for a reason—the characters are still learning.can see why people are upset with his character Eric's decision to date his high school bully Adam [], but after putting himself in the shoes of a 16-year-old boy, he's giving Eric some room to make mistakes.
While speaking exclusively with E! News, Ncuti explained that as he read the script, he tried to get into the "mental space" of Eric Effiong, who is more than a decade younger than he is, before judging him for his actions. "16-year-olds don't make the best decisions for themselves," he remarked, adding that "queer youth don't have a blueprint for life."
He acknowledged that immaturity doesn't excuse Adam's behavior in seasons one and two, saying that if Eric were a woman "you would not be encouraging him to get with somebody that has beat him up for six years."But Ncuti said there's a real "connection" between the high schoolers.
"I think the relationship is quite, it's very bittersweet isn't it?" he said. "I don't know that they ever get the happy moment, because I think they're constantly still trying to figure out themselves, and trying to figure out how to be themselves with each other."As an outsider, Ncuti has an entirely different perspective of this new romance:, "If I was Eric's dad, I think I'd have a few different words to say about that relationship.
"I think Eric was definitely stifling himself for the purpose of Adam's growth," the Rwandan-Scottish actor shared. "And now that they're in this relationship on an equal footing, you have friction there because of the fact that they're in such different spaces."
I was definitely a naysayer at first, and I still get uncomfortable with it sometimes. But I think Adam has grown beautifully, and I know that they’re 16 and things aren’t always so black-and-white.
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