![]() ![]() Then there’s Daniel, the dutiful younger son who is determined to attend Dartmouth, become a doctor and not disappoint his Korean immigrant parents the way his less ambitious, tattooed older brother already has. This would maybe make more sense if Natasha were, say, a legal savant, but she’s into astronomy. immigration, citizenship and naturalization process a nightmare for many. But somehow Natasha is best equipped to handle the maze of legal documents and strange, seemingly illogical requests that make navigating the U.S. What’s odd is that her parents speak perfect English, which means the language barrier that often forces immigrant kids to become translators simply doesn’t exist. But she speaks with an American accent, and like many children of immigrant parents, she handles her family’s interactions with the government. Jamaican-born Natasha is a science-worshipping high school junior and love skeptic who quotes Carl Sagan. ![]() ‘The Hate U Give’ could have used a little more love.In ‘See You Yesterday,’ time travelers can’t escape the ugly present.‘Fast Color’ finally provides Gugu Mbatha-Raw a role worthy of her spectacular talents.When Natasha meets Daniel, she’s in pursuit of a miracle (or at least a court order) that will postpone or cancel the deportation order for her family. In The Sun Is Also a Star, the president is the unnamed villain whose immigration policy is behind the deportation order that puts a deadline on Natasha and Daniel’s new relationship. Yara Shahidi (left) and Charles Melton (right) have chemistry on screen, but it’s difficult for the audience to invest in their characters’ story. In The Sun Is Also a Star, which opens Friday, a deportation order threatens to separate Natasha Kingsley (Yara Shahidi) and Daniel Bae (Charles Melton), but not before they spend a day gallivanting around New York and falling in love. In 2017’s Everything, Everything, an overprotective mother invents an illness to keep her daughter, played by Amandla Stenberg, confined to the walls of their home, lest she step outside and die. I’m a hopeless romantic!”įor more from Yara and Charles, head to seeing film adaptations of two Nicola Yoon novels, first Everything, Everything and now The Sun Is Also a Star, I’m beginning to wonder if it’s Yoon or the writers adapting her novels who think teenagers are idiots.īoth films rely on obvious, contrived obstacles to give their teen protagonists something to overcome. Every girl I was with, I thought I was gonna marry…my head’s in the clouds. It’s very surreal.”Ĭharles, on falling in love: “I think you can fall in love in the snap of a finger, you know? It all started when I was 13 or 14. And I’m thinking about the movie I did with Yara, and Yara is Iranian and Black. Everyone was of Asian descent, and I was like, Wow. So it’s very emotional for me… I cried seven times. I said no-I’m a pacifist! But I appreciated the gesture.”Ĭharles, on being cast in a lead role as an Asian American: “Being an Asian-American lead for a studio film-it almost seems like it’s not real for me, you know? Growing up, I never saw anybody who looked like me, really. I forgot what story I was telling them-it wasn’t anything bad, but somebody wasn’t being the nicest to me, and I think they both offered to fight them on my behalf. Yara, on her Grown-ish castmates/onscreen love interests, Luka Sabbat and Trevor Jackson : “It’s really funny. I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, we tried the whole love-triangle thing. Yara, on how her Grown-ish character, Zoey Johnson, has impacted her life: “I can tell you that I give my friends the best advice, because my character gets into so much trouble. ![]() Here's what the The Sun Is Also a Star actors said. Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton are a picture perfect pair on the cover of Cosmopolitan's May 2019 issue, which is out on newsstands on April 16, and we're giving readers an exclusive first look on.
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