HEARTSTOPPER, from left: Olivia Colman, Kit Conner, (Season 1 ep. 106, aired April 22, 2022). picture: Rob Youngson / Netflix /Courtesy Everett Collection
Heartstopper will see one in every of its large names from the sooner seasons not return for the forthcoming third season set to launch in October 2024. Olivia Colman, who featured closely all through seasons 1 and a pair of as Nick’s mum, Sarah Nelson, gained’t be that includes in any respect in season 3.
The information got here via an interview this morning printed by Forbes, who spoke to the actress as she promotes her new film, Wicked Little Letters (which ought to come to Netflix within the US within the coming years via the Sony first window deal). When requested about her function in season 3 of Heartstopper, Colman mentioned, “I couldn’t do number three. I couldn’t fit it in. I feel awful about that. I feel like I was part of one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever been part of.”
Responding to this information, which has been lighting up X all day, Alice Oseman, the creator of the comics and present, posted 4 tales on her Instagram addressing Colman’s absence and talking about a number of different components, too.
The assertion reads as follows:
“As many of you have heard today, the wonderful Olivia Colman will not be returning to the show for season three. We tried absolutely everything we could, but it wasn’t meant to be, and that’s just the way the TV world works sometimes. We are so deeply grateful to Olivia for the stunning performance she gave to the show and wish her the absolute best!”
Moving on to addressing whether or not she’s been recast for the third season, Oseman mentioned no however was eager to handle followers involved about how this impacts the story, given how prominently she seems within the feedback. Oseman writes:
We didn’t re-cast Sarah, and I do know lots of you – comedian followers particularly – can be upset and anxious about how we are going to transfer ahead with out Nick’s mum. I do know there’s one scene particularly that man oof you’ve gotten been trying ahead to in season 3, and it’s possible you’ll be feeling disillusioned and disheartned with us. I completely perceive – I used to be actually anxious too, once I first discovered!
If there’s one factor I may ask of you, it’s not to surrender on us fairly but. I’ve carried out all the pieces in my energy to protect that scene as written within the comedian, and I’ve written some new components of the story to make sure that it offers us the emotional punch that it offers within the comedian. And as for the remainder of the season – please have religion! Nick’s story from the comics remains to be there, nonetheless infinitely essential to me, and Sarah’s function as emotional help for Nick will shift to different characters within the story for now. If you get a season 4, I’d love for Olivia to be part of it once more!
Making a TV present typically has utterly avoidable challenges like this. All we are able to do within the face of such challenges is our greatest, and I imply it once I say that I like this season, I like this present, and I’m so pleased with everybody concerned. We’ve all labored actually arduous and I’m so excited so that you can see what we’ve provide you with, together with a number of new casting bulletins to return within the subsequent few weeks – a few of it’s possible you’ll hve heard about already, others that you simply haven’t but…”
One of these casting bulletins nearly definitely alludes to the truth that we picked up on Hayley Atwell being solid within the forthcoming third season. Atwell has been solid as Nick’s aunt Diane, who might be one of many individuals Oseman factors to above in giving Nick emotional help.
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