Lucy Liu Admits She Had a Childhood ‘Crush’ on Actor Who Later Became Her Costar, but Was Too ‘Embarrassed’ to Tell Him
Yahoo News Canada••entertainment
Key Points:
- Lucy Liu revealed in an interview with W Magazine that she had a crush on C. Thomas Howell long before they worked together on the TV series Southland.
- As a teenager, Liu had a poster of Howell from his role in the 1983 film The Outsiders taped to her wall, admiring his '80s look.
- Howell played Ponyboy Curtis in The Outsiders, a coming-of-age film set in the 1960s that featured a notable ensemble cast including Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze.
- Liu and Howell later acted together in Southland's fourth season, where they portrayed tough police officers, though Liu never disclosed her earlier crush to him.
- Southland aired from 2009 to
