Netflix’s original film To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before went nuts upon its release. Like, absolutely WILD, ultimately becoming one of the most-watched movies ever to be released via the international streaming giant.
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Considering its mass success plus the mass fanfare that followed its lead stars Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, it only stands to reason that a sequel should be discussed, right?
Well, while there is no ~official~ chatter surrounding a part two just yet, queen Condor says that she and her co-stars are all too keen to star in a follow-up film and hell fkn yeah boi.
“The whole cast would love to do it,” she said at Vulture Festival, with creator and author of the OG book series Jenny Han, agreeing with her sentiment.
“I think we all would love for that to happen,” she said. “Everyone has said that.”
During the panel discussion, Condor also said that she’d always dreamed of being the lead in a rom-com. But “I wrote that off,” she said, “because as an Asian-American actress, [those roles] don’t usually come across my email a lot; those types of auditions for someone who looks like me.”
She went on to discuss her experience of feeling like an outsider at auditions because of her ethnicity.
“There are a lot of times where I go into audition rooms and everyone’s blonde and blue-eyed, and then there’s just me,” she said.
“I know there’s that ideal, like I’m going to change the casting director’s mind. But it’s the waiting room that really gets to you. The rest of the the girls watch you walk in, and they’re probably thinking I’m auditioning for a different character….I can’t help but feel really un-empowered, and really like I’m just covering the diversity quota so they can say they’ve looked at all ethnicities.”
But that all changed when she auditioned for TATBILB.
“When I got to the audition and I saw the casting office, I actually felt like I had a fighting chance and the odds were even for any of us to get it…it was really compelling,” she said.
Adding, “It really did feel so bountiful. There’s been a lot of Asian content to see, and that has been so exciting, and that has been such an honor to be a part of. I feel like the community was so inspired as well.”
She goes on to say that she hopes that this attitude of inclusiveness continues to spread throughout the industry.
“I was so happy that this summer happened. But I don’t want it to end in this summer,” she said. “ I want it to keep going and going and going. So, to me, I take that as a victory, and that’s amazing, and I just hope that it keeps happening. We can sell tickets and we can get clicks on Netflix just as much, if not more, than what’s usually out there.”
Start penning those petitions to Netflix ASAP, people!
