Since HBO have decided to start straight up lying to us (see here) these are the facts:
Thank you @figmentof for these bits of beautiful evidence.
Remember, this was AFTER they cut the show’s budget by 40%, did practically zero promotion or advertising, no awards push or campaigning - nearly all the promo for Season 2 was done by cast and crew off their own backs (million thank yous again to Samba)
Season 2 still hasn’t even aired here in the UK yet!
Don’t let them get away with this bullshit, remember the truth. We won’t forget.
"The night we found out we got into this festival, I was shooting a film in England with a great script and a director that I love. It was all so overwhelming. And my husband had just been cast in a film he just did. And I was having this overwhelming sense of gratitude and joy and wonder. I sent my agent this hilarious voice note crying my eyes out. I was like, 'All I wanted to do was be a working actor and it's happening.' So that was a wonderful moment. I feel like the thing is, you always feel like, 'Is this going to last? Is this going to be okay?' So those moments of real wonder and joy and being able to just go, 'Okay, I'm working.' Yeah, that was a great day."
—Daisy Ridley in a Featured Conversation at SXSW 2024
‘Making Heartstopper was an extraordinarily important thing for me, in terms of my life and my identity. Being surrounded by strong confident queer people, I can’t tell you how empowering it is.’