Among the latest Netflix releases, one of its recent bets on its original content is Love hard, a romantic comedy directed by Hernán Jiménez that, after a premiere on November 5, it has already become the most watched movie on the platform worldwide. Next, we will tell you what it is about and who its protagonists are.
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Love hard – synopsis
The journalist Natalie (Dobrev), a native of Los Angeles, is a hopeless romantic but eternally single, who believes that things start to get better when she falls in love with a dream boy from the East Coast, Tag (Barnet). With a leap of faith, she hops on a flight to surprise her crush at parties, only to discover that Tag’s childhood friend, who has the same bad luck in love, Josh (O. Yang), has cheated on her.
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Love hard – main cast
- Nina Dobrev as Natalie Bauer
Natalie is a journalist who writes columns for her website, Slash Media, where she shares her tragic love experiences with her readers. Nonetheless, you decide to give yourself a chance by continuing with a dating app called FlirtAlert. Although at first she bumps into an attractive young man, she will soon discover that he has been the victim of identity theft.
The female lead is played by Nina Dobrev, a Bulgarian-Canadian actress who fans will easily recognize for having played Elena in The Vampire Diaries. In addition, he has had outstanding appearances in other productions such as Degrassi: the next generation, The advantages of being invisible, Let’s be cops, Flatliners, and Dog days.
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- Jimmy O. Yang as Josh Lin
Despite being 30 years old, Josh still lives in his parents’ basement (a not very common situation in everyday American life). To earn a living, she works helping her father in his outdoor supply store. Tired of his bad luck in love, he decides to create a profile on the aforementioned dating app.
But instead of using photos of himself, he posts the photos of an old childhood companion named Tag. With that attractive appearance in networks, he begins to talk with Natalie. However, his lies will come to fruition when the young woman visits him by surprise and discovers the farce he has put together.
Jimmy O. Yang is a Hong Kong comic artist whose best known role is Jian Yang on the HBO series Silicon Valley. Likewise, she has also appeared in titles such as New girl, Space force, Fresh off the boat. Meanwhile, his film career includes films such as Life of the party, Crazy rich Asians, The lego movie 2 and The opening act.
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Tag is an old friend of Josh who has been a collateral victim, as his photos were used to trick Natalie on the dating profile. He likes sports, especially indoor mountaineering, an activity that the protagonist pretends to like to be close to him.
For his part, Darren Barnet is probably best known for his role as Paxton Hall-Yoshida on the Netflix series Never have I ever. In addition, she has also acted in other productions such as American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules, Agents of SHIELD, SWAT, and Criminal minds.
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