The Summer I Turned Pretty

Where have I seen Jackie Chung before? Chung has appeared in Grey's Anatomy and Station 19, amongst other series and films. Rachel Blanchard plays Susannah.

Where have I seen Colin Ferguson before? Where have I seen Alfredo Narciso before? Where have I seen Gavin Casalegno before? Where have I seen Jackie Chung before? Where have I seen Lola Tung before? She is best friends with Susannah.

Lola Tung said she didn't have high expectations when she sent in her audition tape for the leading role in the new adaptation of author Jenny Han's "The ...

"I felt like I could relate to her in a lot of ways," Tung explained. "It feels really, really cool to bring this to life, and to get the privilege to do that, too." "You can see that through Belly and especially Lola," he said.

In The Summer I Turned Pretty, Isabel “Belly” Conklin (Lola Tung) treasures her annual summers at Cousins Beach. For her entire life, she and her family ...

The Summer I Turned Pretty was filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina in 2021. The beautiful locale gives Belly a truly picturesque summer, but unfortunately for fans, they’ll have a little trouble visiting the beach themselves, because The Summer I Turned Pretty wasn’t filmed in Cousins... because Cousins doesn’t exist. The Summer I Turned Pretty, which is based on author Jenny Han’s novel of the same name, makes Cousins Beach seem like the perfect spot for your next vacation, and it probably would be — if only it were real.

The show would have been more appealing had it made a point about how one doesn't need to be pretty to have a pure heart.

Prettiness is also a feature of the other women characters who then use it to “catch and release.” Beauty is also work. A common way to increase the stakes of a love triangle is to cinch it with siblings but here, there are no threats of relationships breaking, or any hatred aroused by love. Even Belly’s competition, the tormented other woman, Nicole, who is at the receiving end of situationship stunted by Belly’s arrival, delivers an assessment to our protagonist, “You’re kind of a f**kgirl,” to which Belly agrees. Belly’s specialness to Susannah and the Fisher boys can feel overplayed. Belly is in the privileged position of being the girl next door but a newbie in town. The love triangle is reversed. In the first big show of camaraderie, the ladies pass each other a hip flask at high tea, when introductory speeches are being made about a history of elegance, and the productive potential of the ball. In a surprising moment, Belly’s best friend, Hurricane Taylor, who we’re told is the more popular one, confronts Belly about how she never gets to feel like a main character in their friendship, always the wingwoman, never the matched. The first time we see “Belly” or Isabella in the new Amazon Prime screen adaptation of Jenny Han's eponymous novel, The Summer I Turned Pretty, she is no subject of a makeover, she’s just a couple of summers old. Belly looks forward to every June to August because she looks forward to being with her tribe in a house by the beach, with a pool for night swims and a big screen for cosy movie nights. Attractiveness does turn into vanity as dress after new dress is borrowed, gifted and sharpened as a tool to make Conrad notice. In fact, the show is careful about framing typically gendered coming-of-age tropes.

It's where four kids — Isabel “Belly” Conklin (Lola Trung) and her older brother Steven (Sean Kaufman) and brothers Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah ( ...

The Summer I Turned Pretty premieres on Amazon Prime June 17. The TV series is based off another book series from author Jenny Han, and just like TATB, The ...

To now.” — Jenny Han It was the summer I turned pretty.” — Jenny Han My whole life was measured in summers.” — Jenny Han - “In the dark you can feel really close to a person. - “For me, it was almost like winter didn’t count. The TV series is based off another book series from author Jenny Han, and just like TATB, The Summer I Turned Pretty is filled with young love and a dramatic love triangle.

The TV adaptation of Jenny Han's YA novel is getting another season on Amazon Prime Video.

A week before the series debuted, Deadline announced that Amazon renewed The Summer I Turned Pretty for Season 2. If Amazon’s show is as successful as the hit Netflix rom-com, The Summer I Turned Pretty is likely to see a third installment to round out its adaptation. The TV series is based on The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. The author’s name probably sounds familiar because Han is the mind behind the To All The Boys I Loved Before series that evolved from best-selling books to a Netflix movie trilogy. Since Belly remains the main character in the book trilogy, the TV show will likely keep its lead, Lola Tung, at the forefront in its sophomore season. Summer is right around the corner, and thankfully, Prime Video has just the right show to welcome the sunny new season. Motherhood and female friendship take centerstage atop the backdrop of first loves and first heartbreaks, all existing throughout one perfect summer.

Here's everything to know about Minnie Mills, who makes her major acting debut in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty.'

