{"id":16899,"date":"2022-06-14T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1660925"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:21:24","slug":"why-love-victor-season-3-doesnt-include-simon-actor-nick-robinson","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/why-love-victor-season-3-doesnt-include-simon-actor-nick-robinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Why\u00a0Love\u00a0Victor\u00a0season 3 doesn\u2019t include Simon actor Nick\u00a0Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 14 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The showrunners behind Love, Victor<\/a> have addressed the absence of Nick Robinson in the third season.<\/p>\n

RadioTimes.com<\/a><\/span> spoke about the new episodes with the showrunners behind Love, Victor in the form of executive producers Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger and Brian Tanen.<\/p>\n

One question that did emerge was around the decision to not include Nick Robinson as Simon Spier in the third season of the show.<\/p>\n

Simon was the central character of the film Love, Simon \u2013 which the series works as a spin-off from \u2013 and Robinson reprised his role in the first two seasons of Love, Victor.<\/p>\n

Victor Salazar (Michael Cimino) got in contact with Simon to help him with the process of accepting his sexuality and coming out.<\/p>\n

However, at the conclusion of season 2, Victor calls Simon to thank him for his help and advice but tells him he has grown enough to no longer need it.<\/p>\n

Following this conversation, Simon is not seen or heard from at all in the third and final season of the show.<\/p>

Addressing the decision to leave Simon absent, executive producer and writer Brian Tanen explained: \u201cI mean, I think Simon was such a great way into this series to connect these two pieces together.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as the show grew, it really became fully Victor\u2019s story and he became someone who sort of had gone from someone who needed a mentor to someone who could, kind of, be a mentor himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we love Nick Robinson, we love the character of Simon \u2013 it really spoke more to this idea of who our main character was becoming.\u201d<\/p>\n