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If you aren’t familiar with Leah Lewis, you should! She Netflix’s latest leading lady from the endearing teen romance, The Half Of It, which currently scores an overwhelmingly positive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

is having a moment. The actress currently stars in two major projects that couldn't be more different from each other: Netflix's well-received LGBTQ teen romance , where she plays shy, friendless, A-list student Ellie Chu, and The CW's pithy detective drama, where she portrays the sarcastic, edgy, lipstick-rocking George Fan. Lewis, who began acting in kids' programs like and a handful of Disney shows, has graduated to projects where she's now the star of her own young adult tale. 

Daniel Diemer plays leading man Paul Munsky in the endearing teen romance, The Half Of It, which currently scores an overwhelmingly positive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Netflix's tells the story of Ellie Chu ('s ), a shy, straight-A, friendless Chinese-American high school senior who makes extra cash by writing papers for her fellow classmates in the backwoods of the sleepy Washington town of Squahamish. When she reluctantly agrees to help football jock Paul Munsky () write love letters for his crush, school beauty Aster Flores (), the girl Ellie secretly crushes on, the unlikely trio embark on an unconventional triangle.

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There’s a lovely friendship at the center of Alice Wu's sweet, sincere high school Cyrano story, revealing what we've been missing from teen movies.

Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming LGBTQ rom-com The Half of It.

The film The Half of It released its much-awaited trailer and we must say, the teen comedy-drama inspired by Edmond Rostand play called Cyrano de Bergerac, looks very promising. Netflix is taking some bold steps in making films with an LGBTQ backdrop.