Bish ____ Bosh

Good thread. Good title.

Has Joe let Bash sleep yet

What were there favourite animals at the zoo?

[quote] there

Tanner’s IG profile picture and bio being about Sebastian…

Is Sebastian white?

In Britain, yes.

R5 movie news soon

R6 Yes, he's Greek-Cypriot.

imdb has updated the cast of the movie a bit.

Bash follows Charles Camrose so it's legit. Seems like a high/university school romcom

R5 i wonder who thought of it, pretty clever idea; great PR!

R6 yes, in all countries but one.

Charles CumRose is fit, is he straight?

R9 he’s Greek Cypriot? I had no idea

R11 Charles is gay. Seems to have a dark haired boyfriend.

R12 His mother is full Greek Cypriot.

@theworkingactor posted quite a few instagram stories last night from a night shoot, so they’re back filming again. I took this from Twitter, but this is one of his stories posted from the production office (the person on Twitter added the writing). They think this means Bash is the lead.

I expected it to be Tanner given that he's been the lead in a romcom before, but nice that it seems to be Bash, or I'm guessing he plays the title character. It's probably an ensemble between the three of them given their IG accounts currently.

Maybe it's a bisexual romcom and Tanner and Charithra fight for Bash's affection. 😛 You'd think it would be something new and interesting for the details to be hidden.

Announce the project already!

Errr, his profile picture?! Can’t wait to hear the whacky joke behind it ..

R16 IKR!? Jeez!

R17 they're working on a project together, look at Tanner Buchanan's profile too

Tanner is Bash, Charithra is Tanner and Bash is Charithra. Wild and crazy kids

Ah. To be a teenager again.

So cute!

Young Sebastian interviewed

The DL pedos strike again.

But he was a cute kid, I didn’t know he worked so much from an early age R23.

He was less ethnic looking as a child.

In "I'll find you"

Little Lord Bashleroy.

Oh yuck the creeps are back again and obsessed with dragging out his photos from when he was a child. The guy is 20 so enough with talking about his childhood photos because it's off and creepy. He's an adult for crying out loud. It's very noticeable especially on his threads when certain people on her will talk about him when he was a child. Move on.

Why is it creepy?

I would like to know the age groups of the people on here especially those posting his childhood photos. Why is it relevant bringing up his childhood photos when the guy is nearly 21? It's weird and creepy. If you don't think something is wrong then something is off with you.

Why is it creepy? Someone posted a picture of Joe with a young fan on his thread? Is that creepy? It's a cute pic... is it creepy to type that?

What's so creepy about sharing pictures which are all over the internet? They are pictures taken from projects he worked on, we didn't take them from his family album?

I think the creepiness comes from context. If you’re a fan of Bash’s acting and happen to notice he’s been acting for a very long time, that’s not weird at all. If you’re an adult gay man who publicly lusts after another adult gay man on a gay online forum, that’s also fine. The weird thing is when these two threads overlap. So there are now adults looking at childhood photos of a celebrity they find attractive. Creepy.

No, the creepiness comes from Gen Z hysteria.

[Quote] So there are now adults looking at childhood photos of a celebrity they find attractive. Creepy.

What is creepy? You know when people say "cute" or "adorable" that doesn't have to include a sexual element, right?

[quote] He was less ethnic looking as a child

If they’re not obsessed with his kiddy pics they’re obsessed with his “ethnicity”

He would look great with a beard.

Connor left London already!? Hasn't even been a week.

It's either people obsessed with his childhood or his ethnicity. Ethnic? Like wtf

R38 I seriously wonder if he just came to see Joe's play. He was off social media the whole time so you know he was with Joe most of the time.

Joe doesn't take as many selfies as Bash, so Connor got bored and left.

Seems like Connor timed Bash’s return to London so they could all hang out. I wonder if Connor did any work while there.

Like a stint in Eastenders? I doubt it.

Photo from Paris:

theworkingactor made his account private. What an idiot!

R45 He also deleted his posts the other day that showed the cast in the background, which I’m sure he should never have posted in the first place

thefiredactor?

probably goes here

I had a feeling he would go private at some point so I followed him prior. Don’t know how much longer we’re going to have to wait for any real information

This better be a ground breaking teen romcom considering all the secrecy surrounding it.

