Joe Locke is clarifying what he meant in current interview quotes.
The 20-year-old Heartstopper star spoke out about his upcoming new Marvel collection Agatha All Alongside, his character “Teen,” and the Marvel fandom in a brand new characteristic with Selection.
“The present by no means shies away from his queerness, but it surely’s not a defining characteristic of his character,” he shared of his character, who is just solely often known as Teen at the moment. “It’s only one layer of him as an individual.”
He additionally thought that he can be gaining muscle for the function, however realized they really needed him keep as he’s.
“I believed you get forged in a Marvel present, you receives a commission to get actually muscly and hench,” Joe stated. “‘We wish you to remain small and twink-y’ is principally what they stated, in a really company means.”
He additionally added some feedback about criticism and backlash from the Marvel fandom within the interview, to which he later took to social media to make clear.
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“It was like, ‘Oh, why has Marvel achieved this campy homosexual stereotype?’” Joe tells Selection of the backlash relating to his character after the trailers have been launched. “It actually irritated me as a result of I used to be like, ‘You may’t ask for genuine casting after which be upset in case you have a camp character.’”
“I’m absolutely conscious that the Marvel fandom is much much less good than the Heartstopper fandom. There’s going to be lots of people that simply hate every little thing concerning the character and every little thing about what I’ve achieved with it, and I simply need to be OK with that,” he added.
“Marvel followers are very open with their opinions. However they’re not in a Marvel present, so—” he says. “I’m doing the one factor that they actually want they may very well be doing. Sorry!”
After the interview got here out, Joe shared part of the interview that includes the quotes about followers above and added readability to what he meant.
“Additionally simply needed to make clear that this was extra concerning the scale of the marvel fandom than marvel followers not being good!” he wrote on Instagram story. “Extra poeple, means extra extra room from adverse opinions! Obvs I hope everybody likes teen and the character I created! Simply getting myself prepared for individuals who don’t 🤣❤️”
In case you missed it, watch the newest trailer for Agatha All Alongside and get the newest scoop on Heartstopper season three, each of that are premiering this fall!