
Beneath the mullet, Ca$h is a complex young man quietly struggling with his identity. He’s the bass player in an indie rock band and has slept with half the girls - and even a few boys - at school, but underneath the hot aesthetic he’s just as insecure as the rest of us mere humans.ĬA$H (Will McDonald) (Riot, Home and Away, Young Rock) is a drug dealer, food delivery driver, pet duck owner, eshay. A Bundjalung boy, and new at Hartley High, he’s a basketball natural, hates sitting still, and makes friends easily.ĭUSTY (Josh Heuston) (Dive Club, Thor: Love and Thunder, Finally Me) is so gorgeous it hurts. MALAKAI (Thomas Weatherall) (RFDS, All My Friends Are Racist) is athletic and full of bravado. To be in Harper’s orbit is to feel kinda special - getting into that orbit is the hard part. HARPER (Asher Yasbincek) (The Heights, Rams, How To Please A Woman) is the person in High School everyone is a little afraid of (even the teachers). Quinni is autistic, and a master of imitation and masking. Besties with Darren, she’s outrageous, raw, and sometimes a little bit wrongtown. QUINNI (Chloe Hayden) (Jeremy The Dud, Sister From The South, Embrace Kids) is all literal and lateral, a brain trying to connect to a body and a heart. Whilst they are outwardly brash, inwardly Darren fears they are a hard person to love. INTRODUCING THE HEARTBREAK HIGH CLASS OF 2022:ĪMERIE (Ayesha Madon) (The Moth Effect, Fangirls, Romeo and Juliet) is whip smart and outwardly brash, a working-class girl with an enormous heart and an even bigger mouth.ĭARREN (James Majoos) (Fangirls, Grand Horizons, Vivid White) is the warmest snarky shit-stirrer you’re ever likely to meet. Hannah Carroll Chapman, Matthew Whittet (Girl Asleep), Marieke Hardy (Seven Types of Ambiguity), Meyne Wyatt (City of Gold), Thomas Wilson White (The Greenhouse), and Natesha Somasundaram (The Unlisted) will serve as Writers. Ana Jimanez is Development Exec, Fremantle. Ĭreated by Hannah Carroll Chapman (The Heights) and Script Producer is Megan Palinkas (Itch).

Gracie Otto (Bump) is set up director, along with Neil Sharma (The Unlisted), Jessie Oldfield & Adam Murfett (Why Are You Like This). With her new friends - outsiders QUINNI and DARREN - AMERIE must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.Ĭhris Oliver Taylor (Glitch) and Carly Heaton (The End) will serve as Executive Producers, Sarah Freeman (Why Are You Like This) as Producer, Ana Jimenez ( Diary of an Uber Driver ) as Development Exec and Anna Curtis (Back to the Rafters) as Associate Producer An eight-episode series inspired by the original ‘90s series, but totally reimagined for a new generation, Heartbreak High will make its global debut on Netflix in 2022.Ī discovery makes AMERIE an instant pariah at Hartley High, and causes a mysterious and very public rift with her ride-or-die HARPER. School is officially back in session at Hartley High with production now underway in Sydney on the Netflix reboot of the much-loved Australian young adult series, Heartbreak High.
