For the VMAN55 Fall/Winter 2025 issue, titled Fall’s Most Wanted, VMAN orbits around a central nucleus: fame. In the digital age, it’s become a behemoth, mutating and receding faster than ever before. The men gracing our covers are each embarking on their own rock climb towards the lofty peak of capital F fame.
Opening the lineup is Louis Partridge, everyone’s favorite boy next door, in conversation with friend and fellow actor Kit Connot. Partridge has steadily carved out a name for himself with standout roles in the thriller miniseries “Disclaimer,” his portrayal of Sid Vicious in “Pistol,” and the upcoming Netflix series “House of Guinness,” set to debut this fall. But it was his breakout turn as Tewkesbury in “Enola Holmes” that first catapulted him into the spotlight—and, in true Gen Z fashion, directly into the social media algorithms of millions around the world. For an emerging actor, fame today can feel more like a wildfire than a slow burn. So, who better to explore the dizzying realities of digital-age stardom than someone who’s experienced it themself? VMAN invited Heartstopper’s own heartthrob Kit Connor—also starring in Alex Garland’s “Warfare”—to chat about precocious fame, “House of Guinness,” and what the future holds.
LOUIS PARTRIDGE ON HANDLING FAME AS A TEENAGER AFTER “ENOLA HOLMES”:
“I will say that it did sort of warp my perception of what is important for a little while. I feel like in any other profession you work 10, 15, 20, however many years for a shot at that feeling of congratulations and renown. And so there was I, age 16, thinking, ‘Wow, I’ve completed it, essentially.’ Which is completely not the way to think about it, and that’s not the job at all. But it really gives you this sort of false bravado, and I’m glad that I have nice parents and a good group of people around me that didn’t sort of send me off in a weird direction, and that the work has always been the most important thing.”
LOUIS PARTRIDGE ON STEPPING INTO NETFLIX’S “HOUSE OF GUINNESS”:
“It’s an interesting story. And my character goes through some real turmoil. He changes, let’s just say. As the business grows, he goes through quite a few trials and tribulations. It’s a really cool character to have been given. And that accent came so easily for me. I really don’t know why it was, but certain things just click, and that one always just felt right. Sometimes I do it now when I’m ordering a Guinness just to sound a bit more like I know what I’m talking about.”
LOUIS PARTRIDGE ON WHERE HE WANTS HIS CAREER TO GO NEXT:
“I’d love to do some theater. But it’s always been, ever since the second job after Enola, which was Pistol: Just stretch yourself. And if somebody believes you can do a part, do it. Even if you don’t think you can. And I’m hoping that there are more accents and more weird characters that I get to play and have fun with.”
Photography: Alvaro Beamud Cortés (Interlude Project)
Fashion: Davey Sutton
Hair Stylist: Brady Lea (A-frame Agency) using Sam McKnight
Makeup Artist: Gina Kane (Caren Agency) using Shiseido
[Photo Credit: Alvaro Beamud Cortés, Courtesy of VMAN Magazine]
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