For all of the brand-new chaos Kitty brings to KISS within the sophomore season of Netflix’s XO, Kitty, issues led to a extra mellow manner in comparison with the finale of Season 1. Showrunner Jessica O’Toole, who additionally labored with Jenny Han on Season 3 of The Summer time I Turned Fairly, chalked it as much as timing.
Season 2 of the To All The Boys I’ve Liked Earlier than spinoff collection watched Anna Catchcart’s essential character and youngest Tune Covey sister return to the Korean Worldwide Faculty fo Seoul to complete out her yr finding out overseas there and to trace down the mysterious Simon talked about in her mom’s letter. In fact, the love triange dynamics got here again with a pressure this season as nicely as a result of, regardless of her finest efforts, Kitty nonetheless had emotions for Yuri (Gia Kim) and Min Ho’s heart-on-his-sleeve confession to her on the finish of Season 1 is at the back of her thoughts too.
Attempt as she may to recover from Yuri by following her older sister Lara Jean’s (Lana Condor) recommendation and writing a letter to get all her emotions out, Kitty’s letter was uncovered to their entire buddy group and dragging Kitty and Yuri’s kiss into the open, main Julianna and Yuri to interrupt up.
“I simply needed to honor what would really feel like would actually occur, and never simply consider the characters as puzzle items or items of a plot, as a result of I by no means consider characters that manner,” O’Toole informed Deadline. “[Kitty and Yuri] began off in such a — with every part that occurred on the finish of Season 1 — Yuri was in an actual relationship with Juliana. I needed to respect that. I didn’t need it to be components of a love triangle and the way we handled that. I actually felt like they have been actual. I did really feel like even Kitty knew when she kissed Yuri, “this isn’t gonna go [well],” as a result of there was a betrayal, after which mendacity, and she or he had began to get to know Juliana. Juliana doesn’t deserve that.”
This left Yuri, Kitty and Julianna adrift for a bit, but additionally locked in a pressure of kinds as a result of Kitty and Julianna lived collectively and Yuri nonetheless needed to be pals with Kitty.
“It didn’t really feel like actually it might work out as a result of it began out improper, just like the Min Ho confessing his love proper after [Kitty and Dae broke up],” O’Toole continued. “That’s the entire thing about timing, while you’re in relationships, it does matter, and while you’re that age, you’re usually doing issues on the improper time.”
Minyeong Choi as Dae Heon Kim in ‘XO, Kitty’
O’Toole couldn’t say an excessive amount of in regards to the significance of these To All of the Boys I’ve Liked Earlier than callbacks going down largely with Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee’), however she did acknowledge the thrill round that doable match for Kitty. Sang Heon Lee’s playboy and Dae’s (Minyeong Choi) finest buddy needed nothing to do with Kitty originally of Season 1 earlier than falling head over heels for her.
“I can’t be spoilering issues, however Kitty is on a journey of how she identifies and exploring her emotions for Yuri, for Min Ho, her previous with Dae, all of that stuff. Clearly Min Ho’s the character that everybody’s enthusiastic about and that they’ve had this very fascinating journey collectively, which may be very enemies to lovers and all of the Okay-drama tropes which can be so enjoyable to play with,” she stated. “But additionally their chemistry collectively is great, and it feels very actual. What I really like about what we do with them this season is how we see their friendship. You see him settle for her at face worth that she’s not in the identical place, and also you see him deal with that in a extremely mature manner the place they are often pals, and that’s what was most enjoyable about it for me.”
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Each Cathcart and Lee commented on their characters’ last scene collectively, one which strikes a precarious steadiness of hope and leaving the viewers wanting extra for his or her potential love story. Cathcart had enjoyable with all the hints and longing stares she shared with Lee, who felt it was a very good ending for them in that second.
“No matter occurred on that final second between Kitty and Min Ho was in all probability the very best output as a result of they each simply talked about what they’re going by and what they is likely to be doing,” he informed Deadline. “So possibly, it’s a very good factor that they’re not dashing into issues. A kiss actually is sort of a little bit of a rush, so possibly sluggish it down slightly bit.”
L-R: Sang Heon Lee as Min Ho Moon and Anna Cathcart ‘XO, Kitty’
Min Ho additionally helped Kitty reconnect her grandmother (who’s portrayed by Jenny Han’s mother Ae Yon Han) and her grandmother’s sister Quickly Ja (Hye Solar Jung) by letters from her mother to the thriller man Simon, who turned out to be Eve’s cousin. In an act of real love, he loaned her his non-public jet to fly Kitty’s eldest sister Margot (Janel Parrish) and Kitty’s Halmoni to Bukjeon to reunite along with her older sister after their decades-old feud.
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“We have been all crying, they usually have been actually crying. Jenny’s mother was wonderful. It was like an actual second for all of us on set watch this, and for Anna and Janel. I really like that story and I believe there’s, there’s infinite locations you may go along with that. I imply, she will’t preserve discovering secret family,” O’Toole stated. “However I’m a sucker for household secrets and techniques. I additionally assume it’s actually fascinating that we live on this time the place you may’t actually have household secrets and techniques anymore, essentially as a result of every part’s on-line. The concept that these individuals who [had] a type of conflicts that didn’t have to get as massive because it was, a misunderstanding, after which, simply because it was a very long time in the past, they usually went their separate methods, they usually didn’t have Fb, they utterly misplaced contact with one another. And I really like the way it displays the theme of sisterhood that that has been within the franchise from the start.”
L-R: Hojo Shin as Jiwon, Jung Hye-sun as Quickly Ja, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Tune Covey in ‘XO, Kitty’
As for Season 3 hopes, O’Toole sees loads of prospects with the present’s rising ensemble and the coming-of-age facet of the YA Okay-drama.
“I’d be thrilled to maintain going with these characters and the world. I’ve been pondering largely of extra what we are able to see in Korea nonetheless. There’s an entire bunch extra to Korea than simply Seoul,” she stated. “And we’ve acquired all these characters who’ve households. I do love the concept with nonetheless many seasons — knocking on issues — that we’re fortunate sufficient to get, of increasing the world and going in additional depth with the characters maturing. That’s what’s so nice about coming of age reveals is that the present will get to develop up together with the characters.”
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