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Plus, she says: “He’s obviously a fantastic romantic lead, as the world has seen in ‘Heartstopper,’ and he’s charming and handsome and dashing and lovely, and that makes him a wonderful Romeo.”

“Polterguest,” the episode in which Alberta develops a connection with a Negro Leagues baseball player played by Lamorne Morris, “gave me the confidence to say that I am a romantic lead.”

“The Dead Don’t Hurt” is a perfect vehicle for Mortensen, who sent hearts swooning as the romantic lead in “A Walk on the Moon,” and appeared in some period Westerns, including “Appaloosa” and “Hidalgo.”

Influenced by his string of romantic lead roles – princes among them, including in a recent production of “Cinderella” – magazine profiles can't help bringing up his movie idol looks and his tendency to appear in movie love scenes with men and women.

“Look, I've obviously lived within the romantic lead space for a while. And I think ‘Mary & George’ completely subverted that in a way,” he said.