh, my favorite on-set memory?
There's too many. It's four years.
[Joe] Most memorable,
probably the first kiss
because it's an iconic kiss for the show.
And it's framed beautifully.
It looks really lovely.
[Patrick] Also, when Nick watches
Tara and Darcy kissing free
at the party together
and he's filled with this hopefulness
about his future
because he can see two people
being open with their sexuality.
[hopeful music playing]
I was standing
next to our director, Euros,
and we were both just, like, emotional,
like, tears in our eyes
because it felt incredibly special.
[both grunting]
[William] The bullying storylines,
especially in the earlier seasons,
were really important to show.
I found them tough to shoot.
And what's good is we show them,
we observe them.
But then later on, and also in the film,
we have bullying taking place,
but us as older characters at school
being able to stop it and intercept it.
I think that's
a really beautiful storyline.
And that is, again,
really important to show on screen.
[Joe] I really loved the way
the show as a whole handled
Charlie's eating disorder story
in season three.
I thought that was beautifully told.
I think episode four of season three
is definitely my favorite
of any Heartstopper episode.
[Alice] For me, it's about
seeing the healing process
and hopefully expressing the idea
that no matter what dark things
are going on in your life,
you can always find light at the end.
I want to get better.
[Kit] Looking back to season one,
the final scene with Olivia,
who was playing my mum,
was really special.
-Mum?
-Mm-hmm?
[hesitantly] Charlie's my boyfriend.
And seemed to really resonate
with audiences as well, which was lovely.
I just wanted you to know.
[inhales nervously]
My favorite moment of the whole show
is when Nick comes out to his mum.
She doesn't interrupt him.
She doesn't tell him what to think.
She doesn't insert
her own emotions into it.
She just sits there quietly
and she smiles.
Oh, baby.
[Tag] And you can see how proud she is.
The trans storylines in Heartstopper
are really important.
[Didi] The scene where Elle goes
into the radio station
was hard to watch.
She thinks she's about to be interviewed
about her art and her practice.
She's actually interviewed
about being trans.
[radio host] Some call it a culture war,
feminists versus trans activists.
It's so important
we hear all voices and opinions.
Trans people aren't a debate.
We're human beings.
But I think it's also really nice
how Tao sort of flipped that
and made it into something positive.
[Tao] I know
you've been really down lately,
but I love making little videos
to cheer up the people I love.
So I made you one.
[Elle chuckles softly, sniffles]
[sniffles]
[waves lapping]
[pensive music playing]
[Charlie] My favorite moment is the scene
with Kit Connor and Hayley Atwell
on the beach.
Nick is kind of at a loss
with how to help Charlie
and how to be there for him.
Oh, come here.
-Oh, darling.
-[Nick sobs]
That is a lot to put
on the shoulders of a 16-year-old.
[Nick] I don't know how to fix him.
Maybe you can't.
You don't know how
to handle those things at 16.
And I think it helped
so many people understand
that actually they can't fix everything,
and that's so okay.
It's been really wonderful working
with seasoned actors across the series.
Olivia Colman, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Jonathan Bailey.
Sir Derek Jacobi is in the movie,
and that was, like,
a complete pinch-me moment.
This is the trailblazing gay actor
who has really paved the way.
And seeing him in a scene with Joe Locke,
who is, in my mind, the future of it all,
it was full circle and and brilliant.
[producer] What did you learn
from Nellie the dog?
If she could talk, what would she say?
[Kit] Hmm.
-She'd probably say, "Get a fucking room."
-Yeah, she would.
[both chuckle softly]
[heartwarming music playing]
What?
I [chuckles]
I've never seen you in a vest before.
[Joe] Our show shows love
in all of its different forms.
Sibling, friends, romantic, parents.
And that is a really wonderful thing,
to celebrate
all those different versions of love.
[Tobie] I guess with Isaac specifically,
I've learned
how important platonic love is
and how vital
all of his friendships are to him.
And that's made me
value my friendships more.
[Kizzy] I think Tara and Darcy are
the strongest couple in the show.
The way that they're written
is almost married.
Like, they are so comfortable
with intimacy.
They love each other more
when they go through challenges together.
They are each other's rock.
They are each other's safety.
[Joe] Me and Jenny do have
a sibling relationship.
