To All The Boys Star Lana Condor Talks Bringing Diversity To Rom-Coms
To All The Boys actress Lana Condor has opened up about the necessity of bringing diversity to romantic comedies. Condor is an American actress, singer, and producer. She kicked off her acting career starring as the superhero Jubilee inX-Men: Apocalypse. Soon after that, she took on the lead role of Laura Jean Covey in Netflix's To All The Boys film series. The film series was based on Jenny Han's young adult romance trilogy of the same name.
To All The Boys follows Laura Jean, a teenager who wrote letters to five boys she had crushes on when she was younger. Laura Jean had never intended to send those letters, but the films explore what happens when they are accidentally sent and received by the five boys. The series was a surprisingly charming take on a typical teenage rom-com. In addition to the To All The Boys film series, Condor most recently starred in Moonshot alongside Cole Sprouse. The film is a sci-fi romantic comedy that follows two college students who sneak abroad a space shuttle headed to Mars to be reunited with their significant others.
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In an interview with NBC News, Condor opened up about bringing diversity to rom-coms. Condor, who is of Vietnamese descent, explained that the world is full of color. However, romantic comedies have an odd tendency to cast women that don't look like Condor. Plenty of diverse individuals fall in love, yet most rom-coms only seem to depict the Kate Hudsons of the world falling in love. Condor is proud of how she has brought more representation to rom-coms, and hopes that someday it will be normal for her to see actors who look like her in such films. Check out her statement below:
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