Sebastian’s siblings messing with him.

Aaah I’ve never seen this before

Some filming location pics:

Apparently it's a romantic comedy

So, Bash/Charithra or Tanner/Charithra are competing against each other on who's going to date Billy Walsh, i guess !? It all depends on who's playing Billy Walsh.

R55 Billy could be the girl too

Bash looks great. What did they do to Tanner.

[quote] Amelia (Chandran) and Archie (Croft) are best friends. Just when Archie builds up the courage to declare his feelings, Amelia falls for Billy (Buchanan), a new transfer student.

Bash looks amazing, too bad that his character is straight.

I figured he'd be straight, but sounds boring as hell. He's the nice understanding best friend. Tanner is the cool and rough around the edges guy the girl falls for. Either she realizes she loved her bestie the whole time or Tanner ends up being a really good guy (a la Peter in To all the Boys I've loved Before). Yawn. Well, at least he got paid.

OMG, Bash looks amazing! Yay Bash! 🙌

From a first look, this looks very trope-y. The ‘uncool’ best friend actually loves his best girl mate but then along comes the leather jacket wearing, transfer kid. Im praying there is some twist to this story 🥴

Twist is Billy is gay and falls for Bash

R61. If that happens , I will gladly watch it. We have too much straight rom-coms already.

[quote]“Heartbroken Archie goes to great lengths to try and keep Amelia and Billy away from each other, but ends up pushing them closer together and risks losing his best friend at the same time."

Seems like he's still the lead character despite not being the title character.

No it doesn't. His character sounds like a pest.

R53 Stockport?! Wow, I live about 3 minutes away from there.

We condole you.

R63 Yeah it does because the summary deals with his poor hurt lil feelings. So he's the lead and pushes them together and probably has to learn to let go in the end. Not the most thrilling plot of course.

No way. The central couple are the leads. Those are the ones who will give the fangirls "the feels."

If it's a very predictable romcom, I imagine the girl will suddenly realise towards the very end that Bash's character is the one she wanted all along.

Looks like Bash is the lead.

That's Attitude. Of course they're going to foreground Bash.

R71 See R14. He's the lead. Everything points to that. Not sure why it's so hard to accept.

Because Tanner Buchanan has more heat than Bash. That's show business.

And yet nowhere does it mention Tanner as anything but the transfer student. You could even say Charithra is the lead since she's the center of the love triangle over him at this point.

He looks really hot with glasses - I can't wait to watch it.

R75 They’re his own glasses, the same ones he has on in his summer 22 photo post (the photo in the car), there’s an old photo of him wearing them too that Joe or bash posted and deleted.

“ This is an opportunity to create a new instalment in the high school rom-com genre but completely refresh it with a unique British sense of humour, and it's elevated by the amazing team we've managed to gather both in-front and behind the camera.”

So the only way it’s different than any other rom-com is that it’s…. British?

R69

[quote]The movie tells the story of teenagers Amelia (Chandran) and Archie (Croft) who have been best friends since childhood. Archie has always been there to fight Amelia’s battles, laugh at her jokes, whilst constantly striving for her love and affection. Archie has been in love with his best friend for as long as he can remember. Just when he builds up the courage to declare his feelings, Amelia falls head over heels for Billy Walsh (Buchanan), a new American transfer student.

That's what it sounds like

The whole thing sounds incredibly boring and it’s unlikely to move the needle because it’s for Prime, but I’m guessing Bash took it because he was offered the lead:

[quote]Prime Video has greenlit British high school romcom How to Date Billy Walsh with Heartstopper’s Sebastian Croft playing the lead. The film follow teenagers Amelia (Charithra Chandran) and Archie (Sebastian Croft), who have been best friends since childhood but are stunned by the arrival of American transfer student Billy Walsh. Film is directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai (Bridgerton) from a script by Alexander J. Farrell and Greer Ellison (Making A Killing), and was unveiled at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Maybe Bash will "Single White (Adjacent) Male" the Tanner character. And then "Bad" Bash and Charithra will drive off into the sky at the end.

Bash has top billing in the Prime Video/Amazon Studios press release so it's safe to assume he will be the lead.