And Jenny's one
of the most talented actors that I know.
And she's also
one of the most lovely people I know.
And I do feel like a sibling.
I would fight someone for her.
[Jenny] More than anything,
I've learned more from my castmates,
particularly Joe.
I just think that
he's the most spectacular human being,
and I'm gonna cry if I talk about him.
[Yasmin] Tao and Elle, for me,
is just a magical relationship
because it goes
from them being in an all-boys school,
her transitioning,
and them still being friends,
and then building that love relationship.
It's something that a true bond
is built on through years, through time,
through being friends with each other
and loving each other
through the thick and the thin
and let each other grow and blossom.
I think that is the most magical
kind of relationship you can have.
[Fisayo] In this scene,
Mr. Ajayi is proposing
a date with Mr. Farouk.
There's awkwardness. There's,
um, there's fear. There's tension.
Some might say there's pain.
But we're here to try.
It's a fun kind of tension, though,
if you know what I'm saying.
-But everything's fun to you, isn't it?
-Yeah. I'm an art teacher.
Yeah. But for me, I know about real life,
d'you know what I mean?
-My character knows what pain is.
-[Fisayo chuckling]
[Alice] So much of Heartstopper
is about teenage love.
In the script,
we call them Heartstopper Moments,
and I wanted to see those moments
with adult characters.
And so I came up with these two teachers
who are in their thirties.
They're definitely not teenagers anymore.
-Guess how old he is.
-[both laughing]
[Alice] They've both got their own lives
and their own baggage,
but they still manage
to find their Heartstopper Moment.
[all cheering]
[siren wailing]
I suppose I'd better
head down to reception
and try and get some fresh sheets.
You could just share my bed.
No, sorry.
-Stupid idea.
-Youssef.
[Farouk] No.
I don't think it's a stupid idea.
[heartwarming music playing]
[Jamie] My favorite character, I think,
could be, curveball, Mr. Farouk.
[Janet] One moment
that crystallizes it for me
is when Mr. Farouk is telling Mr. Ajayi
that he's missed out on these
coming-of-age crushes, romance moments.
And he says to him that it's not too late.
Probably a bit late for me to have
any youthful moments of discovery.
Don't think there's an age limit on those.
to be honest.
You flirting with me?
Maybe.
[Patrick] Heartstopper treats love
in a way that's not overblown.
It's just simple. It's just
a pure connection between two people.
And it allows it to be carefree
and happy and euphoric.
People of all ages love the show
because the feeling of love
is one that you associate
with that kind of like, you know,
adolescent feelings of finding yourself.
And, yeah, I think
that's what sets the show apart.
[hopeful music playing]
[Suzannah] So I teach
predominantly teenagers.
I have the books on my bookshelf
just behind my desk.
There's a pattern which emerges
from a lot of my children.
They see the books,
and then a little bit later,
a little bit along the line,
they'll mention them.
And then, bit by bit,
they'll slowly start
adding queer characters to their stories.
They'll start building confidence
within themselves
and exploring what it means to be queer
through their writing.
And then, slowly, when they're feeling
more comfortable, more confident,
they feel ready to come out.
[Alice] To have seen
something that I've written
have that strong of an impact on people,
it's beyond my wildest dreams.
It takes me back to why we're doing this
and how important this thing is
to so many people.
[intriguing music playing]
[Kit] The fan base Heartstopper has
is flooded with creativity.
I've seen plenty of drawings and paintings
and it's clear that so much love
has been poured into them.
[Oliver] The Heartstopper fandom
is very creative.
I've seen people do fantastic pieces
of fan art online.
And also, as a fellow fan artist,
sharing my art is definitely a part
of being involved in a community.
[Didi] A lot of fans use Heartstopper
for their own creative expressions,
which I think is amazing
and I definitely do as well.
I literally started
trying to draw characters
and trying to develop more characters
after seeing Alice's work.
[Alice] It's just such a beautiful way
to express yourself,
to take something that you love
and to play with it.
It's amazing. It's all you can ask for.
At the end of the day, you wanna be
making work that is universal.
And when you're making a show about love,
there's nothing more universal than love,
you know.
[crowd cheering]
I would say the Heartstopper fan base
is very, very diverse.
