Heartstopper Fans Are Already Swooning Over A Bridgerton Star’s Cameo

Heartstopper fans are elated by the show’s latest announcement. On April 25, Netflix confirmed that Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey has joined the Season 3 cast.

In a short introduction video about Bailey’s character, Netflix announced that he will play Jack Maddox, Charlie Spring’s Instagram-famous crush. Fans quickly commented on the addition of the actor, who joins Heartstopper Series 3 alongside fellow newbies Hayley Atwell and Eddie Marsan.

“My heart. It stopped,” one fan cheekily wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Petition to include Jonathan Bailey in all Netflix productions,” another commented, while one user also joked, “Now I must watch it. Anything for my Viscount,” referring to Bailey’s Bridgerton character, Lord Anthony Bridgerton, whom the actor will reprise in the drama’s forthcoming third season.

Heartstopper’s creator and writer, Alice Oseman, said she’s “incredibly excited” to welcome the show’s three new cast members. “It was an absolute joy to see Hayley, Eddie and Jonathan’s talent alongside our existing cast,” she said in a statement. “I can’t wait for the Heartstopper fans to meet these new characters.”

Based on Oseman’s same-named graphic novel series, Netflix’s Heartstopper follows the coming-of-age love story between two high school students, Charlie Spring (played by Kit Connor) and Nick Nelson (Joe Locke).

Along with Connor and Locke, the main cast includes Yasmin Finney, William Gao, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, and Sebastian Croft, among others.

The third and final season will arrive on Netflix in October 2024, and according to Season 3’s official description, it will follow the students of Truham Grammar as they prepare to leave their school days behind.

“As the summer holiday ends and the months race on, the friends begin to realize that the school year will come with both its joys and its challenges,” the season synopsis reads, teasing that Nick also “has something important to say to Charlie.”