While we're tempted to call Peter and Lara Jean the cutest couple ever, that award might
just have to go to Noah Centineo and Lana Condor, the actors who play the high school
sweethearts in To All the Boys I've Loved Before on Netflix.
We don't even have to stretch the imagination, these two have actually professed their love
for one another.
So, are they actually dating IRL?
Is life imitating art?
Watch to the end to find out…
A distracting meet-cute
Despite their on-screen chemistry, Centineo and Condor met in the audition room for the
movie.
Condor explained their first fateful meeting to Vulture:
"[...] I saw this beautiful tall man walk through the door.
I immediately clocked that he clocked me, and he walked over to me."
When he asked Condor if she wanted to run lines with him, she turned him down — imagine!
— because, as she put it, she "didn't want to get distracted by this cute guy."
Afterwards, she discovered that she'd be doing a chemistry read with the very guy she'd blown
off.
She said that after just that first read, she, quote, "knew immediately he was gonna
be cast."
The girl is giddy
Although Centineo and Condor were already in their twenties when they took the roles
of the adorable high school couple, it wasn't hard to act a few years younger — at least
for Condor.
Condor told Vulture that her co-star was helpful in that department:
"Being with Noah makes me feel like a little girl.
So he actually really helped me be able to play younger."
That's not all Condor said about her handsome scenemate:
"I love him, I'm giddy around him, he makes me giggle and makes me really happy…"
That's right: she dropped the L-bomb.
Crushing it
Despite their awkward introduction, Condor admitted to MTV News that she thinks Centineo
is, quote,"the greatest guy ever"...and that's not all:
"I have a huge crush on him.
I like to think he has a crush on me, but, you know, whatever."
"Girl!
Oh!
I love it."
Does Centineo feel the same?
While he hasn't actually used the word "crush," Centineo did take to Instagram to share a
photo of himself with his arms around Condor.
The caption?
"She melts my heart."
"GIRL!"
Mutual mushy feelings
In an Instagram story shared to Twitter, Centineo thanked Netflix for the opportunity to be
a part of To All the Boys I've Loved Before, but gave a special shoutout to Condor:
"Lana Condor, you are the love of my life!"
And Centineo routinely talks about her in a certain kind of way.
He answered one interview question about working with Condor pretty dramatically:
"And Lana Condor, God, she's so talented dramatically and comedically."
As for Centineo's favorite part of the film?
Yup...it's more Condor.
"She has these little isms, these little facial expressions throughout.
And it's just her reactions, and like I could watch those all day.
She's so good."
Even the cuddles were real
Further blurring the lines between what's real and what isn't, there's an Easter egg
of sorts in To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
For a moment in the film, a photo of Peter and Lara Jean cuddling can be seen on the
lock-screen of Lara Jean's phone.
Only, that wasn't a photo of Peter and Lara Jean — it was Centineo and Condor.
Director Susan Johnson spilled the beans to Entertainment Tonight.
"The two of them were in the green room on set at the high school location, in the area
where we put the actors.
They actually were sleeping on the couch in that room like that, so [one of the crew members]
just stood over them and took that picture and it's so friggin' cute."
But, here's the thing...
You're probably convinced at this point that Centineo and Condor are dating.
And she still wouldn't confirm or deny her relationship with Centineo when Elle asked
if they were dating.
She said: "Uhh well, I'm not going to answer that!"
She added:
"I love Noah.
I think he's the greatest guy in the world."
But unfortunately, we have to burst your bubble...
Condor told Cosmopolitan that she and actor Anthony De La Torre have been happily dating
since 2015.
And for his part, De La Torre is, quote, "really chill" with his girlfriend and Centineo's
chemistry.
His family, however, is not.
After seeing the trailer for To All the Boys I've Loved Before, De La Torre's brother apparently
called Condor and said, "Hey your trailer looks amazing, I love it so much but I also
want to throw up because I don't want to see you with someone besides my brother."
Centineo says Condor's relationship isn't the only reason they're not dating — he
told Entertainment Tonight that he and Condor are more like "brother and sister."
Centineo also listed their work as a reason why the two aren't really dating.
It's best to keep things professional for the sake of their work, according to the actor.
But with the potential for Noah Centineo and Lana Condor to star together in two more films
based on this young adult book series, we still can't help but hold out hope for a real-life
Peter and Lara Jean.