Pretty obvious he was. The summary would be worded differently if someone else was the lead. If she were the lead it would mention being caught between her best friend and the guy she loves, if Tanner were the lead it would talk more about his transfer and meeting a new girl. Good for Bash.

Reunited with Nick Frost.

I’m all for Bash’s character realizing in the end that he doesn’t like charithra’s character and going for that Charles camrose guy instead

That means we’ll probably be seeing Sebastian kissing more girls rather than boys…. give the people what they want instead, Bash!

Honestly interested to see how good of an actor he really is - I can’t picture him playing a character in love with a girl

I can. He's so flirty and naturally charming.

Was he not in love with Emilia Jones' character in Horrible Histories?

R83 Love Bash and Nick together. I’m hoping for another Horrible Histories film, the first one was so fun.

R89 Huh I didn’t know that story about why he’s called “Bash” in the first place.

That’s a nice Comme des Garçons t shirt, Joe has borrowed it from him on a few occasions.

I do some supporting artist/extra work here and there, and have had quite a few emails about casting in my area recently - as I live down the road from Stockport, I wonder if one of them was this film (they're under alternative names, obviously). That would've been cool. Sadly I'm not well enough to accept work at the moment.

They've been filming at Ampleforth College.

R92 or Manchester!?

R92 someone posted a screen shot from Facebook a while ago when they were asking for dancers for filming at the college, for a prom if I remember correctly

He’ll be playing a nice boy 👼

Charithra posted a nice behind the scenes picture on her story. Hoping now they’re free to start sharing a lot more

How cute.

Tanner is holding Bash's cap that Joe's been wearing recently.

R95 Poor Bash he hates that he's hated.

Tanner has done some racy shots.

Give Joe back his hat.

Tanner's pretty straight sadly.

R99 Oh wow! I'd say!

Sebastian has chemistry with everyone, I can believe he’ll play a convincing straight man in it R86.

Wow, congrats Sebastian!

The movie sounds like it could be fun. Here’s hoping there’s something gay in it even though his character is straight.

New pic from Guz.

He looks so much older in this style.

I like how fast Joe liked this picture though.

Hot. Looking like a real Oxford boy.

[Quote] Oh wow! I'd say!

I'm thinking of the ones he did in lycra. Dick print and all.

r98

He needs to play a rapist serial killer to get this over with.

[R98] I’m sure the whole Ben Hope hate club thing was a PR stunt specifically because he’s dating Joe. The fans have a very hard time separating Joe from Charlie, so Bash had to take the love the actor/hate the character trope to extremes. There are still some fans that hate Bash. If he talked about Ben in a more nuanced way, half the fandom would be convinced he groomed Joe into an abusive relationship.

So no, it doesn’t bother him that people hate Ben. He wants everyone to know he hates Ben even more… because he loves Joe.

R106 Really? I'm on it. lol

This guy commented on Guz's post with Bash. Must be a relative, i'm thinking an uncle, papa Croft's brother!?

[Quote] So no, it doesn’t bother him that people hate Ben. He wants everyone to know he hates Ben even more…

He doesn't, though. That's not how acting works.

[Quote] Really? I'm on it. lol

Check out Tanner's thread on LPSG.

R108 Could be part of it, but also just the nature of the HS fandom who thinks a 16 year old should be sent to the electric chair for forcing a kiss on someone and being a self hating jackass. You just can't defend Ben in any way. There was a psychologist on youtubes that had a sympathetic reaction to Ben that was pretty interesting. The writing in HS is just not good or nuanced enough to deal with it.

Though considering even his parents hate Ben and shit on him for being mean to Charlie, he might just really hate Ben.

If you hate a character, you can't play it. There will be no layers/colours.

In news that shocks no one, Bash watches videos of Joe incessantly

I bet Bash enjoyed the cute Joe pictures from yesterday

Bashy x Guzzy

R113 Bash doesn’t actually hate the character of Ben, it’s a PR stunt. His interview with Boys by Girls shows lots of depth to his approach to the character. But Bash’s IG bio is B*n H*pe Hate Club, and back in May he had his TikTok account suspended for bullying and harassment because he posted too many videos bullying Ben Hope. Bash wants the fans to hate Ben, and love him.

Hmm.

