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Netflix’s The Innocents focuses on British teen June (Sorcha Groundsell) and her secret boyfriend Harry (Percelle Ascott), who try to run away together on her 16th birthday, when they find out she has the strange power to shapeshift.

So how exactly does this shifting work? TV Guide sat down with producers to get the lowdown on the rules: (SPOILER ALERT – read at your own risk!)

- Shifters are female only (though they can shift into males).

- Shifting has an “emotional trigger.” “So one shifter’s trigger might be anger, one’s might be love, one’s might be fear,” creator and EP Hania Elkington explained. “And the way that that trigger is determined is what emotion is it that makes you shift for the first time.”

- Shifting starts at age 16.

- Shifts can only be sparked by human contact. When the shifter is in someone else’s form, the other person is basically in a coma until the shifter goes back to their own body.

- “Be careful what you’re wearing, ’cause you’re gonna be wearing those clothes afterwards,” creator and EP Simon Duric shared.

- The shifting gene usually skips generations, but there are exceptions. If a shifter inherits the gene from their mother, they gain enhanced abilities.

- Mirrors show a shifter’s true identity.

(MAJOR SPOILER ALERT below!)

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The key to Netflix’s brand new series, The Innocents, is Harry and June’s relationship.

Portrayed by Sorcha Groundsell and Percelle Ascott, the two actors opened up to Bustle about the great things about the relationship between the couple.

“Harry is the guy who would make the most noise in the room, but he’s actually the loneliest,” Percelle shared. “June helps him escape from himself, the Harry that’s in pain and has to take care of his family. June frees him from all of that.”

And since she helps him with that, he helps her with acceptance of her abilities.

“When June finds out she has this uncontrollable condition and has to accept who she is, Harry discovers that he has this ability to help her on this course of her journey of acceptance. They both give each other that sense of freedom and that’s the most special thing about their relationship.”

“It’s what we all want to find at that age, isn’t it?” Sorcha adds. “Two people finding each other and really being able to let go of any disguises they might be using to get through their young teenage life.”

She continues, “They can be very real with each other, which is something they can’t be with anyone else in their lives. That’s such a pure connection. But maintaining that relationship in the real world is going to be difficult.”

The Innocents is streaming on Netflix now.

Sorcha Groundsell and Percelle Ascott are starring in Netflix’s brand new series, The Innocents, and you’re going to be hooked.

The two actors recently spoke to Bustle about the show and the reasons they were drawn to it.

“I was really drawn to these young characters,” Percelle shared. “Sometimes it’s easy to not give young characters complexities they deserve and these characters have so many dimensions and layers to them. I became obsessed with the story and what happens towards the end.”

For Sorcha, she was drawn to the story, but also to the creatives behind the show, which just happened to be full of women.

“I certainly don’t think I’ve been on a set where there have been that many women at the center of the story,” she said. “It’s an inspiring time to be a young woman in the industry — times have really changed very drastically over the last year, and in a way our show is the natural result of these changes.”

Sorcha adds, “Tthe fact that it got made and company the size of Netflix wants to back it is a huge sign that not only have times changed but they’re continuing to change and there is an interest for these types of stories led by women.”

The Innocents is streaming now on Netflix.

Netflix’s new series The Innocents is described as a supernatural teen romance, but really, it’s more than that.

Star Sorcha Groundsell, who plays June, spoke with The Scotland Herald about the new show, premiering on Friday, August 24th.

“At its core, it’s a show about people growing up and how difficult it can be to find out who you are, when you’re that age, a teenager and trying to find a place in the world,” Sorcha says.

She adds that the show could be a narrative for a more fluid nature of people’s identity, as well.

“It hadn’t occurred to me at all, but I think there is definitely a rise in storytelling about that kind of thing,” Sorcha says. “About the nature of identity – the outside versus the inside and all that type of stuff.”

Netflix just debuted a brand new trailer for their upcoming thriller series, The Innocents!

The first season of the British series will be available to stream on August 24th.

Here’s the synopsis: When teenagers Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell) run away from their repressive families to be together, they’re derailed by an extraordinary discovery – June’s ability to shape-shift.

As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago.

But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.

Sorcha Groundsell and Percelle Ascott hype up their new Netflix series, The Innocents, during the 2018 Television Critics’ Association panel held on Sunday (July 29) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The two stars were joined by co-star Guy Pearce, as well as creators Hania Elkington and Simon Duric.

The eight-part series centers on June McDaniel (Groundsell), who on her 16th birthday runs away with her boyfriend Harry Polk (Ascott), the son of a police officer. But as the young star-crossed lovers soon realize, June’s father had a reason to curtail her activities.

It turns out she’s a shape-shifter, which leads to some freaky and dangerous situations.

June can’t control her newfound ability, but she encounters a couple of people who promise that they have the answers, whether it’s a cure or a way to train her. But even as June is trying to figure out who she can trust, her relationship with Harry begins to snap under pressure.

Their dream of a life together no longer fits with this new reality, and their feelings for and trust in each other are tested.

The Innocents will debut on Friday, August 24th. Check out the featurette below!

Netflix has revealed the release date, first-look trailer, and poster, for its new show The Innocents!

The first season of the British series will be available to stream on August 24.

Here’s the synopsis: When teenagers Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell) run away from their repressive families to be together, they’re derailed by an extraordinary discovery – June’s ability to shape-shift.

As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.

Guy Pearce also stars.

The Innocents was created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, who also executive produce along with Farren Blackburn. Farren directed six of the eight episodes.

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Pictured inside: Cast and crew members attending The Innocents panel during Netflix’s See What’s Next event at Villa Miani on Wednesday (April 18) in Rome, Italy.