Jenny Han proves she’s extra than simply an creator with iconic cameos within the TV exhibits and films primarily based on the books she’s written. Eagle-eyed followers have been fast to note the creator when she appeared in To All of the Boys I’ve Beloved Earlier than, which premiered through Netflix in August 2018.
She appeared in a flashback scene the place a youthful model of Lana Condor’s character, Lara Jean, is attending a homecoming dance with Lucas Krapf, one in every of her love letter recipients. Han, for her half, performed the position of chaperone and watched the 2 dance.
Whereas Han admitted that she doesn’t love being filmed, that didn’t cease her from making appearances within the different two To All of the Boys franchise movies — To All of the Boys: P.S. I Nonetheless Love You and To All of the Boys: All the time and Perpetually.
So, when The Summer time I Turned Fairly premiered through Prime Video in June 2021, nobody was shocked when Han made a quick look in a single episode.
“I don’t really get pleasure from being on digital camera in any respect. I had completed it for To All of the Boys films and other people saved asking me if I used to be gonna do it for this one,” she advised BuzzFeed in June 2022. “So, then I used to be like, ‘ what? Certain.’ I purchased [the dress] for that second. I feel it’s a pleasant scene, very celebratory — and I like champagne.”
Within the present’s first season finale, Han is seen grabbing a glass off a champagne tower whereas attending Stomach’s (Lola Tung) debutante ball.
“This may need to be my final cameo bc how does one prime a champagne tower?” she joked on Instagram on the time, displaying off a behind-the-scene photograph on set.
The next 12 months, The Summer time I Turned Fairly returned for season 2. Whereas it appeared like Han’s cameo wasn’t going to occur, she shocked followers by strolling out of a comfort retailer as Tung walked in.
These aren’t the one cameos she’s made to this point!
Whereas Netflix’s XO, Kitty isn’t precisely primarily based on one in every of Han’s books — it’s a To All of the Boys spinoff sequence — she did have a whole lot of say within the present coming to fruition and acts as an govt producer. Due to this, the author made one other onscreen look.
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