This is the same person who tweeted from the set about being “Sprayed by Sebastian Croft” a few weeks ago.

Archie bludgeons Billy to death.

Still holding out hope Billy has a crush on Archie before he murders him though.

And yeah, that's the same person. Surprised they are back to attention whoring on the internet. Though maybe I'm not

R118 That guy can't keep his mouth shut, he's just asking for trouble.

R120 Billy could be queer, his nails are painted; although straight guys paint their nails nowadays too, so who knows. Keep your 🤞our wish may come true yet. Haha

He has very big hands.

Any nudes?

I felch, therefore I am

Tanner forgot to change his profile picture

Yesterday they were apparently filming in my town/village, just down the road from me - shame I didn't know! They were filming at a lovely independent cinema.

To add to my comment above - here is a photo from a Facebook group.

R122 Big hands, big nose, big feet. I bet he's hung like a horse. No nudes (yet).

I don't think he needs to do nudes, although, desperate times calls for desperate measures. However, even if at some point in his career he's struggling to find work he still has his family's fortune to live on.

Would someone mind setting up a new Joe thread/linking to it in the old thread? It's paywalled.

[quote]desperate times calls for desperate measures

Desperate times r128?

R127 Really hot body. He has a strong build even though he's skinny.

R130 i meant in the future! You never know what the future holds, unfortunately. There are actors that made it big, at some point in their career, and after a few years you never hear of them again.

R129

Here you go

Crossing my fingers that he gets naked for a role soon. I can imagine him doing it for something artsy, like Michael Pitt did for The Dreamers.

Some of the cast of crew of the movie are at Manchester pride. Tanner looks hot

The suck me off shirt… I’m ready for an Archie and billy love story

Oh Tanner in his gay pandering era. Interesting. Maybe there is a Billy and Archive love story.

Are they filming in Manchester? There an IG post about it so I guess so

R137 Yeah, they were filming in Stockport (south Manchester) yesterday and earlier this week.

R135 yay gays! Why isn't Bash there?

Surprised Bash isn't there, he loves a pride

R139 I would presume Bash is in or heading to London to see Joe’s final performance of The Trial’s tonight, unless there’s another night shoot. I think he would do everything he could to be there for Joe.

Since they have off for the weekend I wouldn’t be shocked if he went to London for closing night of the trials. It’s a stretch because he was just there a week ago but you never know, I definitely wouldn’t be surprised

R140 He does indeed love a Pride 🌈

I'm so shocked lol

I could see Bash becoming one of those National Treasure types, who act, host, write columns etc.

Charithra is there with Bash.

Lots of very blurry photos on Twitter of Bash at The Trials

So cute

Bash and Charithra:

R141 R142 nailed it

"Nailed it" for conjecture on why/how someone could attend a play?

He’s very attractive, his face reminds me a bit of Grégoire Colin.

I don't see it.

His full outfit is something

What are those pants? PVC?

I hope Joe doesn't steal that one

Ok, that outfit is ...not working. A rare misstep for Bash.

Maybe Connor is stealing Bash's clothes too and those pieces were all that was left in his wardrobe?

He looks good in the most ridiculous outfits.

From Bash’s IG story, “Congratulations Will and Joe” meanwhile Will is 3 pixels in the corner while Joe is front and center. Very subtle

Maisie peters follows (and is followed back by) bash, Tanner, charithra, daisy, and Charles. Either she just met up with the cast OR she’s the “pop star” that they were talking about in the prom scene where they were looking for dancers. Would be a pretty cool cameo

R152 this shit’s a major win for crazies

R162 she was also at the play last night

Bash 😂

R154

Check him out in his earliest films, like "Olivier Olivier" (where he plays a bisexual rentboy).

Colin looks part Asian.

Unsurprising but cute if true

Today apparently

Looks like Bash is still wearing the red ring that a fan gave him last night - I can already hear the excited screaming! Sweet of him, though.

They both look really happy! Sebastian's hair always looks so nice.

R170 Bash is very nice to the fans considering how weird they are

R172 He is too kind. He didn't know obviously, but some of those fans begging for pictures were the same ones shitting on him on the internets not too long ago

Some of you need to lighten up.

