Lana Condor: `People are saying they feel seen in these films`
(The Guardian Culture News)

The Vietnamese-American star of the To All the Boys franchise on representation, realism and rejuvenating the romcomFour days after Netflix released To All the Boys I´ve Loved Before in 2018, someone - whose identity is still unclear - leaked its star´s phone number online. `I woke up to hundreds of phone calls and texts from random people,` says Lana Condor. She was then 20; it was her first leading role. `At that moment, I kind of realised that people were watching it.`To All the Boys was an instant smash. Netflix described it as one of its most-watched original films to date, with - significantly - `strong repeat viewings`. A new teen power-couple were born: Lara Jean Covey (Condor) and Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo), whose faux-mance starts to hint at the real thing. Continue reading...