50 Fun Facts About To All the Boys I've Loved Before

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, who secretly mails the love letters Lara Jean keeps hidden in her closet?

Her younger sister Kitty sneaks into Lara Jean's room, finds the letters and posts them. She only owns up after the fallout from the school ski trip.

Sales of which Japanese drink jumped after Kitty offers Peter one in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Yakult goes unnamed in the film, which calls it a Korean yogurt smoothie, but viewers recognised it anyway. Its maker's share price climbed after the release.

Which movie star's company, Overbrook, optioned To All the Boys I've Loved Before weeks after the novel came out?

Will Smith and his business partner James Lassiter bought the screen rights in June 2014 through Overbrook, the company behind The Pursuit of Happyness.

On the ski trip in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, where do Lara Jean and Peter share a kiss alone?

A hot tub is where Peter admits his feelings, and someone films the moment. The clip later surfaces online and humiliates Lara Jean.

Which actress, who was Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse, stars as Lara Jean Covey in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Lana Condor made her screen debut as Jubilee only two years before the Netflix hit. She was born in Vietnam and adopted by American parents as a baby.

Which actor, once Jesus Adams Foster on The Fosters, plays Peter Kavinsky in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Noah Centineo starred in a second Netflix romcom, Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, the same year, and later played Atom Smasher in Black Adam.

Which John Hughes film do Lara Jean and Kitty watch with Peter in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Sixteen Candles gets a mid-film screening, during which a wary Peter asks whether its character Long Duk Dong is meant to be so openly racist.

Why does Peter propose a fake relationship with Lara Jean in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

To make his ex jealous is Peter's half of the bargain. Lara Jean's half is convincing Josh, another letter recipient, that she no longer has feelings for him.

Which other trilogy by To All the Boys author Jenny Han became a Prime Video series?

The Summer I Turned Pretty came first, published from 2009, and Han ran its screen version herself as showrunner. Its heroine Belly is torn between two brothers.

Which sport does Peter Kavinsky play for his high school team in the To All the Boys films?

Lacrosse is where Peter's popularity at school comes from, and in Jenny Han's third novel it also earns him a sports scholarship to college.

How does Lara Jean first react when Peter says he got her letter in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

She faints on the spot, then wakes to see Josh approaching with a letter of his own. In a panic she kisses Peter to throw Josh off, then runs.

Where is a ski-trip video of Lara Jean and Peter posted in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

On Instagram, where the clip stays up until Lara Jean and her older sister get the company to remove it. By then their schoolmates have already seen it.

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean's older sister leaves for college in which country?

Scotland is her destination, and she ends things with Josh before she goes. Lara Jean soon finds her old feelings for him resurfacing.

In the novel To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean keeps her letters in which gift from her late mother?

A teal hatbox holds the letters she never planned to send. After Peter confronts her about his letter, she gets home and cannot find it.

The film To All the Boys I've Loved Before relocates Lara Jean from the novel's East Coast setting to which city?

Portland, Oregon is where the film takes place, and parts of it were shot there. Jenny Han's books place the Coveys on the other side of the country.

Which actor, Aidan Shaw in Sex and the City, plays Lara Jean's widowed father in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

John Corbett plays Dr. Daniel Covey, who is raising three daughters alone. In the film's first scenes he tries, and fails, to cook the Korean food his late wife made.

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Gen taunts Lara Jean after the ski trip with which of her belongings?

Her scrunchie is Lara Jean's favorite, and Gen got it from Peter. Gen adds that he stayed in her room after the kiss, and a furious Lara Jean breaks up with him.

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Gen resents Lara Jean for kissing Peter years earlier during which party game?

Spin the bottle put the two together four years earlier, and Gen felt betrayed. She gives it as her reason for trying to wreck the romance.

Who arrives at Lara Jean's door with flowers in the mid-credits scene of To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

John Ambrose McClaren is one of the five boys Lara Jean wrote to, and his arrival sets up the sequel. The role was recast before that film was made.

Which Canadian city, site of Point Grey Secondary, was the main filming base for To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Vancouver doubled as an American suburb for a shoot of about a month in mid-2017, and its Point Grey Secondary returned as Lara Jean's school in the sequel.

Which letter recipient in To All the Boys I've Loved Before tells Lara Jean he is gay and becomes her friend?

Lucas stays her friend through all three films. Meeting him is what makes Lara Jean realise that every one of her letters has been mailed.

Which Pretty Little Liars star, who played Mona Vanderwaal, is Lara Jean's older sister in the To All the Boys films?

Janel Parrish began on Broadway as a child, playing Young Cosette in Les Misérables, and was Jade in the live-action Bratz film.

Which actress plays Kitty Covey in To All the Boys I've Loved Before and leads the spin-off series XO, Kitty?

Anna Cathcart was already known to children as Agent Olympia in Odd Squad. XO, Kitty became the first Netflix series spun off from one of its original films.

How are Lara Jean's best friend Chris and her rival Gen related in To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Cousins they may be, but they take opposite sides: Chris is Lara Jean's best friend, while Gen is her former best friend from middle school and Peter's ex.

Late in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, what does Kitty show Lara Jean that sends her to Peter?

Notes he wrote her during the fake relationship persuade Lara Jean to go and see him, and he tells her he is in love with her.

