Lana Condor, Noah Centineo read unreleased 'To All The Boys' scene to raise money for Black Lives Matter
Noah Centineo reunited with his "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" co-star Lana Condor on Tuesday to host a virtual event as part of a Favored Nations campaign to raise money for Black Lives Matter and other racial justice organizations around the country.
Centineo co-founded Favored Nations, a nonprofit lifestyle brand, earlier this year with Josh Heller as a way to raise money for charities.
Part of the campaign includes table reads in which Centineo and Condor act out scenes from the popular Netflix movie series "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," including one from their yet-to-be-released third and final film.
The tension-filled scene takes place at their characters' go-to diner where Peter Kavinsky asks Lara Jean Covey to prom while she attempts to broach a subject not revealed to the audience.
"There's some discord," Condor said after they acted out the scene Tuesday. "I don't know if Peter is picking up what Lara Jean is putting down."
"Right, right, it seems like you're trying to tell me something. I'm all excited you got into something," Centineo hinted lightheartedly.
The actors went on to talk about how filming at that diner felt like a full-circle moment.
"Every time we were sitting there doing a scene, I couldn't help but think of the time that we had spent when we were just getting to know each other -- as you and me and as Peter and Lara Jean -- in the diner where we shot at in the first movie. So I'm really excited for y'all to see the third movie," Condor said.
Each of these scenes captured milestones in their characters' relationship, Centineo said, adding they wanted to offer a sneak peak of the highly anticipated film to gain more traction for the campaign.
"Beyond our friendship and years of working together, Lana and I have a shared passion for philanthropy and have always been invested in each other’s ambitions," he told "Good Morning America."
The duo is asking fans to help support the fight against racial injustice by donating cash or purchasing Favored Nations merchandise where the funds will go to one of six organizations: Black Lives Matter, Policing Equity, Know Your Rights Camp, Color of Change, The Bail Project and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition.
Following nationwide protest against police brutality and systemic racism, Centineo and Heller said it's important that Favored Nations took a clear stance to support the Black Lives Matter movement
"This wave of social activism happening right now is powerful, and our growing community is evidence of that. This event was purposely held weeks after the protests and was our way of trying to help keep the conversation going," Heller told "GMA."
Their live virtual event also featured a discussion with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and other activists, like Nupol Kiazolu and Paine the Poet.
As the president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York and founder and CEO of Vote 2000, Kiazolu is changing activism for youth in the country. Kiazolu gave an impassioned speech at the event, asking people to continue showing up when the "cameras are off, when the news cycle dies down, when BLM is no longer a trending topic."
Kiazolu stressed the importance of treating this movement as more than a moment. "This is our lives. We are fighting to live not just surviving," she said. "Black people are tired of surviving. We want to live."
This is a concern many activists share, and one that Condor said she had been thinking about and preparing for. She said she's been collecting and reading books on the subject to educate herself and continue to have these conversations with her friends and family.
In between scene readings, the actors had Paine the Poet, a formerly incarcerated speaker and activist, recite a poem he wrote inspired by the scene from "To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You."
Cullors spoke about the origins of Black Lives Matter; what started as a hashtag following the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012 became one of the largest racial justice movement in the world. Along with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, Cullors said she feels honored "to have helped usher in this new generation of leadership for both black people and also our allies."
Cullors, Centineo and Condor covered topics ranging from police reform versus abolition, voter suppression, importance of local elections, healing justice and advice for young activists who constitute a large part of Favored Nations.
"You are the new generation who are ushering us into new conversation, new dialogues, new movements, so I'm so honored and proud of you and we love you so much. I'm so grateful we get to be in this struggle and fight with you," Cullors said.
At its height, the livestream had over 11,000 viewers and the campaign raised over $40,000 as of Wednesday afternoon.
Centineo hopes that the campaign will help inspire people to speak up.
"Whether it’s being present for a conversation, continuing our work offline when movements are no longer viral, or learning about and getting deeply involved in our local governments, activism takes on an infinite amount of forms if we allow it to," he said.