Shopping for women's shoes!? 🤷‍♀️

R173 thank goodness you’re keeping tabs on them then

Pretty easy to see when you go look at fan pictures/accounts of last night and it's the same people who were editing Bash out of pictures to avoid triggering others... then when they see them they are like wild animals screeching about their love of him. Not exactly keeping tabs on anyone.

They're fucking ridiculous. First they crop him out of the picture and then they tag him.

I have literally no idea what or who you’re talking about R178

Turning...

Made it into deuxmoi. On the bright side, at least he’s not “mystery man” this time around.

Oh no are people gonna think they're dating now

Still wish they had a coupley Joe/Bash photo from the last Deuxmoi thing at Pride, or had elaborated more on the Kit thing...

We have Joe getting a butt exam from Bash.

It looks like they’re not on their own, I wonder if this is where everyone went after the show yesterday?

Probably from yesterday before or after Joe's play. She went. Is guess she's probably in the movie too. They said something about a popstar scene.

Does she have hits?

I’m guessing that picture was them at dinner before the play on Saturday. And maisie is definitely a niche artist, big in the English indie pop genre. Joe has mentioned her in interviews as one of his favorite artists

Tanner at Pride day 2 with someone wearing Bash’s shirt. I wonder if Tanner even knows about the shirt, but either way he looks HOT and every day I’m hoping more for him and bashs characters to end up together

I can't see Charidrtha's character being sidelined for a man-on-man romance.

It would be a nice twist, but I can't see it either. It seems like Bash and Charithra are the male and female lead of the movie too.

I hope Bash has carte blanche from Joe to fuck Tanner if the opportunity presents itself.

I’ve always gotten the impression they’re monogamous. They seem very codependent. Not jealous of acting out romantic scenes with other actors, but hooking up with other costars off camera definitely seems like it would lots of jealousy. I don’t see it happening, they’re way too obsessed with each other.

IOM boys are rank.

In the Kit and Joe video filmed last night you can see her behind them from last night wearing the same thing, so you are correct R189

Pretty sure Tanner is straight anyway

He has a really long term girlfriend he's been with since he was a teenager, so yeah he is.

Loved the jacket Bash was wearing the other day

The only way to put an end to all the hate is for them to break up, sooner rather than later. Come on Bash babe it's high time you moved on, there's plenty of fish in the sea.

Look at the bright side: you'll have all your clothes to yourself.

Yes, break up and end a long term relationship because a few teenagers on the internet dislike Joe fucking Bash because they want him to fuck Kit. Also if they met Bash in person they would scream and cry about how much they love him.

How many people did Bash take to the play? That looks like Nell's mum behind them in one of the pics and his brother in the other.

He's so nice to them

He's proud of his boyfriend. Gotta bring the whole family and extended family to see him. If you couldn't tell, they are in a committed and serious relationship.

Someone posted a tiktok that had bash, his parents and brother, nell and her boyfriend and Nell’s mum in it. Them plus maisie and charithra seem like bashs input into the final night audience. The week before when he attended, his parents, nell and her boyfriend, connor, Kit and Maia all attended though I’m sure Connor, Kit, and Maia didn’t exactly Need to be corralled into it

R205 Really nice how much people clearly adore Joe and how all Bash's people came out to support him. I'm pretty sure Connor (who I guess belongs equally to Joe now) flew in just to watch the play since he wasn't around in London long enough to do much else.

Some stalker fans said that Bash's mom went quite often too. More than they can count and she went twice on the last day.

There's an old Paris picture that might leak soon. Bash holding on to Joe apparently kind of like the old ass grabbing Daily Mail pictures. Taken without their consent so fans have it but won't share it even if they have it and keep talking about it. Not sure why it's a big deal when they made it obvious they were sharing the same hotel in Paris.

R207 Do you have a link to the people tweeting about that? This 'gatekeeping' thing is really irritating - talking about something that people want to see, but not releasing it and watching as the 'pleeeeease upload this!!!' begs flood in.

R208 ettappletack

[quote] I have a photo of JB in Paris from some fan but it’s kinda like the daily mail one. the pic it’s them next to each other outside the dior event in Paris,b is holding j and the pic was taken from below and they are clearly not aware of it being taken

[quote] Some stalker fans said that Bash's mom went quite often too. More than they can count and she went twice on the last day.

