It has been a few weeks since Warner Bros. announced it is adapting Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series into a film. The fandom has been in a collective spiral ever since, dreaming up casting wish lists and refreshing Mafi's social media for any crumb of information about what comes next.

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It has been a few weeks since Warner Bros. announced it is adapting Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series into a film. The fandom has been in a collective spiral ever since, dreaming up casting wish lists and refreshing Mafi's social media for any crumb of information about what comes next.

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Then Chaad Hewitt posted a TikTok. And now we are here.

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Then Chaad Hewitt posted a TikTok. And now we are here.

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The post that started everything

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The post that started everything

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The video itself is almost suspiciously low-key. Chaad HL. Hewitt, a 22-year-old Australian actor, journalist and social media personality with close to a million Instagram followers, is seen at what looks like a fashion event seated front row. The text overlay reads: "I was told to read about him."

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The video itself is almost suspiciously low-key. Chaad HL. Hewitt, a 22-year-old Australian actor, journalist and social media personality with cl…