'XO, Kitty': Anna Cathcart on Becoming the Romantic Lead in 'To All the Boys' Spinoff Series (Exclusive)

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Netflix's , the spinoff series. Anna Cathcart was only 13 years old when she was first introduced as the matchmaking younger Covey sister in the original movie trilogy with Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, and seven years later, the spotlight is on her as she becomes the romantic lead. «It was very interesting to have that experience of coming back to a character that I have so much love for, but it's also in a very new environment — and a new time of their life.

I've been comparing it to coming back to an old friend that you haven't seen for many years,» the 19-year-old actress told ET's Deidre Behar ahead of 's launch on Thursday alongside co-star Anthony Keyvan, who plays «Q,» «because you have to relearn them and see what they've been going though [these] last [few] years.»«She's grown so much and there's parts about her that I kind of have to introduce myself to, but also, there's so many things that are familiar.

And that spirit of Kitty that we know from the movies still carries through in the show,» Cathcart promised. «You still kind of feel the same magic, but in a new, established world.

So it was fun to create that balance and to figure out what that meant.»follows Kitty, who believes she knows everything there is to know about love. (After all, she did — in a small way — kickstart Lara Jean and Peter's romance in the movies.) But when she makes the bold decision to move across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, Dae (Minyeong Choi), in South Korea, she'll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it's your own heart on the line.With Kitty older and experiencing love for the first time, Cathcart said it's been satisfying evolving with the character and understanding the.