Like i said before, i think it's quite obvious that Bash's parents were Joe's ride home; hence why they attended the play so many times. They were probably giving a lift to some of the other kids, too; if they lived close by.

Or maybe they were just being supportive to Joe?

Cause Joe has been spotted late at night hanging out with his castmates from The Trials multiple times after the play was done by stalker fans. So I really doubt he would've done that if Bash's parents were his ride home.

R211 agreed. It’s also London, Joe could get an Uber and needing a ride home wouldn’t be a reason for them to sit through a 90 min play 5 times when they could easily just wait for him to text and meet him after. My guess is they / Joe generally got for free (if he had family/friend ticket allowance) or bought a bunch of tickets for several nights and nights others didn’t take them (joes own family, mates from home, etc.) the Croft parents came. They were spotted what, 4-5 times minimum by fans?

Why the hell would Bash's parents give lifts to random kid she doesn't know. She was there to support Joe. Not sure where you got the idea that Joe can't find a ride himself via public transportation or needs Bash's mom to be his uber. He probably had F&F tickets and she was happy to use them.

Ronin Rubenstein has a girlfriend. He still came out as bi...

Joe is 18, nearly 19. On what planet does he need a ride home?! I mean, I’m sure he grabbed one if someone offered. But almost certainly Bash’s parents weren’t there to simply give him a lift home. He’s an adult living in London. I’m also an adult living in London & we all use the tube, the bus, a black cab, Uber.. driving is not the one here.

Joe has difficulty with turnstyles.

IG update. New pic since he's wearing that fan ring

Guess he's back in Manchester. Charithra and some other girl there too

R217 The new fan ring has hearts on, that one he’s worn before

Ah thanks for the correction I didn't look too close since it's cringe to give him a ring. you are correct

R219 It is but Bash was probably happy to receive it and I can see him wearing it a lot. He’s wearing it in yesterdays fan sighting

Bash wears some ugly rings. I quite like a ring, I wear a few most days but the heavy, plastic ones he wears are not for me..

I like his rings, he has big hands so the clunky ones suit them well

Giving a celeb a ring would normally be super weird. But Bash is a kind of weird celeb. I genuinely think he loved it. He almost always has multiple rings on each hand, and the ring the fan gave him is the red version of a green ring he wears a lot.

That same night a fan gave him a scrapbook filled with pictures from all the films he’s ever been in. There is a video of him writing a novel length thank you to the girl when she asked for his autograph.

Bash has been getting some hate for Heartstopper fans lately, and Joe appears to be over the idea of social media. I expect extroverted Bash was buzzing after getting mobbed by Heartstopper super fans at Joe’s closing night.

I don't know if it's just me, but, this sounds a bit stalkerish, she sat outside the venue with no tickets hoping he showed up? No wonder they keep things so private, they'd find their house next. When even his mum recognises you, probably worth taking a look at yourself

R224 She was the one that followed Joe, will and their families after the play and even posted a video of them doing it. I can’t find that but Joe looks uncomfortable here.

He seems like a really nice guy but Bash will probably need to start putting his guard up more with fans, especially if/when he gets more famous.

R226 I think a lot of the fans booked the first and last day of the play as they knew the chances he’d also be there were high. Some fans went multiple times and twice on the last day. I do agree though, the more he interacts with them in person, the more they will expect and some are already very obsessed as it is.

He already has put his guard up quite a bit. He's completely different than he used to be on social media. It's hard to tell a teenage girl she's being a weirdo to her face.

He seems a genuinely kind and sweet guy - I hope that isn't knocked out of him over time with fans being weird. He should be able to interact with fans and it means a lot to them, but if he gets too famous or fans get too weird then obviously he'll have to pull back.

Fucks sakes these are little girls what’s the matter with you

Apparently there is a photo from Paris of Bash with his arm around Joes waist after one of the shows. The girl who has it is gatekeeping it like it's a full on photo of them making out.

The drama.

What can be worse than these ones, that they shared themselves!?

[quote] Joe's waist

Understandable. It's a nice waist.

R223 Because they posted those themselves, it's all right but you post a picture of them doing the same thing they already posted it's bad. Some kind of weird logic.

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