Lana Condor Explains Why Representation Matters
With the release of Netflix’s newest original, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, a well-deserved spotlight is now on the film’s breakout star, Lana Condor.
In the film, the 21-year-old actress portrays Lara Jean; an introverted, Asian-American teenager who was suddenly thrust from her comfort zone when the secret love letters she wrote were mysteriously mailed to each of her crushes.
The romantic comedy was adapted from the contemporary novel of the same name, written by young-adult author, Jenny Han.
The presence of an Asian-American lead does not stop with Condor; Janel Parrish and Anna Cathcart star as Lara Jean’s loving sisters.
In a Netflix-conducted interview, Condor expresses the importance of displaying minorities on the big screen, and how inspiring this can be for young female viewers.
“I would for anyone who looked like me, if they wanted to do something, I would never want them to write it off because of the way they look,” the star said.
The film proves to be a conversation-starter on the impact of equal representation in film and provides a new role model for young girls who aren’t used to seeing actresses that look like them in lead roles.
