Leah Lewis Says ‘The Half of It’ Shows a ‘Different Side of Love’ to ‘To All the Boys’

Leah Lewis almost didn’t audition for The Half of It. She had been the runner-up for a couple CW shows and was in the process for another that she didn’t know if she would book. She had been auditioning like crazy and was rejected by almost everything. She was exhausted. Then she read the movie’s description: “Shy, introverted Ellie Chu is recruited by jock Paul to help woo…the girl they both secretly love.”

“I remember the script coming to me and me being like, ‘I don’t even know if I want to audition right now.’ Then I read the log line and I was like, ‘That’s a lie. I need this part,’” Lewis tells...

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