She called working on the show “the best four months” of her life, and even posted to her grid for her co-star Lola Tung’s birthday. The Summer I Turned Pretty is Mills’ first big acting credit, but that doesn’t mean she’s inexperienced. The large cast of characters is full of love triangles and heartbreaks, including cool socialite Shayla, played by Minnie Mills. Here’s everything to know about the Summer I Turned Pretty star, who’s making her major acting debut on the show.

The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 1 is now available to stream on Prime Video. It's based on a book series by Jenny Han. How many books are in the series?

The first season of the Prime Video series is based on the first book. Fans will want to know how many books there are to get an idea of the number of seasons Prime Video needs to bring us. If you haven’t checked out the Summer book series by Jenny Han, you need to right now.

Thirteen years after its release, the TV adaptation of the beloved YA novel is finally premiering on Amazon Prime Video. Author and co-showrunner Jenny Han ...

In your own head, you produced that story, you envisioned the character and the clothes and the set design, that was something you already did as a reader and that was your experience. "I see the stuff that fans are saying, like, 'If it's not exactly like the book I'm going to cry,'" Han said. "That would be a dream come true because then we'd really get to tell the story." "It's a memory, but at the same time, I wanted it to feel resonant and current and raw." "Jeremiah is a character that doesn't try hard," Han said. "The best version of these books is the one you already saw in your own head. "The characters are all still the same, but I think with so much time passing it's just a different moment," Han said. "It's a hard character to nail because he's so insular. She is Belly. She is my perfect Belly." The wait proved to be worth it as Han is serving as co-showrunner on the new series. "It has been a really long journey," Han told E! News in a recent phone interview. Centering on the complicated relationships between one girl and the two brothers she's grown up vacationing with, the show is a coming-of-age tale about the magic of firsts and the nostalgia that only a summer romance can deliver.

From Jenny Han, the author of the novels that inspired that film franchise, comes The Summer I Turned Pretty - an Amazon Prime original series about a teenage ...

Some of his most notable small screen credits include MTV’s series adaptation of Scream, voicing Booster Gold on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and as a part of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why cast as Tyler Down’s father. He made his acting debut in 2015 as a “Spy Jogger” in 11-minute romantic comedy, Mature Young Adults, and first starred in a feature film the next year with the more dramatic, Happy Baby. However, Kaufman’s earliest gig was narrating the 2012 documentary, City World. Chung has also made notable guest spots on Grey’s Anatomy and HBO Max’s Station 19, and co-wrote and starred in the 2006 miniseries, Finding My America. Before the premiere season of the romantic, coming-of-age drama drops Friday, June 17, 2022, let’s take a look at who plays whom in the Summer I Turned Pretty cast. Speaking of “introducing,” audiences will be officially introduced to Lola Tung when she makes her acting debut leading Amazon Prime’s The Summer I Turned Pretty cast. From Jenny Han, the author of the novels that inspired that film franchise, comes The Summer I Turned Pretty - an Amazon Prime original series about a teenage girl who becomes wrapped up in a love triangle with her two childhood friends during one life-changing summer.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before will be happy to hear another Jenny Han trilogy is being adapted. It's all about The Summer I Turned Pretty.

All episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty season 1 are now available to stream there. The question fans of the Jenny Han novels have is where The Summer I Turned Pretty will stream. When news spread that The Summer I Turned Pretty would be turned into a TV series, there was a lot of cheers.

The Summer I Turned Pretty Breakout Star Lola Tung Is 'Team Belly'. The 19-year-old stars as Isabel "Belly" Conklin in the Prime Video adaptation of Jenny ...

"And especially with a character who's so close in age to me, whose experiences I could understand so well." "And I related to that a lot." Belly's been in love with Conrad since she can remember, and he seems to finally see her this year — just when Jeremiah does too.

The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2 is definitely happening. The bad news is we have a wait on our hands. It's not coming to Prime Video this month.

The good news is Prime Video renewed The Summer I Turned Pretty for a second season ahead of the first season premiere. If the latter is the case for this one, we’re looking at June 2023 at the earliest. The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2 is definitely happening. We’re not expecting the second season to arrive on Prime Video any time soon. Now we just wait for the release of the season. The bad news is we have a wait on our hands.

Teen Vogue sat down with “The Summer I Turned Pretty” star and newcomer Lola Tung to discuss her first on-screen role, Asian representation, ...

I loved that I could relate to her a lot because then it was so much easier to do the work and bring her to life… At LaGuardia, I studied drama and I think that's when I realized that it was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life or make a career out of it, hopefully. like Jenny with creating the screen adaptation, keeping Belly from the book alive and then bringing myself to her a little bit. I was the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. From there, I was like, "I really enjoy this and I want to keep doing it!" I think I was trying to find that balance of… So that was really, really wonderful and amazing and crazy.

Christopher Briney plays Conrad Fisher, who falls in love with his childhood friend, in Prime Video's 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' — more.

