Video: Kit Connor Talks Returning to Stage Roots in ROMEO + JULIET [Video]

When Kit Connor took on the role of Romeo in Sam Gold’s production of Romeo + Juliet, he was excited to return to his stage roots after finding success in his onscreen roles.

“You do kind of learn to be an actor on the stage more than you ever can in front of a camera,” the Heartstopper star said on a recent visit to CBS Mornings.

When approaching the infamous Shakespeare protagonist, Connor said it was an exciting challenge to tackle a role that has been played so many times in the past. “A lot of my heroes have played this role so there was definitely a little bit of fear going into it,” he recalled.

“One of the beauties of doing a play like this is you kind of have to go into it as if it’s a brand-new play and as if it’s something that has never been …