Months ago, eagle-eyed Heartstopper fans noticed something new about Kit Connor: a small tattoo on his bicep, apparently reading “CALL ON ME.” They speculated on the meaning behind it, wondering what the phrase might represent. Now, fans have their answer, thanks to a story from Connor’s Warfare co-star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai.
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In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Woon-A-Tai shared that while filming Warfare — in which he and Connor play Navy SEALs in Iraq alongside fellow castmates including Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton — the group of young actors bonded much like the real group of military men that they’re playing.
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“It felt like a little frat boy house,” Woon-A-Tai said of living with the group during a three-week training intensive.
That included going so far as getting matching tattoos inspired the movie. Warfare opens with a scene of the SEALs watching the infamously sexy music video for Eric Prydz’s 2004 song “Call on Me.” Thus, Woon-A-Tai, Connor, and several other Warfare actors got the song’s title tatted on their bodies.
“Symbolizing that we can call on each other, really — it sounds a little corny and cheesy, but it’s referencing a few different things,” Woon-A-Tai explained. “It goes pretty deep. We can call on each other, no matter after this project, anytime. We’re very close to each other and we’ll be there for each other.”
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Though Connor’s tattoo is on his arm, several of his castmates got inked a little lower. In an Instagram post from December, cast member Michael Gandolfini shared a photo of him, Woon-A-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, and Noah Centineo, all pulling down their pants to reveal the matching tattoos on their thighs.
In response to that post, ever a man of few words, Connor simply commented, “i adore you.”
Warfare comes to theaters on April 11. Check out the first look below.
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