The Permanent Rain Press Interview with William Gao | Heartstopper 

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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 !!

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 🤔

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

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!

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.

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

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!

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

oh my goodness he's so dreamy >

god, he is so good-looking

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

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.

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

He is Good looking!

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 🇫🇷

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 :)

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

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 😌

I love him so much. Will 💖

What a gorgeous boy.

Omg yes another one!! Can’t wait!

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

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!

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 😍

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 🖤

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

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

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

Can't wait!! x

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

He’s so adorable my God

OMGGG I LOVE HIM SO MUCHHH

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

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 !!

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

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

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

I love him 🥺💖

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

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

I love him so much 😭❤️

终于！！！😭😭

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

Will is adorable and this was such a fun interview!

i loveeeee this

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

I LOVE his smile!

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

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!

Procrastinating my exams, thanks Willy

i love him

estoy taaaaan enamorada de él 😩🥺

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

He is so adorable holding cats omg

A great actor!

So cute William and Rupert!

omg he cute asf

Give us cormac interview in the main time then ig 😥

I LOVEEE him!!

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

THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD INTERVIEWWW

RUPERT & WILL

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

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

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

Tao😍

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

So cuteeee

wo ai ni will gao

he slayed fr

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.

RUPPER😍

Im in love with him

que guapooooop 😢❤

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 💖

another day another slay

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

Hi Ruprrrrt!

💗

超爱陶&高😍🥰

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

大家都很期待喔小高(*¯︶¯*)

He's such a cutieee! :")

don't mind me I'm just waiting