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I can understand why Kit is obsessed with this beautiful human

This entire cast is as sweet as they are talented, really looking forward to their future work. I can't get over how cute Ruppert was climbing on Will's shoulder .🥺

Omg will is a cat person!!!✋🥺

my heart melted when he was just talking about how great Yasmin is and then he forgot what the question was

I can’t wait to see more of his character in future seasons. Amazing interview as always!!

timestamps for all of us who love rewatching :) 0:00 intro 0:18 what drew will gao to tao xu and what challenged him 1:05 casting process (height concerns) 1:38 show production (aesthetic, color palette, props, costumes) 2:08 tao’s hair 3:00 hot seating exercise (tao’s fav film, family, etc) 5:22 working with yasmin “yaz” finney (elle argent) 6:44 fav scenes to film 7:50 what tao took away from the nicktao conversation in episode 8 9:15 interpretative dance scene 10:59 tao twerking and elle reeling scene in episode 6 11:54 episode 7 (tao and harry fight scene) 13:48 fav lines 14:29 more about episode 7 15:01 working with cormac hyde-corrin (harry greene) and the stunt coordinator 16:01 fav scenes to watch 17:03 most anticipated scene to film for (unconfirmed) season 2 17:21 will tao learn to properly run? 18:09 friendship with kit connor (nick nelson) and the rest of the heartstopper cast 19:07 audience response to the show 19:39 outro thank you so much permanent rain press for this wonderful interview !!

He's a great actor. The character's hair is fun... But with his hair like this, you realize how handsome he is! ❤️

I saw a theory about Tao's hair a while ago that I really liked, that it was for Elle because she got suspended for her hairlength, so he grew it out in solidarity. But I guess there was not any deeper meaning behind it 🤔

What a sweet, charming, and lovely young man. I loved him in the show. My favorite moment is the LOOK he gives Nick when he suggests he try playing rugby. It's perfection.

i can’t stress enough on this but he is absolutely gorgeous

shame that will's team requested all the cuts, i was ready to put aside an hour just to watch this 😭😭nevertheless another incredible interview! your references and ability to remember little details from the scenes never fail to amaze me each time, i think even will was taken aback!

god, he is so good-looking

How fascinating it is to hear lovely Will talk about all the bts details of different scenes like dancing or fighting. I'm super interested in TV shows/ film productions so this was very informative. Massive respect for him for absolutely mastering those intense and hard scenes!

I'm sure Kit is the first viewer of this video 😭

As I read all the comments, I can’t help but notice how absolutely positive and fabulous they all are. The show truly does show the human connection regardless of sexuality. I love it

He is Good looking!

Tao's hair IS ICONIC. It's my FAV physical feature about him.

oh my goodness he's so dreamy >

Oh, and if you're not moved by the last scene with Nick and his mom, you must not have a soul. Almost everyone starts tearing up 🥲. Two great actors playing off each other, just superb! And if Kit doesn't get a ton of UK acting honors and/or an Emmy nomination, there's no justice in the world. Joe is amazing, love him, but Kit acted up a storm. Sooooo compelling, so good.

Just a few thoughts: Imagine my lack of surprise that William Tao is a cat person 😺 Everybody hated Tao's goofy hairstyle but also we all begrudgingly agree it was iconic💈 So cute that Will and Yaz actually went to a play and had a meal together 🥰 One of my fave Elle/Tao moments is when they meet up and do that little cheesy dance 🤭 Imagine the pressure of having to perform a staged fight in front of a stunt co-ordinator who worked on Bond 😳 We need the Louvre scene between Tao and Elle for our sanity 🇫🇷

No one notices how great his skin is? How smooth it is.

What a gorgeous boy.

I LOVE HIM SM HES THE PERFECT TAO HE PLAYED THE CHARACTER SO WELL OMG

oh I love it when interviewers actually have interesting questions! really well done ✨✨✨

I see why they needed Tao hair to be the way it was cos gosh Darn Will is gorgeous

hello william gao, the love of my life, the bane of my existence, the everything to my nothing

@2:53 I think the hair is iconic too! :)

Really good questions... It just goes to show how incredible actor Will Gao is. I enjoyed every moment of this interview.

Lovely to hear from William, haven't seen many interviews with him :) I'm not sure why the questions were cut out of this particular interview, it made the whole thing feel a little disjointed (maybe you were tring to cut down on length, but I kinda like long interviews haha). I thought the style used for the previous interviews with members of the Heartstopper cast worked fine and better showed how engaged you were with the person you were interviewing. No hate, of course, but maybe this is useful feedback going forward? EDIT: just saw your response below, so you can disregard like half my comment lol

will is such a gorgeous person wow

And your hairstyle in the show… It is iconic and I think many people are going to copy it. Truly awesome

I've got to say you're probably one of the best smaller interviewers I've seen. You know your stuff, and you are interested and ask let them talk.

