Mara Brock Akil's adaptation of the 1975 YA novel follows a pair of Los Angeles teenagers, played by Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr., as they fall in love.

"She came up to me and she’s like, 'I just love ya.' Like, that’s awesome," Clark said. "It’s cool. Obviously that's somebody that I grew up watching her game and idolizing and I was like ...