Kit Connor has joined the cast of Andrew Haigh's new film

Heartstopper star Kit Connor has joined the cast of Andrew Haigh ‘s new film, A Long Winter .

The 21-year-old will reunite with his Warfare co-star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as well as Gladiator II ‘s Fred Hechinger in the latest film from the All of Us Strangers creator.

Deadline posted the news on Wednesday (22 October) stating that Connor’s role in the film is unknown. It also reports that the plot details are still TBC but understands A Long Winter will follow Louise, “the alcoholic mother of Mike (Hechinger) and Tommy, who takes off after a quarrel with her husband Lester – walking with her dog to the home of her brother Frank, quite a few miles away.

“When a snowstorm blows up suddenly and socks in the entire area, Lester and Mike begin a search that soon expands with the aid of local