When Hulu’s gender-flipped High Fidelity adaptation arrives on Friday, Zoë Kravitz may not be the only recognizable face. Thomas Doherty, who plays Liam, will also be familiar to Disney fans: he previously starred on the network’s British musical series The Lodge.
Still, playing Liam — a young Scottish singer Rob (Kravitz) meets while trying to figure out why her past relationships didn’t work out — is a big step for the 24-year-old actor. Between The Lodge and The CW’s Legacies (on which he portrayed a vampire named Sebastian), Doherty is primarily known for his YA projects. High Fidelity — as well as his recent turn in HBO’s Catherine the Great — sees him transitioning into more grown-up work.
“Me and Thomas' chemistry was so intense, even off camera…but we didn’t know it,” Cameron told the teen magazine J-14 in 2018. “But people were like, ‘When you guys walk into a room together, it’s insane. Have you ever talked to him?’ And I’m like, ‘No, not really.’ And they’re like, ‘You need to.'”
