Joe Locke and Kit Connor take their on-screen relationship to the next level.

The Heart stopper Stars recently opened up about filming their first sex scenes for the Netflix teen show's upcoming third season, which debuts on the streamer on October 3, as Locke noted that fans were “way hotter” than she was for the big moment think.

“We worked a lot with David Thackeray, our intimacy coordinator, who has been with us since season one. So we know him well and are very comfortable with him and he does his job very well,” Connor told PinkNews.

“He was instrumental in making us feel super comfortable and look and feel realistic on screen, which was important.” It's like a dance. We blanked it out and shot the sex scenes for about seven hours,” he explained. “It would be like 'OK, now spoon' and 'kiss' and 'our hand under the covers'… It was very similar, intense.”

On set, Connor said, “It was a long day,” noting, “Most of the crew was the same for all three seasons, so you get to know the people really well and feel so comfortable around them that the awkwardness kind of goes away.” .” ”

When asked what he thinks the most anticipated moment of season 3 will be, Connor told the outlet, “They have sex. I think so Heart stopper Fans are way hornier than they think and they’re ready for it.”

Based on Alice Oseman's graphic novels of the same name, Heart stopper Premiering in 2022, it stars Locke and Connor as Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson, two teenagers whose unlikely friendship blossoms into young love over the course of school and adulthood.