I would say it's one of the most diverse
fan bases that I've seen personally.
I love you!
[Oliver] It's a very lovely thing
to like the same book,
the same TV show, the same film,
and then talk to people about it.
[all cheering]
[Suzannah] I have friends
who I've been lucky enough to meet up with
in the United States, in New Zealand.
I have friends all across Europe
who I never would have met
without Heartstopper.
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[squealing excitedly]
[Tag] There's no doubt
that Heartstopper has truly earned
its place as a phenomenon.
You can see that through
how fans in so many different countries
and with different languages
and different cultures and backgrounds
respond to this show.
[Joe] I always talk about Netflix's reach
as such a positive thing for Heartstopper
because Heartstopper's available in
all the countries Netflix is available in,
even the ones where being gay is illegal.
It's a testament to our show that our show
charted in a few of those countries,
and it's a testament to queer identities
that people in those countries
still want to watch our show
because queer people exist
in those countries regardless of laws.
It's really powerful
that Netflix has the power to
to still show content like ours
in those countries.
[Joe humming softly]
[Alice] So we're at Herne Bay today.
We're shooting one of the sequences
near the end of the film.
It's very weird to be back here
'cause I know this place so well.
I hung out here when I was a teenager.
So this beach is, like
it has a lot of happy memories for me.
Now it has a lot of happy memories
for Nick and Charlie.
[Kit] We're having a great day. We filmed
a big scene right in front of the ocean.
-It was very beautiful.
-[Joe] It was.
And it happens to be four years to the day
that we filmed here for season one.
-How cool is that, Kit?
-It's four years to the day.
I mean, it's like they planned it.
But they didn't.
-So that's pretty crazy.
-Crazy.
Uh, it's like we were meant to be here.
[Alice] And we actually saw some graffiti
that people have left.
Just the word Heartstopper.
So the Heartstopper fans also think
this is a very special place.
So it's really magical to be here,
and we're having a lot of fun.
[director] Camera set and action!
[hopeful music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Patrick] The cast's careers
have just exploded
across the life cycle of the show.
To see them
as incredibly seasoned professional actors
who've got three seasons
and now a movie under their belt
is just extraordinary.
[Alice] Already
they're doing incredible things.
-[camera shutters clicking]
-[hopeful music playing]
[camera shutters clicking]
[Cydney] With Heartstopper and the cast,
I really feel like this is
just the beginning of their careers.
[camera shutters clicking]
[camera shutters clicking]
[Janet] I can only imagine,
with the amount of talent that they have,
it's just going to get better and better.
[Kit] You know, Nick has been
an amazing drama school for me.
I certainly think
if I'd have taken on any of the roles
I've taken on since starting Heartstopper
without Heartstopper,
they would've been
very different performances.
[Joe] I've learned the most from Kit.
I've spent most of the last four years
with Kit for at least twelve hours a day,
and he's an old pro.
He's been doing this for a long time,
and he's very talented.
I've learned a lot
from just watching him work.
And the way that he treats people,
he's a real professional
and he's very talented.
I play a lot of scenes with Joe.
And it was really special to see him
grow into the actor he's become.
You know, the sky's the limit.
[music fades]
They should put a plaque on the wall.
"This is where Nick and Charlie
had their first kiss."
[sentimental music playing]
[Nick groans, exhales slowly]
-I feel old.
-[Nick chuckles softly]
We are not old.
Last time we were in here, we were babies.
[Nick sighs]
So, I'm gonna go to uni,
and then you're gonna go to uni in a year.
It's only a few years.
It's really not that long compared to
The rest of our lives?
Yeah.
I could never imagine any of that
till I met you.
And now?
Now I can see it.
[Nick chuckles softly]
[hopeful music playing]
[Alice] I've always had the ending
of Heartstopper in mind.
Now we've reached that point,
and it feels really satisfying
to have got there.
[Joe] It made me cry
the first time I read it.
I think it's a really beautiful
and cinematic ending.
It's also way more grown up.
That's what I noticed.
I was like, "God, they're shagging a lot
and they're swearing a lot." [chuckles]
And it was great.
It felt sort of weird filming such,
like, grown-up stuff for Heartstopper.
Aww!
I almost feel I'm gonna be sad it's over,
but also at the same time, I'm glad.
