'To All the Boys I've Loved Before's writer Jenny Han and star Lana Condor reveal why fans consider Lara Jean Covey their 'best friend'

In an exclusive interview with Meaww, the writer of 2018's hit Netflix movie, Jenny Han and the star of the same, Lana Condor, break down why the film garnered so many fans.

Can't understand why you have binge-watched 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' more than five times already? Lana Condor and Jenny Han are here to decode it for you. In an exclusive interview with Meaww, the writer of 2018's hit Netflix movie and the star of the same break down why the film garnered such a massive fan-base globally.

"I think it's the warm-hearted genuine first-love-kind-of-movie, and people are wanting that moment to feel the warmth and that softness," opines Jenny Han, the Korean-American author of 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before,' and  'The Summer I Turned Pretty' trilogy.

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