Jonathan Bailey shares how he got his Heartstopper cameo: ‘I just said…’

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Jonathan Bailey has opened up about how he secured a cameo role in the upcoming third series of Heartstopper.

The Bridgerton actor, 36, will play the Instagram-famous classicist and crush of Charlie (Joe Locke) Jack Maddox. The character appears to have been based on the similarly named Henry Maddox from the Heartstopper mini-comic by Lauren James.

Chatting to Variety on the red carpet at the Met Gala on Monday (6 May) the Fellow Travelers star said: “Like so many people I watched the first series and I just thought it was one of the biggest, most beautiful gifts to so many people. I wish I’d had that growing up.”

On how he got a cameo he then explained: “I had a mutual friend who

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