Because there's nothing worse
than loving a show so much
and then it just goes on for too long.
I want to be able to miss it
when it's gone.
It doesn't matter who you are
or how old you are.
Believing in love,
believing in friendship,
believing in connection is okay.
And Alice has made that possible.
Thanks, Alice.
Oh!
This is one of my favorite moments.
With Nellie! [laughs]
Yeah. It's definitely one of those shows
that really gets you in the feels.
[intriguing music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Patrick] Getting 400 fans in
for the final day shoot
of the Heartstopper movie
was a stressful process
in that we didn't know quite
whether it was going to work out.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughter]
[Oliver] When we got to the actual set
where the Pride was happening,
my first thought was,
"Damn. This is looking good."
-Wow.
-[fans cheering]
[person 5] It was so colorful.
It was just such a great atmosphere.
[inspiring music playing]
[fans cheering, clapping]
[Oliver] There were these butterfly wings.
I thought that was very beautiful
because it's very symbolic
of the metamorphosis
that you can go through as a trans person.
[all chuckling]
[fans cheering]
[Charlie] Every so often,
I get kids coming up to me,
"You know
there'll be a Heartstopper film?"
Do I know about it? I'm in it!
[fans cheering]
[Charlie] I feel at my most comfortable
when I'm around the fans of Heartstopper.
[fans cheering, clapping]
[Alice] Although it was a very sad moment
that something so huge
has come to a close,
I felt like I could
let out my breath a little bit.
Of course it's bittersweet.
It's so sad to be saying goodbye
to these characters that I love so dearly.
Trans rights! Trans rights!
But we've done it
exactly how we wanted to do it.
-Bye!
-Bye!
[Tobie] If there was to be
a last day on Heartstopper,
of course it was gonna be Pride,
the epitome of everything
we've tried to do with this show.
So, yeah, that definitely felt like
the right way to wrap everything up.
[Kizzy] The last day of filming,
I just burst into tears immediately.
Having so many people there
felt so overwhelming.
[William] It was this beautiful conclusion
to the last few years.
I don't know
if I've fully processed it yet,
but it was really special.
[fans cheering]
[William] Loads of fans out.
It was just a beautiful encapsulation
of what Heartstopper is
and what it does for the world.
[director] Okay, everybody,
that is a wrap. Well done.
[fans cheering]
The moment of wrap,
Alice and Brett, our producer,
had gifts
and, uh, big bouquets of flowers.
So we were rushing out into the Pride set
to give them to the cast.
All of a sudden, I saw flowers coming.
I was like, "Oh yeah, it's the last day."
-We've got matching!
-Yay!
Then everybody was crying.
[Yasmin] I just bursted out into tears,
which is not like me.
But when you've been on something
for four years,
it becomes your whole life.
Oh my God!
This show that we'd started four years ago
has given me some of my best friends.
So it doesn't feel like it's ending.
And guess what?
If I miss it, I'll watch it on Netflix.
[clicks tongue, laughs]
[person 6] This way.
We did a wrap for everyone at lunchtime.
[person 7] 5-7-3, take 2, A mark.
But me and Kit had one more scene to do.
[director] And action!
I don't want you to spend your time
worrying about me.
-Don't need to think about that now.
-I want you to be okay on your own.
-[director] Great. Yes.
-[person 8] Yeah?
Good for the camera?
Great, we got it.
Folks, we have wrapped.
[cast and crew cheering]
I've got to thank Alice for creating this.
[cast and crew cheering]
[Alice] I would encourage young creatives
or older creatives,
anyone who wants to put
their work out there,
to just put it out there
and express yourself.
Because if you earnestly love
the thing that you're making,
I promise there will be other people
who do as well.
[Joe] It means the world to me to be
part of such an important show,
especially for young queer people.
I think it's easy for us making this show
to forget the impact
and the importance it's had on the world.
This is just gonna blow people away.
Heartstopper Forever, man.
[Kit] It's not every day you get to do
a job that has a real effect on people.
I hope that it paves the way
for more queer representation
in mainstream media.
[hopeful music playing]
[Kit] It's really special
that people get to
go on one of the biggest
streaming services in the world,
and on the front page right there,
there's two boys falling in love.
[heartwarming music playing]
[music fades]