Benjam "Ben" Hope, portrayed by Sebastian Croft, is an antagonist Solaire and Heartstopper. Ben is portrayed as snarky, cunng, manipulative, and vlent, wh his nature stemmg om beg a closeted bisexual. When overhearg his classmate, Charlie Sprg, was gay and outed, Ben...
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Ben's portrayal plays slightly to the "homophobic homosexual" trope, but not a manner that pats him as a sympathetic character or to exce his behavr. When overhearg his classmate, Charlie Sprg, was gay and outed, Ben pounced on Charlie's vulnerabily by llg him "brave", before kissg him and havg him a secret relatnship unr his dictatn on where they met to make out.