Wanting to become a film star, he’d dress up as James Bond in videos he’d make with his older brother and sister. And so, when the opportunity to star in a Sainsbury’s advert came up, Connor insisted he do it, despite his parents’ reluctance (it was long, boring work, apparently). “Thank God they let me, because here I am.” His first feature film followed soon after – the 2014 British Christmas comedy Get Santa – then came roles in Ready Player One and Rocketman, in which he played the young Elton John. Connor remained in school throughout. When Heartstopper came out, “I was completely and utterly prepared to be on the receiving end of some unpleasant jokes,” he says. “But it was really quite positive. People would be like, ‘I really love the show. I thought you were really good in it.’ I was thinking, ‘Wow, that’s really a good sign.’”
Was he like his character at school: outgoing, sporty and popular? “I was never nearly as popular as Nick was, I think. Nick is super socially comfortable and I can get quite sort of socially inept. Not socially inept, but, like, awkward,” he says. “I am a bit introverted and generally like to keep myself to myself.”
He feels working in film “stunted” him socially because he couldn’t hang out with friends as much. In Heartstopper he found the perfect remedy. “We kind of forgot people were going to watch it. It was really just this beautiful experience of being able to make the show we really enjoy, and make friends and create a family.” Other highlights include working alongside Colman, who he describes as not normal, both as an actor (“Effortlessly, unbelievably talented. Lucky her!”) and a person. “Normal people do not make you feel comfortable so quick and she will just immediately put you at ease. It really is impressive.”
Away from work, Connor loves watching the NBA and writing. “I’m really awful at poetry, but sometimes do that.” He’s always been interested in fashion, namechecking James Dean, Marlon Brando and Paul Newman as his style inspiration (although he’s also prepared to “switch up and make it a lot younger”, which to him means Carhartt WIP. One of its jackets, his go-to, is neatly folded on the seat next to him as we chat). He is also big on the gym. In March, fitness model and YouTuber Nathaniel Massiah shared a photo of them working out together, with Connor looking especially buff – a surprise for those used to the wholesome, fresh-faced teen (albeit a rugby-playing one). The internet’s reaction was predictably thirsty.
“Firstly, I don’t actually look like that!” he says. “It wasn’t photoshopped, but it’s perfect lighting, with a pump from the gym. That’s, like, the best I will ever look.” It’s also a myth, he says, that the bulk-up came post Heartstopper – there just weren’t any topless pictures out there. “I used to be super, super self-conscious about my body. But for now, at the moment, I’m pretty comfortable in myself, in the sense I don’t really care about how it looks anymore.”
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