“I think we pretty naturally just had a dynamic [of] people that get along.” I like it grounded in truthfulness and I want to show different kinds of romance and sexuality.” “To receive a second season pickup ahead of the premiere of season 1 is beyond my wildest dreams. I like to stay within the realm of reality. “I think we continue to come of age, it’s not just one moment in your life,” Han told Emmys.com in May 2022 about involving the adults in the core story. “I think about my teen years a lot.

Lola Tung plays Belly Conklin, who gets caught in a love triangle between two brothers, in Prime Video's 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' — more.

“You’re in charge of the story, and you have a lot of people who are coming to you for answers.” Tung, for her part, previously revealed that she was a fan of Han’s writing before being cast in The Summer I Turned Pretty. “I think she does such a beautiful job of creating these worlds,” she told Who What Wear in June 2022. During the first season of the Prime Video series, Belly finds herself on a journey to find love as she catches the eye of childhood friends Conrad Fisher (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). The brothers begin to compete for Belly’s affections — which leads to romance, miscommunication and drama.

"The Summer I Turned Pretty" was renewed for a second season. Read on for cast interviews and plot spoilers based on Jenny Han's book series.

To find his ins and outs, what makes him tick, why he's so mean sometimes." On the grown-up side of things, Jackie Chung plays Laurel, Belly and Steven's mom. "He is the life of the party. Grieving, they throw a blow-out party, and Laurel comes to deal with the aftermath. When Conrad disappears from school, Belly and Jeremiah go on a road trip to find him, ending up at the beach house. Tung, if you're curious, won't take sides in the Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah debate. However, she decided to "choose" Jeremiah, because he's able to communicate and tell her how he feels. Conrad and Belly explore a romantic connection — he even takes her to prom prior to Susannah's death. Susannah dies of the breast cancer she had been hiding from her kids in Season One, until her diagnosis comes out in the dramatic finale. "'The Summer I Turned Pretty' is about a girl's coming of age. "I want to know what happens! The announce date has not been scheduled.

"The Summer I Turned Pretty" debuted on Prime Video in June 17. Here, get ahead of the show with the book series by best-selling author Jenny Han.

And to this day, she’s only ever been in love with Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. The sequel to The Summer I Turned Pretty picks up nearly a year after the previous summer. Here, we’ve listed all three The Summer I Turned Pretty books in order, so cozy into your beach chair and prepare to practically smell the sea salt lift from the pages. As the tide rolls in and out again and the sunburns form and fade away, Belly finds herself questioning what her heart truly wants. Han, the author behind the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series, has now adapted The Summer I Turned Pretty for Prime Video. The first season dropped on June 17 and has already been greenlit for season two. And you’ll find exactly that in author Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy series, which follows the complicated love life of Isabel “Belly” Conklin.

Jenny Han's book 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' was recently turned into an Amazon Prime TV show. Here, we round up 15 key distinctions between the book and ...

One of the girls partaking in the debutante ball also chooses her girlfriend to be her escort in a super-sweet moment. - In the book: Instagram? No. FaceTime sessions? In the show: We dig further into Laurel and Susannah’s relationship. Jenny herself revealed to Varietythat she wanted to incorporate more texting and social media into the storytelling. In the show: There's an entire country club debutante ball, which introduces a completely new story element. In the book, Belly also didn’t know Cam before their kiss at a bonfire on the beach. In the show: Let's just say Belly teaches her mom what a verification status means on Instagram, and she FaceTimes Taylor to dish on the latest gossip. Rather, we know there's a lot of tension between the two because he cheated on Susannah while she was undergoing her first round of chemo. The book even recalls the summer Belly was 13 when she and Jeremiah bonded after they both overhead Susannah talking to Laurel about her potential treatments and crying over the possibility of a mastectomy. This is pretty much how we know the two end up choosing each other and that the eldest brother finally confessed his feelings. Amazon’s The Summer I Turned Pretty is, in large part, a tender series that pays homage to experiences teenagers face as they come of age. Below, find 15 key differences between The Summer I Turned Pretty book and the TV show.

Jenny Han, author of the book series the show is based on and executive producer of the series, said that from the moment TSITP was given the green light, she ...

Thank goodness for Lola, who brought the conversation back to earth and TSITP. “I think Mars is a great start, but also, I think, more growth. We can assume that season 2 will also be making some changes to enhance the story while bringing it into the present! The Summer I Turned Pretty is finally here and we’re already counting the days down for season 2!

Based on the best-selling book by Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty has officially been created into the newest binge-worthy TV series with the first ...

It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it’s the summer she turns pretty.” This new drama is an Amazon Prime exclusive that you can enjoy if you are a already Prime member. The first season has officially been released on Amazon Prime Video as of Friday, June 17.

