We all know Joe Locke has a lot more to offer than his role as Charlie Spring in Netflixs Hearstopper, and hes about to prove just how far he can flex his chops.Apart from his leading role in the series, Locke also recently made his Broadway debut as Tobias Ragg in the revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Ahead of Heartstoppers third season, Locke is also slated to star in Marvels Agatha All Along.While currently only credited as Teen on the cast list with many elements kept hush-hush until its September 18 release, fans theorize that Locke will take on the role of Wiccan, the out son of Wanda Maximoff who we first met in WandaVision in 2021.See on InstagramWe could be wrong, but Marvel has at least confirmed that his character is gay. Either way, Lockes presence in the MCU makes him the second out actor to play a queer superhero in that universe, which is pretty monumental in itself.That said, Locke also told Variety that thinking about how big that truly is gets a bit stressful if he dwells on it, and that being in a Marvel series is the most pinch me thing.The Marvel fandom, however, is quite the opposite of the Heartstopper fandom, as Locke is finding out the hard way. After the glimpse of the trailer dropped, Locke said fans were upset about Marvel exploring a campy gay stereotype.It really annoyed me because I was like, You cant ask for authentic casting and then be upset if you have a camp character, he said. Im fully aware that the Marvel fandom is far less nice than the Heartstopper fandom. Theres going to be a lot of people that just hate everything about the character and everything about what Ive done with it, and I just have to be okay with that.See on InstagramHe also said that he expected to get really muscly and hench getting cast in a Marvel show, but that the showrunners instead told him they wanted him to stay small and twink-y.Whether its love or hate coming his way, Locke also says he finds the pressure of being a pioneering voice in LGBTQ+ storytelling quite overwhelming in a good way, but that there are days that I never want to play a gay character again. Most of the casting I get sent are for gay characters.He also noted that he didn't know if that was a "problem with the industry, or a problem of me and my internalized homophobia."Well, whatever his future holds, we cant wait to see whats in store for it. We know were excited to finally get the full details for his Agatha All Along character, as well as whatever Heartstopper season 3 has in store for us. (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@)