Heartstopper fans ‘losing their minds’ at Kit Connor’s bold kiss in Romeo and Juliet

Heartstopper prima Kit Connor has near fans gobsmacked aft his arm-flexing buss with Rachel Zegler during his Broadway debut successful Romeo and Juliet.

The 20-year-old histrion is stirring up a storm successful New York successful his relation arsenic Shakespearean pb Romeo other the Snow White star, 23, arsenic portion of Tony victor Sam Gold and Jack Antonoff’s modern philharmonic adaptation.

The synopsis reads: ‘The younker are f**ked. Left to their ain devices successful their parents’ satellite of convulsive ends, an impulsive brace of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate.

‘The intoxicating precocious of passionateness rapidly descends into a brutal chaos that tin lone extremity 1 way.’

As with immoderate re-imagining of the beloved signifier show, astatine its halfway is the emotion communicative Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, children bound to feuding families who combat to enactment unneurotic – astatine immoderate cost.

As the previews footwear disconnected astatine Circle successful the Square Theatre, there’s 1 infinitesimal betwixt Kit’s Romeo and Rachel’s Juliet that fans simply can’t get over. When helium does a propulsion up to seizure her lips successful a kiss.

In a clip from the moment, the assemblage tin spot Kit dangling from the framework of an elevated furniture connected which Juliet is lounging earlier effortlessly pulling himself up for a smooch arsenic the the assemblage cheers and gasps successful daze astatine the suave move.

As the video goes viral, fans are sharing conscionable however impressed they are.

‘The manager truly said, fto maine springiness everyone the astir romanticist happening they’ve ever seen and DELIVERED,’ @ugodlyraleigh wrote connected X.

‘This did thing to my encephalon that one tin NOT picture successful words conscionable wow,’ @illicitaffqirss echoed.

‘I request to survey Sam Gold’s encephalon nether a microscope due to the fact that each prime he’s ever made is cleanable similar HELLO?!’ @isabelleshutup added.

‘I’m losing my mind. conscionable thought everyone should know,’ @cowboyfaist shared.

‘This is however you marque usage of an incredibly talented signifier histrion and a tween net fellow erstwhile you formed them arsenic Romeo and Juliet!’ @moolivesthnx wrote.

‘I conscionable died I’m virtually dormant ohio my god,’ @shruti_c2813 wrote.

The histrion has precocious opened up astir his caller fittingness regime, nether the guidance of YouTuber and fittingness exemplary Nathaniel Massiah.

In 1 of Nathaniel’s YouTube videos, Kit explained that the crushed helium got into the gym was ‘kinda deep, to beryllium honest’.

He past reflected connected being formed successful Netflix series Heartstopper successful which helium plays soft-hearted jock Nick Nelson and saw immoderate instrumentality absorption calling him ‘a spot excessively skinny’ for the role.

‘I saw that and was like, “Shit.’ I conscionable started eating loads. I was like, ‘If I’m eating this much, I mightiness arsenic good [train].”

‘I started conscionable doing push-ups, I was doing similar 200 push-ups a time and past the lone happening that was processing was my chest,’ continued Connor.

‘There’s bits, if you look astatine Heartstopper, there’s a mates points wherever I’m wearing rather a choky garment and… Yeah, the boobies were looking rather large. I was thinking, ‘Yes!’ but past I started decently hitting the gym,’ helium continued.

Kit and Rachel opened up astir their Romeo and Juliet adaptation connected The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, sharing that the amusement was pitched to the actors arsenic a ‘Troye Sivan euphony video’.

‘The play truly deals with a batch of things that someway subordinate to a modern assemblage adjacent though it was written 500 years ago,’ Rachel said.

Kit added: ‘As a British histrion you are encouraged to bash [Shakespeare], if you haven’t done it you get… told off.’

And the brace are each excessively utilized to the passionate assemblage effect their amusement is evoking, arsenic they recounted 1 assemblage subordinate who was thoroughly invested.

‘[It was the] extremity of a monolithic fight, I’m determination panting, not definite what to bash and past I conscionable perceive “Romeo, locomotion away” and my contiguous thought was: ‘Wow she’s truly successful it”.’

This caller Broadway accumulation is not the lone spot Kit is flexing his romanticist charisma. The 3rd play of Heartstopper, coming retired this month, volition besides feature much intimacy betwixt Nick and co-star Joe Locke’s quality Charlie Spring than ever.

‘The absorption is connected the difficulties of knowing erstwhile you’re acceptable and what it is to beryllium a young queer person.

‘There isn’t arsenic overmuch practice successful the manufacture of queer enactment and often it’s represented arsenic being overmuch much precocious and precise highly sexualised. This is truly saccharine and tender,’ the Emmy victor told Radio Times podcast astir what to expect.

Meanwhile, successful an interrogation with GQ, helium added: ‘We changeable the sexy worldly for 7 hours, which, you know, that’ll bash it. We were some conscionable knackered. Joe developed this immense scab connected his chin,’ with Joe confirming it was ‘horrible’.

Romeo + Juliet volition officially unfastened connected October 24, 2024.

Heartstopper play 3 arrives connected Netflix connected Thursday, October 3.

Got a story?

If you’ve got a personage story, video oregon pictures get successful interaction with the Metro.co.uk amusement squad by emailing america [email protected], calling 020 3615 2145 oregon by visiting our Submit Stuff leafage – we’d emotion to perceive from you.

MORE : Netflix shows and films being axed successful October that you person conscionable days near to watch

MORE : EastEnders fable lands large relation successful iconic Netflix show

MORE : Joe Locke speaks retired aft fans spell chaotic implicit ‘amazing’ Kit Connor rumour