{"id":188019,"date":"2025-08-20T16:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/grace-van-patten-wasnt-sure-about-jackson-white-joining-tell-me-lies\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:16:14","slug":"grace-van-patten-wasnt-sure-about-jackson-white-joining-tell-me-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/grace-van-patten-wasnt-sure-about-jackson-white-joining-tell-me-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Van Patten Wasn’t Sure About Jackson White Joining Tell Me Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Despite finding love with Jackson White<\/strong> while auditioning for Tell Me Lies<\/em><\/a>, Grace Van Patten<\/strong> recalled thinking it would \u201cbe more complicated\u201d having them play love interests amid an offscreen romance.<\/p>\n

Van Patten, 28, made rare comments about how she started dating White, 29, right before he was cast on the hit Hulu series, telling Elle<\/em><\/a> on Tuesday, August 19, \u201cWe didn\u2019t know what was going to be more complicated, if he did get the part or if he didn\u2019t. But we didn\u2019t care. We just couldn\u2019t help it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress has since come around about working with her boyfriend \u2014 especially when it comes to<\/a> the more intense Tell Me Lies<\/em> scenes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the best part about all of this. Because playing a role like this, and doing these types of scenes, you have to really go there,\u201d Van Patten explained. \u201cThey\u2019re emotional and intimate. To do that with someone you trust so much, it just makes it a whole other experience, as opposed to doing it with someone you don\u2019t know on that level.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cWith us, there\u2019s no block. It\u2019s just full taking each other in because that\u2019s what we\u2019re used to.\u201d<\/p>\n

White and Patten met while auditioning to play college students<\/a> Lucy and Stephen in Hulu\u2019s adaptation of Carola Lovering\u2019s novel. Tell Me Lies, which premiered in 2022, follows a fictional couple whose toxic relationship affects everyone around them.<\/p>\n

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While promoting the project, White and Patten played coy about their<\/a> relationship status.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019m saying is that I\u2019m obsessed with her because she\u2019s f***ing amazing. Our lives are built in together. It\u2019s crazy, we have so much to do together,\u201d White said on an episode of the \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat\u201d podcast in October 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is the f***ing coolest, most grounded, amazing person IRL that you\u2019ll ever meet,\u201d he continued. \u201cShe was the fearless leader on our show. She\u2019s 25 years old and runs a set like she\u2019s been doing this for 30 years. She\u2019s so consistent and good at this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAll about love! As fans watched their characters explore complicated relationships in Tell Me Lies, the cast of the hit Hulu series were seeing sparks fly off screen in their own love lives. After the show debuted in September 2022, fans quickly started to question if Grace Van Patten and Jackson White, who portrayed Lucy [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Patten also enjoyed teasing fans about her connection<\/a> with White.<\/p>\n

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