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Internet reacts to rumours of Heartstopper’s Kit Connor in the MCU

By Sam Damshenas

16th July 2024

Kit Connor is rumoured to be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as one of the comic’s most iconic gay heroes.

According to rumours from both MyTimeToShineHello and The Cosmic Circus, both of which are known to be reliable tea-spillers, the Heartstopper star is being eyed to play – drum roll please! – Hulkling.

In the comics, Hulkling is a Kree/Skrull hybrid who possesses shapeshifting abilities and super strength. His partner is Wiccan, the son of Scarlet Witch who, like his mother, has abilities such as chaos magic, flight, reality warping, telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, among others.

Hulkling and Wiccan are widely hailed as “Marvel’s most prominent gay couple”.

Connor is best known for his performance as Nick Nelson in Netflix’s acclaimed teen drama Heartstopper, for which he won the inaugural Children’s and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance.

He has also garnered praise for roles in Get Santa (2014), Rocket’s Island (2014-2015) and Rocketman (2019), and has been confirmed to star in the upcoming horror One of Us, A24’s war film Warfare and the rom-com A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. 

If rumours of his involvement in the MCU are to be believed, then the British actor will reunite with his Heartstopper co-star and on-screen love interest Joe Locke, who is set to play Wiccan/Billy Caplan in Agatha All Along. 

The upcoming series stars Kathryn Hahn as the villainous witch Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), who fans were first introduced to in the Scarlet Witch’s (Elizabeth Olsen) lauded solo series WandaVision (2021).

According to a synopsis from Disney Plus, Agatha All Along follows the title character as she “finds herself down and out of power after a suspicious goth Teen helps break her free from a distorted spell.

“Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches’ Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they’re missing. Together, Agatha and this mysterious Teen pull together a desperate coven, and set off down, down, down The Road…”

Although Connor’s casting hasn’t been officially confirmed, rumours of a Marvel Cinematic Universe reunion for the Heartstopper leads was celebrated online.

“All I want in life is Joe Locke as Wiccan and Kit Connor as Hulkling,” said one fan. “If Marvel gives me that, I won’t ask for anything else. Just need that, and all my dreams will come true.”

Another wrote: “HELLO? He would be perfect omg imagine! And him and Joe already have so much chemistry as well that would be awesome.”

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