I love him so much. Will 💖

He’s so adorable my God

OMG I can't imagine anyone else as Tao! he captured him perfectly down to the expressions.

It's interesting that I sat for the whole interview without realising, generally I don't watch this intently but I really loved this interview. I absolutely adore Will Gao !!

so excited for this interview!! just listened to wasia project's "how can i pretend?" EP and it was so wonderful. cant wait to hear will gao talk about making music and about tao xu of course :)

it was such a nice interview 🥰 absolutely loved to know more about the fight scene with cormac and the dance scene with elle. will is such a nice person and rupert is sooo cute 😍

Rupert is so cute omg and he looks like my cat when she was a kitten 😭💗

i'm super proud of Will! he is so kind and talented, it makes me really happy that thanks to the show I was able to found his work as an actor and a musician 🖤

Omg yes another one!! Can’t wait!

Can't wait!! x

Thank you for this interview. William is talented actor. I know that he is going to be in Heartstopper season 2 and 3, but I hope to see more of him in the future!

Can't wait to see Will again in S2!!!! 😭

Everything about this interview was brilliant. The questions, the answers and the cat! Chef’s Kiss💋

I love him 🥺💖

I love him so much 😭❤️

OMGGG I LOVE HIM SO MUCHHH

Thank you so much for this, I really loved listening to Will Gao's experience in Heartstopper 😭

i love him

So cute William and Rupert!

Great interview!! So nice to hear such sweet bts stories and you did a great job interviewing!

estoy taaaaan enamorada de él 😩🥺

Why are there these cuts? I could listen to him forever^^

I really needed this interview😍😍 I can see clearly why Kit loves this man so much 💕💕 he's excited about the Louvre's scene 💜 #TaoElle forever 😌

Love William as Tao! Can't wait for S2!

I LOVE his smile!

This interview is one of the best 💗 thank you so much for the opportunity for us to know more about Will 💗🍂

i loveeeee this

终于！！！😭😭

I love your character on the show! You are so talented! Amazing work and handsome too!!

omg he cute asf

he looks like he could be a great friend, i love him

Congratulations for the amazing interview! William is a STAR!!

A great actor!

I LOVEEE him!!

Will!!! So cute!!❣️❣️❣️ Love him and waiting to see more of Tao on HS2!!! (I'm begging) 😭😭

I loove this interview William Gao is a very nice person Thanks for this🍂🇨🇵

He is so adorable holding cats omg

Interest that Tao Xu is a Hong Kong name when Alice mentioned in the comic that Tao spoke Mandarin at home

RUPERT & WILL

que guapooooop 😢❤

Give us cormac interview in the main time then ig 😥

These were all so great! You ask such great thought provoking questions. Any plans to interview Joe and Kit?

Will is adorable and this was such a fun interview!

Great interview! Will is just such an amazing, kind, sweet, genuine human. We all need someone like him in our life, I know I do!

Tao😍

THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD INTERVIEWWW

Binged all the HS interviews this evening and it was a delight! Are there anymore in the pipeline? Your questions and rapport with them have been great 💖

wo ai ni will gao

So cuteeee

You are the most beautiful, Will Gao💜💜💜🔥

does william gao looks cuter now than a year ago? =) cant wait for season 2.

Im in love with him

he slayed fr

Procrastinating my exams, thanks Willy

Please consider doing an interview with Cormac who plays Harry in the show as well

nooo i was waiting for the ice cream flavour :( but anyway this interview was so good!! Will is so nice

RUPPER😍

another day another slay

I can't. I thought he said "This is RuPaul" xD

He's such a cutieee! :")

超爱陶&高😍🥰

大家都很期待喔小高(*¯︶¯*)

Please consider doing an interview with Sebastian Croft who plays Ben in the show as well

💗

Interview joe and Sebastian!

Obviously Tao Xu is Chinese-British, but if I can remember correctly Tao Xu is from Mainland China, not Hong Kong SAR. Xu is not a common surname in Cantonese at all, more like Mandarin, just like Gao.

Love Heartstopper, love Will & the cast ... Heartstopper reminds me of my high school time when I was in all boy school and I was gay back then.. then I came out as Trans and then had all the surgeries to become a woman. Heartstopper is the best