Lana Condor was born to play Lara Jean Covey in "To All the Boys I've Loved Before", but apparently, the role of Rose Tico in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (and later, "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker") wasn't meant for her. As she told StyleCaster during a February 2020 interview, she was so close to landing the part that she had a chemistry read with John Boyega. Kelly Marie Tran was cast instead, but as Condor pointed out to StyleCaster, "Had I done Star Wars, I wouldn't have been able to do To All the Boys, so that's an example of one door closes and another opens."