Jonah Hill and Lauren London.Photo: Tyler Adams/Netflix
Lauren Londonis getting real about coupling up withJonah Hillin her Netflix film,You People.
“Why would these two people really like each other?” she recalled wondering to Barris, who co-wrote the film with Hill.
“They’re from two totally different worlds, and if you see them, you would never think that they would meet or hang out, whatever the case is,” she said. “It was a conversation on connecting with people genuinely and going for the soul connection.”
When asked about the believable connection the pair has on screen, London credited similar interests. But also admitted she was surprised they got along so well.
Lauren London.Paras Griffin/Getty
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“I’m a Black woman; he’s a white man,” she said, before talking about what drew them together. “We actually have a lot in common in our lives — some of our experiences and some of the ways we look at life and some of the ways we’ve taken life in,” she told the magazine. “And also, growing up in L.A., though we grew up in different areas… We’re both L.A. kids from the same era.”
London previously talked to PEOPLE about her upbringing and how it informed her character in the movie.
“My dad is Jewish, my mom is black,” London said toPEOPLE Every Daypodcast host Janine Rubenstein of her real-life upbringing. “I just grew up with my mother in my household. I didn’t grow up with my dad living with us. My parents divorced when I was really young. I was three, so my experience is of my mother’s experience, because I just grew up with a single black mom.”
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“What felt personal was shooting in L.A.,” she added of finding elements of her own story in her character. “And some of those areas that we shot in and some of the places that we shot in. I liked that they were Jewish ‘cause it was also some stuff that I got to learn via being in the movie that I didn’t know.”
In addition to it being personally resonant for her, London said, the shoot was “just fun.”
You Peopleis now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
