Was it mere coincidence that Davies’ mid-00s Doctor Who collaborator Euros Lyn also directed Heartstopper? “That was a huge coincidence!” exclaims Finney, before admitting that, actually, Lyn did recommend her to producers who were “looking for a trans girl”. I don’t want to give too much away.” My chances of gleaning anything meaningful seem practically zero. “I didn’t know for a long time,” she says over Zoom, through curtains of sleek blond hair, “but I did know.
Photograph: Netflixįinney squirms at the mere mention of Doctor Who – and what little she has to say about her casting only confuses matters further. ‘There was no way anybody else could play this character’ … Finney as Elle in Heartstopper.
