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Shes written five in all, never intending to deliver them.
When I got the audition, I said to myself,This is mine, Condor said.
I cant let anyone else have this.
Because an opportunity like this doesnt come along very often for me.
I was like,No, you will not be distracted, Lana.
Its likeBridget Joness Diary,10 Things I Hate About You, andShes All Thatrolled into one.
Josh is such a good guy.
And I think Peter challenges Lara Jean in a way Josh does not.
I wanted to be cast so badly.
So I was like, oh my God, this is amazing.
This is everything Ive ever wanted to do.
Reading the script and the book was just so exciting.
Its a great book, and its enjoyable and its fun, and relatable.
It was a dream come true.
Can you tell me a little bit about your audition?
And then the day after, I auditioned, I did pre-read.
And I actually saw Noah in my pre-read.
And I screamed bloody murder when I got the call from my agent that I got it.
It was seriously a dream come true.
The audition process was definitely rigorous.
They were seeing a lot of girls.
Noah told methat you both met in the audition room.
He said he asked to run lines with you, but you very politely turned him down.
Is that how you remember it?Thats literally what happened, yeah.
And I saw this beautiful tall man walk through the door.
I immediately clocked that he clocked me, and he walked over to me.
And I was like,No, dont come over here.
Dont come over here.
Dont come over here.
and I just said, Yeah, sorry, no.
I was just wanted to focus, and I didnt want to get distracted by this cute guy.
And the first read with him, I knew immediately he was gonna be cast.
He was so good.
Have you ever written love letters, or ever received them?Oh my God, yes.
To this day, I write love letters.
I have a hard time expressing myself when Im emotional, so my family has done this forever.
We write each other letters if were fighting or whatever.
Have you felt that?Yeah.
And I think Lara Jeans kind of awesome.
Its a dream come true.
We laugh all the time.
And that was devastating, cause you feel like you will never be the same.
You feel like your heart is breaking.
Tell me about it.You feel it.
And that was devastating to hear that.
Oh my God!I know, that sucked.
But I dont know … embarrassing?
But Lara Jean feels so fully realized.
Being with Noah makes me feel like a little girl.
So he actually really helped me be able to play younger.
Because Im giddy around Noah.
Noah, specifically, really helped me feel like I was a high schooler again, a teen again.
I think the way that they process loss is actually pretty healthy.
Im not sure or maybe I just wanted Josh in it more.
This is not an Asian movie, its just a rom-com where it shows real families and real life.
Thats whats so exciting for me, because I think that should be our goal in the industry.
It comes so naturally in the movie and we barely ever reference it, and I think thats awesome.
