If you are not obsessive about the “Summer I Turned Pretty” cast but, put together for that to vary instantly — and if you happen to already are, welcome dwelling. The Amazon Prime Video collection, primarily based on the series of novels by author Jenny Han, is stacked with gifted newcomers, together with Lola Tung (Isabel “Belly” Conklin), Christopher Briney (Conrad Fisher), Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah Fisher), Summer Madison (Nicole), and David Iacono (Cam). The teenage and 20-something actors are the excellent group as an instance Belly’s coming-of-age story as she grapples with a love triangle throughout her household’s annual summer season trip with the Fishers.
“By the first day [of shooting], it felt like we would recognized one another for years.”
While filming the show in Wilmington, NC (the location chosen to painting the fictional town of Cousins Beach), the stars developed tight friendships that mirror the ones their characters share on display. In reality, most of the principal forged arrived in North Carolina a couple of weeks earlier than manufacturing formally started to get to know one another. Briney beforehand reflected on the experience with POPSUGAR, telling us, “It was such a blessing to have the ability to make these precise friendships and to have time, as a result of they gave us time to get to know one another, spend time with one another, and really go to the seashore and rise up to bother with one another. By the first day [of shooting], it felt like we would recognized one another for years.”
Casalegno echoed comparable sentiments in an interview with POPSUGAR earlier this month, reflecting on what he dubbed “one of the most enjoyable summers” of his life. “We simply had a lot enjoyable exploring our little city, our little seashore city, going to the seashore late at night time, taking part in pool, going to the pool, and all types of enjoyable stuff,” he stated.
Since “The Summer I Turned Pretty” premiered on June 17, varied forged members and showrunner Han have been flooding social media with juicy behind-the-scenes content material, providing followers an inside peek at how a lot enjoyable they’d bringing the present to life. While not in character, they did TikTok challenges collectively, loved boat days, pulled pranks on each other, and even hit up a Dave & Buster’s to play arcade video games. Catch up on the greatest images and movies forward, ideally whereas blasting the show’s bangin’ soundtrack.