The romantic drama The Sun Is Also a Star hits theaters on Friday, May 17. The film follows Natasha, a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. She is not the type of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when her family is twelve hours away from being deported.

YARA SHAHIDI as Natasha Kingsley and CHARLES MELTON as Daniel Bae in romantic drama “THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR”. (Courtesy: Warner Bros. Pictures/ Photo Credit: Atsushi Nishijima)

Falling in love with him will not be her story. Daniel has always been the good son, the good student, living up to his parents’ high expectations. Never a poet. Or a dreamer. But when he sees her, he forgets all that. Something about Natasha makes him think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store – for both of them. Every moment has brought them to this single moment. A million futures lie before them. Which one will come true?

The Sun Is Also a Star stars Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, John Leguizamo, and more.

In Miami, our correspondent Mariana Medina had the opportunity to sit down with actors Charles Melton and Yara Shahidi to chat about filming in New York, the chemistry on screen, and more.

Check it out the exclusive English interview:

About the film

“What if I told you I could get you to fall in love with me…?”

College-bound romantic Daniel Bae and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley meet – and fall for each other – over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who might never have met had fate not given them a little push. But will fate be enough to take these teens from star-crossed to lucky in love? With just hours left on the clock in what looks to be her last day in the U.S., Natasha is fighting against her family’s deportation as fiercely as she’s fighting her budding feelings for Daniel, who is working just as hard to convince her they are destined to be together.

A modern-day story about finding love against all odds, The Sun Is Also a Star explores whether our lives are determined by fate or the random events of the universe.

YARA SHAHIDI as Natasha Kingsley and CHARLES MELTON as Daniel Bae in romantic drama “THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR”. (Courtesy: Warner Bros. Pictures/ Photo Credit: Atsushi Nishijima)

The film stars Yara Shahidi as Natasha and Charles Melton as Daniel, along with John Leguizamo. Directed by Ry Russo-Young, the film is based on the acclaimed bestseller by Everything, Everything author Nicola Yoon. The Sun Is Also a Star was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and has received multiple accolades, including: 2016 National Book Award Finalist; Amazon’s Best Book of 2016 in YA; Amazon’s Top 20 Children’s Books of 2016 in YA; the New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2016; and Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Books of 2016.

Russo-Young directed from a screenplay by Tracy Oliver. The film’s producers are Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton, who served as producers on “Everything, Everything.” Pamela Hirsch served as executive producer. The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw, production designer Wynn Thomas, editor Joe Landauer, and costume designer Deirdra Elizabeth Govan. The music is by Herdís Stefánsdóttir.