Josh Sanderson, who receives one of Lara Jean's letters in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, is whose ex-boyfriend?

Margot broke up with Josh just before leaving for college, and she is upset to learn that Lara Jean once had feelings for him.

Jenny Han set her To All the Boys novels in which US state, where she herself was born and raised?

Virginia is familiar ground for Han, who grew up in Richmond. The film adaptations moved the Covey family across the country.

Which Happy Death Day actor plays Josh Sanderson in To All the Boys I've Loved Before but skipped both sequels?

Israel Broussard played one of the teenage burglars in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring. His character Josh does not appear in either To All the Boys sequel.

Which filmmaker, who made her directing debut with Carrie Pilby, directed To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Susan Johnson directed only the first film, then stayed on the second as an executive producer while a member of her crew took over directing.

After the letters go out in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Peter follows Lara Jean to which kind of hangout?

A diner is where Lara Jean explains that the kiss was only meant to put Josh off. It stays the couple's favorite spot, and Peter takes her there to celebrate in the third film.

In To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, where does Lara Jean volunteer instead of joining Peter's program?

A retirement home called Belleview is her choice, following her older sister's example. There she befriends a resident named Stormy and runs into a boy from her past.

Which Dancing with the Stars winner plays Lara Jean's sixth-grade crush in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You?

Jordan Fisher had also played John Laurens and Philip Hamilton on Broadway in Hamilton. He took over a role that another actor filled in the first film's closing moments.

In To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Peter reads Lara Jean a Valentine's poem borrowed from which writer?

Edgar Allan Poe supplied the two verses, which Lara Jean at first takes for Peter's own work. He apologises and says he meant every word.

What do Lara Jean and Peter send skyward on a date in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You?

A paper lantern carries their initials up into the evening sky, and the pair promise not to break each other's hearts. Lara Jean ends up breaking that promise.

In To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, what do Lara Jean and old friends dig up at the treehouse?

A time capsule buried years earlier brings the old gang back together, Peter and Gen included. Gen claims she never put anything in it, which turns out to be untrue.

Which Two and a Half Men actress plays the stylish, eccentric Stormy in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You?

Holland Taylor earned four Emmy nominations as Evelyn Harper on that sitcom. Her character Stormy gives Lara Jean a dress and a makeover for the Star Ball.

Which song became a viral international hit after featuring in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You?

Moral of the Story was written after Ashe filed for divorce, with Finneas O'Connell as co-writer and producer. The film's exposure gave her a first entry on Billboard's main singles chart.

Michael Fimognari, who directed both To All the Boys sequels, held which job on the first film?

Cinematographer on the original, he made his directing debut with the second film and kept shooting the sequels himself. He is best known for his work with Mike Flanagan.

Peter waits outside the ball in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You because Lara Jean hates driving in what?

The snow was something she mentioned on their first date, and Peter remembered. She has just kissed another boy and realised it is Peter she loves.

Which 13 Reasons Why actor joined To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You as Peter's best friend Trevor?

Ross Butler played Zach Dempsey in that series and the grown-up superhero form of Eugene in Shazam! In the films, Trevor dates Lara Jean's best friend Chris.

In To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the Coveys visit which city to find their mother's lock on a bridge?

Seoul is where their mother once fastened a lock to mark her love for their father. The family finally reads the message left with it: for the rest of my life.

In To All the Boys: Always and Forever, which university rejects Lara Jean, ending her plan to study with Peter?

Stanford turns her down while Peter is bound there. A wrongly sent text convinces him she got in, and he arrives to celebrate in full college regalia.

Which university does Lara Jean finally choose in To All the Boys: Always and Forever after falling for it at a party?

NYU wins her over during the senior trip to New York, where she and Chris are invited to an NYU party. Choosing it puts a whole continent between her and Peter.

In To All the Boys: Always and Forever, where does Lara Jean find Peter's letter proposing a new love contract?

In her yearbook, Peter retells how they first met in sixth grade and asks her to sign a pledge to keep loving each other across the miles between their colleges.

Which actor, Elliott in E.T., plays Peter's estranged father in To All the Boys: Always and Forever?

Henry Thomas was a child star when E.T. came out in 1982. His Mr. Kavinsky apologises to Peter over coffee for the years he was absent.

Which character, played by Sarayu Blue, marries Lara Jean's father in To All the Boys: Always and Forever?

Trina Rothschild lives across the street from the Coveys. In Jenny Han's second novel it is Kitty who sets about pairing her up with their dad.

Emilija Baranac, who plays Gen in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, was Midge Klump on which teen drama?

Riverdale brought her in as Midge for its second season. Born in Canada to Serbian parents, she also works as a model.

Andrew Bachelor, Peter's friend Greg in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, found fame as King Bach on which app?

Vine made him its most-followed user, with more than 16 million followers, before the app shut down. He also runs a YouTube channel called BachelorsPadTv.

In Jenny Han's novel P.S. I Still Love You, which childhood game do the friends revive with a wish as the prize?

Assassins runs through much of the book, and Lara Jean, who has never won before, takes the title. Her wish is for things with Peter to go back to how they were.

In the novel Always and Forever, Lara Jean, the heroine finally picks which university, Jenny Han's own alma mater?

UNC Chapel Hill first puts her on its waitlist, then accepts her, and a road trip to the campus with Chris settles it. The film version sends her somewhere else entirely.