We have some bad news, Heartstopper fans: Olivia Colman, one of the show’s most beloved stars, won’t be returning for Season 3.
Sadly, Colman won’t be reprising her role in the third season. “I couldn’t do number three. I couldn’t fit it in. I feel awful about that. I feel like I was part of one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever been part of,” she toldForbes.
Olivia Colman won’t be returning for Heartstopper season 3, but at least we’ll always have this scene 🍂pic.twitter.com/OK2oNONPu5
The interview then urged her to lobby for her own spinoff or to return in the fourth season. “Okay! I’ll have a word. As long as it’s booked in advance, maybe I’ll be able to do it, yeah,” she added.
Understandably, fans have been left crushed by the news. “Well we definitely need a Season 4 now purely so we can see Sarah Nelson again,” onewrote. “Just collapsed to the floor,” anothertweeted.
“S3 isn’t going to be the same without her character because she’s LITERALLY a big part of Vol 4 and 5 which is what S3 is going to cover. There’s scenes that she’s in that are the focal point of the story. I have no idea how they’re gonna do it unless they recasted the character?” a thirdposted.
“Account closed. Don’t talk to me. This is so devastating,” a fourthwrote. “So confused on how they worked around this?? Did she get recast?? Will nick just not have his mum?? I need answers,” a fifthtweeted.
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Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
