Heartstopper's Joe Locke reacts to co-star Sebastian Croft in Celebrity Traitors: "I am watching"

Heartstopper actor Joe Locke has responded to his co-star Sebastian Croft on The Celebrity Traitors in an exclusive chat with Digital Spy.

Croft played the nasty Ben Hope on the Netflix romance series, and in the huge BBC game of deception, he's playing for the Faithfuls.

Speaking to us at the UK premiere of upcoming film Black Church Bay, Locke said that he was supporting his friend, but knows that 'Bash' (as he's been affectionately been called) would rather be a baddie again.

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"I am watching and I hope he does really well", Locke said. "Of course I'm rooting for him.

"I think he's being a great Faithful so far, [but] I'm sure he'd love to be recruited as a Traitor."

Croft doesn't have a lot of heat on him at the moment, although Joanne McNally did write his name down at the Round Table in the latest episode.

In the episode, Croft said: "I can't explain the euphoria you feel when you catch a Traitor. I'm really enjoying the game. I've formed an unlikely friendship with quite a few people, which is so lovely.

"But the beginning was about survival. Now, it's about tactical survival."

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With the numbers thinning, how much longer will the actor last in the castle?

After her banishment, Julie Hesmondhalgh named Croft as one of her favourite people on the show.

"In my head, I'm the same age as Bella [Ramsey] and Bash, I just think I'm a young person, and it's really quite shocking to me that I'm actually very much not!" she said.

Celebrity Traitors airs Thursday and Friday at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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