If your first introduction to Nick Robinson was as the titular character in Love, Simon, the 2018 coming-of-age film about a closeted teen trying to navigate both high school and romance, you're not alone. While Robinson had previously acted on the sitcom Melissa & Joey and had a role in Jurassic World, it was Love, Simon that was really considered his breakout role.
Robinson, now in his mid-20s, had previously sworn off playing another high school student. But when A Teacher came calling — a limited Hulu series depicting a teacher (Kate Mara)'s disturbing grooming of her student (Robinson), this time was unlike the others, he explained.
"This one felt very different to me," he revealed on the podcast The Big Ticket, as per Variety. "It was not set solely in high school and the subject matter just felt much more mature than the typical high school story. It was a challenge. I thought the role was challenging. The story itself I felt was going to hopefully challenge audiences."
But Robinson will break out of the high school drama in the upcoming TV miniseries Maid, in which he plays a father of a 3-year-old who is pretty much "non-supportive" of the child's mother, he told Variety.
