Lana Condor Was Bummed Out When People Kept Asking Her 1 Question
When Lana Condor signed on to portray Lara Jean Covey in the Netflix film, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, she had no idea how much it would change her life. Condor had been working hard to expand her acting resume, but the success and popularity of the teen flick catapulted her into mainstream success and made her a household name. Soon after To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before released, Netflix decided that Condor’s talents and natural chemistry with her co-star, Noah Centineo, warranted two additional sequels.
The first sequel To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You found Lara Jean trying to navigate high school, friendships, family, and her new relationship with her boyfriend, Peter Kavinsky. Furthermore, a new character and potential love interest, John Ambrose, was introduced, further complicating Lara Jean’s life. Naturally, fans of the series focused in on the love triangle in the film and began declaring themselves “Team Peter” or Team “John Ambrose.”
Lana Condor was constantly asked if she was ‘Team Peter’ or ‘Team John Ambrose’
Of course, fans weren’t the only ones who were obsessed with the potential love triangle. Condor was often asked about which character she was rooting for. Naturally, the Deadly Class actor understood that some of this was par for the course. However, she didn’t like that the love triangle was often the only aspect of the film that she was being asked about. Furthermore, she felt that a lot of the female relationships in the film were falling by the wayside in favor of the love triangle.
“Recently I’ve been getting the whole ‘Team Peter, Team John’ thing, which are the two male characters in our movie, which I don’t love,” Condor shared in a conversation for Interview Magazine. “I’m kind of sitting there in the middle of them being like, one, stop asking me, and two, I think you’re kind of forgetting, in the movie, you’re in Lara Jean’s brain. You have an Asian-American lead, and everyone is celebrating this diversity in the movie, and yet when journalists ask you about the movie, it has nothing to do with that. When you’re talking about female-led movies, all they want to do is ask about the love interest. As much as I think we’re making progress, those are really realistic reminders that we have a long way to go. Don’t get me wrong, I think the boys are awesome, but you’re forgetting that there are so many women in our movie that no one even talks about.”
The movie star got candid about the ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ sequel
Continuing on, the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before star shared that people often failed to remember that this is Lara Jean’s story at the end of the day and it encompassed more than just her romantic interests. “And I know that we’re trying to create that narrative, but it bums me out when people only want to talk about the guys in the movie, ask them these questions,” Condor revealed. “Because to me, I think the winning team is Lara Jean. I knew that it came with the territory, but it kind of got to the point where I’m like… It will be female journalists looking me dead in the eyes and not ever asking about what it’s like for Lara Jean to grow up in high school, trying to find her voice as a young woman. No one’s asking that.”
We can understand why Condor had an issue with journalists not fully grasping or appreciating all the nuances in the To All The Boys films. Hopefully, her speaking out about it will help change things going forward.
