Noah Centineo Deserves Better Than ‘The Recruit’

When “To All the Boys” premiered on Netflix in the summer of 2018, Noah Centineo became an overnight star.And as it is with overnight stardom, the offers started rolling in.

There were the film’s two sequels, released in 2020 and 2021, TV roles and rom-coms — but recreating the critical and audience success of “To All the Boys” proved difficult.

Netflix’s own “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser” paired him with “Stranger Things” fan favorite Shannon Pursuer in a modern-day Cyrano criticized for catfishing, and the 2019 “Charlie’s Angels” reboot — well, this article may have just reminded you it exists.

Black Adam,” in which Centineo had a supporting role, is synonymous with 2022 box office disappointment, and on December 16, Centineo starred in Netflix’s “The Recruit,” an eight-episode series that successfully dulls his charm to dust.Centineo plays Owen, a lawyer who starts working for the CIA, outwardly rattled by espionage but not-so-secretly loving

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