ToAllTheBoys actress Lana Condor opened up about the importance of diversity in romantic comedies. 'I want to get to a point where it’s so normal to see someone that looks like us in a commercial or a rom-com.'
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 in X-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.
Media in general influences — for good or for bad — the real world. And I don’t understand why in film and television, or particularly in this genre, why it’s been mostly reserved for women that do not look like me.
Condor makes an excellent point about how strange it is for the film industry to not frequently feature actors who look like her. Many films attempt to depict real-life, and the reality is that the world is very diverse. While Hudson is certainly an incredible actress, every individual of every color should get the opportunity to see themselves represented in film and TV. Also, having diverse individuals adds another layer of complexity to film characters.
Condor is right to be proud of the work she has done in the field of representation. While strides are being made, Asian Americans are still very poorly represented in film. Meanwhile, when they are included, it is often in the form of negative stereotypes. Romantic comedies, especially, seem largely exclusive to Caucasian actresses. However, people do not exclusively fall in love with Caucasians, nor do they always fall in love with someone of the same ethnicity as them.
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