Jonathan Bailey On Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’: “Everyone Above The Age Of 40 Should Be Forced To Watch It”

Armando Tinoco

13 November 2024 at 4:55 pm·1-min read

Jonathan Bailey made a cameo on Netflix’s Heartstopper Season 3 and says people over a certain age should be forced to watch the series.

In a new interview, Bailey opened up about how his guest appearance came to be and what the series means to him.

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“I sort of wedged myself into that part. I was so moved by the series and also the graphic novel,” Bailey told Vanity Fair.

Bailey played Jack Maddox, a classical historian Joe Locke’s Charlie admires.

The actor said “Heartstopper seems to allow people to feel catharsis and to feel a sort of melancholic sort of nostalgia for what could have been.”

Bailey noted that he loved the cast and added, “I think they’re brilliant. I remember seeing all of them speak to their own experiences and being like, My God, they’re so erudite and grounded and thoughtful and kind and compassionate in their answers.”

“I would be really proud of myself if I could be a part of that as my younger self,” he continued. “Everyone above the age of 40 should be forced to watch it.”

Bailey has multiple projects up ahead, like starring in Jurassic World: Rebirth opposite Scarlett Johansson. The film is slated to arrive in theaters on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

The actor is also part of the Wicked cast, where he plays Fiyero Tigelaar, a Winkie prince who meets Elphaba and Glinda at school. Bailey stars in the Jon M. Chu-directed film alongside Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, and Bowen Yang, among many others.

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