How To Date Billy Walsh and Heartstopper star Sebastian Croft is eager for a job in a queer rom com. (Getty)
How To Date Billy Walsh and Heartstopper star Sebastian Croft has instructed PinkNews he would “love” to star in a queer rom-com within the close to future.
Croft, 22, stars in Prime Video’s tremendous candy and foolish upcoming rom-com How To Date Billy Walsh, alongside Bridgerton favorite Charithra Chandran.
Within the movie – which arrives on Prime Video this Friday (5 April) – Croft performs Archie, a “quirky and larger-than-life” teenager with a life-long crush on his finest good friend, Amelia (Chandran).
Nonetheless, when new child on the block, the chiselled and charming Billy Walsh (Cobra Kai star Tanner Buchanan) rides into city on a motorcycle (after all), Archie has to battle to maintain his good friend from falling for Billy – and falling out with him within the course of. Cue a love triangle saga for the ages.
Although How To Date Billy Walsh explores a heterosexual love story, Croft says he want to dabble in a queer massive display romance sooner or later, too.
Talking solely to PinkNews, Croft revealed that he would “100 per cent” be keen on starring in a queer romance movie à la Purple, White & Royal Blue.
“I might love that, that might be nice,” the actor says, including that he already has some concepts for tales he’d like to show into movies.
“There’s two books that I really like that – one has been tailored, and the opposite hasn’t been tailored for a very long time – I’d like to do.
“It’s thrilling to see so many cool initiatives which have queer tales in the midst of them. I’m undoubtedly enthusiastic about [it].
“It’s simply good to leap between quite a lot of characters and quite a lot of tales.”
Whereas Croft didn’t reveal which queer tales he’s eager to star in, he’s beforehand revealed his want to star as “Timothée Chalamet’s love curiosity in something”.
“I used to be named after Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited and clearly, that’s, like, an iconic homosexual story, and it’s set in Oxford, so that might in all probability be my dream half to play,” he instructed AnOther journal final 12 months.
Sebastian Croft is finest identified for his function as Ben Hope, the bullying and abusive ex-boyfriend of Charlie Spring in Alice Oseman’s queer teen Netflix drama, Heartstopper.
Ben isn’t set to return for Heartstopper season three, however Croft is happy to be taking part in a personality who’s the polar “reverse” in How To Date Billy Walsh.
Plus, Croft’s transition to a romantic main function marks one other main step in his profession.
“A movie like [How To Date Billy Walsh] actually doesn’t must be numerous in any manner,” displays Croft, who has beforehand described himself as queer.
“It’s a really heteronormative love story, and for Prime Video to get a title like this and, even when the story doesn’t require it, to nonetheless have such a various forged, was simply actually cool and fairly refreshing – nearly extra so than the tales the place that’s the subject material.”
He provides that he and co-star Charithra Chandran “have spoken about it lots” and “it’s a very nice shift to see” within the movie trade.
“It was simply enjoyable and we had a whole lot of enjoyable making it. As a result of it was a snug surroundings on set, and everybody felt snug being themselves,” he says.
“In case you’re making an attempt to make a relatable movie for what it’s prefer to develop up as a youngster at this time, it needs to be numerous, as a result of the world is numerous. It was thrilling to see them try this with this.”
How To Date Billy Walsh is streaming on Prime Video from 5 April.