Kit Connor – best known for his role as the young Elton John in Rocketman – is Nick, while newcomer Joe Locke is Charlie. It’s the norm for teens on TV to be played by twentysomethings, but “there aren’t enough shows where teens are played by real teens,” thinks Oseman. Oseman also felt it was important to fill the cast with school-age actors. I think people will still understand it.” Like how British audiences have no problem grasping the minutiae of the US school system? “Exactly!” I really, really wanted it to be set in Britain – I think that’s so integral.” Terminology such as “form groups” has confused overseas readers of the comics, but she insisted on keeping “all of those little British things. Oseman, who grew up in Kent, “wouldn’t have said yes to adapting it if they’d wanted to set it in America. Despite being aimed at a global audience, there is no Sex Education-style, vaguely transatlantic setting here. One of the stipulations was that it remained distinctively British. But Oseman was determined to stay true to the story’s roots. Heartstopper is the sort of meticulously crafted passion project that, done carelessly, could make for a painful page-to-screen translation. She began reshaping the comic into a TV show in 2019 and is still writing new chapters of the web version as we speak – aiming to draw a page every day of her working week. It took off quickly, popularity-wise – and then proceeded to take over Oseman’s life. Yet she was determined to turn the origin story of Charlie and Nick’s relationship into something “optimistic and joyful”. Solitaire was a relatively “dark” book about mental health, says Oseman, who is unwaveringly smiley and inclined towards brief, efficient explanations. Oseman started Heartstopper in 2016, plucking the two protagonists from her YA debut novel Solitaire, where they appear as supporting characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() “White Rock won’t be the same without him,” adds Terri Hough.Alice Oseman, photographed around Rochester castle for The Guardian. “John lived life by his rules, it was a privilege to work with him,” writes Jerome Chibber. “He was deeply loved by so many folks, a very kind and inspiring man with a big heart,” adds another. He “had a lasting affect on many,” writes one. READ MORE: White Rock restaurateur thunderstruck by theft of prized guitarĭozens of people have commented on his death, describing Carroll as a “legend” with a unique outlook on life – “a character in his own right… a true icon of the beach.” – in 1985, was known to be “a sassy, hard working man who was always eager to give feedback and to make his vision of the world a reality,” it continues. “We lost a mentor, and the world lost a White Rock legend,” the post reads.Ĭarroll, who started Charlie’s – located at 15011 Marine Dr. 7), according to a post that afternoon on the restaurant’s Facebook page. Staff and patrons of an iconic Marine Drive restaurant are this week mourning the death of its founder, who “lost a hard fought battle with COVID-19.”Ĭharlie Don’t Surf owner John Carroll died Thursday (Oct.
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