Peter Kavinsky

And that's really the gag with all of these fake dating plots is a lot of them have like a very similar inciting incident.

Like into all the boys it's like she grabs Peter Kavinsky on the track and kisses him.

And that's like my next suspension of disbelief is that like.

In both of these cases, the protagonists are, like, exceptionally shy, like, never date anybody.

He better have washed it.

So I read an article about Peter Kavinsky, and he's a thirst architect.

And I'm like, that is 100%.

That's the perfect way to describe him.

Actor Noah Centineo has come a long way since his days as a teen heartthrob.

He played Peter Kavinsky in his breakout role in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and Owen Hendricks on Netflix's The Recruit.

Now Centineo stars in the new Street Fighter movie based on the hit video game franchise.

Centineo plays Ken Masters, who reunites with his old friend and rival Ryu.

... fans to recognize.

100%.

Before you go, um, if you could whisper to your younger self before he was getting ready to play the role of Peter Kavinsky-

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She manages her younger sister Kitty with a quiet, domestic competence that the adults in the book barely even notice, but which holds the family together.

And to save face about the letters, she agrees to a fake relationship with Peter Kavinsky, which, let's be honest, we all know is going to become a real relationship on a very predictable schedule.

Oh, completely.

We know the beats of a rom-com, but it's still an absolute joy to read.

The late mother of the Song girls is a deeply felt, lingering presence in the house, dictating how they interact with each other rather than just being a tragic plot device used to generate cheap sympathy.

The rivalries between the three sisters feel genuinely, sometimes uncomfortably observed.

And Peter Kavinsky is charming, sure, but he can also be thoughtless and careless, which is a crucial writing mechanism because it keeps the romance from feeling like Lara Jean is just being handed a perfect boy as a reward for enduring her embarrassment.

He has to actually earn her trust.