The Summer I Turned Pretty cast

2022 - 6 - 19

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The Summer I Turned Pretty soundtrack: Every song used in the series (Radio Times)

We've compiled a list of every song featured in the romantic teen drama series, featuring tracks by Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler the Creator, ...

'Summer I Turned Pretty' EP Jenny Han on Major Changes From Her ... (Variety)

Jenny Han, 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' author, talks the show's changes and what couple she sees together in the end.

So I would love to be able to finish telling that story the way that I wrote it. The way I approached the music was thinking about how I think that there’s always that song of summer. Different artists handle it different ways, but that was pretty much the process for all the music that we approached. I would say that Rachel and I talked a lot about how I think that Susannah is like one of the most important characters in the first season. I really wanted to show the breadth of female friendships and the intensity of it and the intimacy of it and really celebrate how these two women chose each other, and they’ve been choosing each other for decades. We have a lot of conversations about Susannah’s trajectory and all the cast members read the books as well, so everybody was coming into it with that base of knowledge. It’s a bit of a balancing act, because I really had to weigh what the fans are expecting with where the show is going creatively and find that balance. There is a lot of Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande. Can you explain your process of getting the rights to those huge hits? I think it was it was a really natural choice to make. I definitely had moments of going back and forth for sure, because I think in order to write these characters, you have to love them and you have to understand them and have empathy for them. Bely has always had a crush on one of the boys, Conrad, and is best friends with his brother, Jeremiah. Ahead of her 16th birthday, she returned back to the beach once again and they all took notice that she was no longer a little girl. She’s the main character and so it was the most important that we found our right Belly,” Han tells Variety. “Lola had this freshness to her.

Everything to Know About Season 2 of <i>The Summer I Turned ... (ELLE.com)

The show stars newcomer Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso and Minnie Mills, Colin ...

They're still all trying to have a “normal” summer together, but that proves to be more and more challenging. Yes, Deadline reports that the second season will definitely be happening. That might mean viewers haven't had a chance to binge the show and get obsessed with it, but it sure sounds like they will.

The Boys From "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Let Us In On Their ... (Seventeen.com)

"The Summer I Turned Pretty" stars Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, and Sean Kaufman talked to Seventeen about building bonds and what they hope for in ...

Emotionally, I went on a roller coaster and I think it'll be fun just to kind of smooth out the edges and figure out more of who Jeremiah is and who he thinks he is, and more of what Conrad thinks he is and deepening those relationships. I think what the show does so well and will continue to do so well is be like, "This is a fairytale, but it's also just the real world." I lived in Texas at the time and she was inviting all of her friends to the party, and at this point, I was already talking to her parents. SK: The very last day of shooting, Gavin and I were doing the escort dance with a bunch of wonderful background dancers and it was really so much fun. I really would love to see how that kind of break or shift of complete tones of the show affects Steven and Shayla's relationship going into season 2. When you're representing a man dealing with his emotions, you don't want to be making a mockery of it and you don't want to be playing at an idea of like, "I'm sad now. I do know that Steven and Shayla's story to me was very special and it ended very much with this beautiful bow. Her parents brought her to some restaurant at Universal Studios and I jumped out of the corner and fake proposed with a Hershey's kiss. I read the book and I read the script and I was like, "Conrad, why don't you just tell somebody how you feel? I'm very thankful to Chris and Gavin and the rest of the cast, but specifically to those two for being so willing to just be like, "I'm here to connect and I'm here to make friends and become a better person," rather than just do this final product. I mean, I got in the car and we immediately went to the beach and just started talking, hanging out, getting to know each other and they're just beautiful people in their hearts, man. I mean, I love these two to death — they have become two of my closest friends over the past year and I'm extremely thankful for that.

How Old Are 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Stars? The Cast's Real ... (J-14 Magazine)

However, the cast loved the chance to bring these teens — based on the characters written by Jenny Han — to the screen. The book series and TV show follow the ...

I think with our relationship, and with our romantic relationship with Belly, it was so much fun just being able to explore the authenticity of it and the genuineness … just it being so genuine. There’s always a part of you that wants to please fans, but I feel like part of the challenge of filming a show is just overcoming that, and being like, ‘OK, I’m an actor, I’ve done my work, I’ve done my homework. The book series and TV show follow the story of Belly, who is in a love triangle with longtime family-friends Jeremiah and Conrad ( Christopher Briney).

Jenny Han Addresses Changes She Made To Summer I Turned ... (Cinema Blend)

The Summer I Turned Pretty author/showrunner talks about making some changes to the story for the streaming adaptation over a decade after the book was ...

As the author and showrunner shared, there’s a new character named Cleveland, played by Alfredo Narciso, who adds Filipino representation among The Summer I Turned Pretty cast. The Summer I Turned Pretty, now available to stream with an Amazon Prime subscription, marks the debut role of Lola Tung in any role ever. In the new Amazon Prime series developed by Han herself, the trilogy receives a much more diverse cast including another Asian-American lead for the romance, which the author has now spoken to.