Meet one of Belly Conklin's love interests in season 1 of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty,' Jeremiah Fisher. Learn all about him and his Amazon Prime TV show ...

Belly ultimately chooses Jeremiah to be her escort to the debutante ball, but just as the final waltz dance is about to begin, he steals his mom's phone after suspecting that something is off. The scenes at the country club's pool are filled to the brim with Jeremiah lifeguarding and getting ogled, but, in the end, it's Belly he wants 👀. Conrad is a bit hardened because he knows his mother has cancer from the get-go, whereas Jeremiah is more carefree and oftentimes provides levity in scenes, whether he's messing around with Belly's brother Steven or playfully interrupting the girls' debutante ball classes.

'The Summer I Turned Pretty' author and showrunner Jenny Han talks about the decision to make [spoiler] sexually fluid in the Amazon series.

“I still feel that all the characters are the same,” she notes. He is a young person who’s figuring out where he falls in all that and hasn’t experienced a lot of of love yet. I do think that’s more reflective of today and young people today and the way they view sexuality being much more of a spectrum.”

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, ...

In The Summer I Turned Pretty, main character Isabel “Belly” Conklin (Lola Tung), definitely does a lot of pining after Conrad Fisher, played by Christopher ...

The Summer I Turned Pretty, which is based on author Jenny Han’s hit books series of the same name, premiered on Prime Video on June 17. In The Summer I Turned Pretty, main character Isabel “Belly” Conklin (Lola Tung), definitely does a lot of pining after Conrad Fisher, played by Christopher Briney. And while Briney is a relative newcomer, it’s likely The Summer I Turned Pretty is going to inspire much yearning for him in due time. Sure, it’s fun to see the characters share a kiss and get their “happily ever after” moment, but all of that is only worth it if it takes a lot of pining after each other to get there.

The Amazon Prime show is based on the 2009 young-adult romance novel by Jenny Han, but the series incorporated some new plot points and characters.

Susannah and Laurel don't have a big argument in the book. In the first book, Belly describes the time Taylor visited her at Cousins when they were 14. Belly's parents had been divorced for several years in the book. On the show, Laurel and Susannah discuss the return of Susannah's breast cancer pretty early on. On the show, this happens in public at the debutante ball, but in the book, they fight outside the beach house. There's a bit of tension between Belly and her mother, and Belly generally prefers talking to and spending time with Susannah in the book. Today, almost half of US states have fully legalized marijuana, and weed has become more fashionable than cigarettes in many ways. At the end of both the book and the first season of the show, Jeremiah and Conrad get into a big fist fight that Belly worries is over her. Belly doesn't drink alcohol in the first book of the trilogy. Jeremiah is a flirt in both the book and on the show, but in the book, he only appears to be attracted to girls. The Cousins debutante ball is a large part of the show, but it isn't in the book at all. On the show, Belly takes her friend Taylor's advice and wears a dress to the bonfire she attends at the beginning of the summer.

Lola Tung as Isabel "Belly" Conklin · Sean Kaufman as Steven Conklin · Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah Fisher · Christopher Briney as Conrad Fisher · Jackie Chung as ...

Nicole is a little older than Belly as her debutante sister and mentor. Steven's girlfriend and fellow debutante Shayla is 16 just like Belly, but Minnie is a little older in real life. Belly's polar-opposite BFF Taylor is the same age as her, but the actress who plays her may be a little older in real life. According to Famous Birthdays, the actor was born in 2000 and if the math is mathing, that means he's either 21 or 22. Age: early 20s So, if you're wondering just how much older the actors are than the characters they portray on the show, look no further.

The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 is officially coming to Amazon Prime. This teen drama series is based on the first novel in a trilogy also titled The Summer ...

The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 currently has no official release date. Even with the reception for season 1 up in the air, The Summer I Turned Pretty has already been renewed for season 2. The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 is sure to have more drama, romance, and heartfelt moments.

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.

'The Summer I Turned Pretty' is officially out! Here is a breakdown on Belly and Conrad's complete relationship timeline throughout season 1.

While TSITP is sure to be the show of the summer, let’s deep dive into one relationship we hope you enjoyed as much as we did while watching. “You sort of, you know, slam the two together,” he joked. The Summer I Turned Pretty is finally out and it’s full of swoonworthy moments that we just can’t get enough of!

They should have come up with a better title for "The Summer I Turned Pretty"—was our first defining thought a few episodes into the show.

As he goes in for a kiss, Belly stops him and tells him that she just doesn’t want to be someone he needs but wishes to be someone he wants. But after he tells her that he can’t go to the debutante ball with her as her date, and even after their almost-kiss moment, Belly decides to move on for good. Conrad admits to it and says that he wanted to give it to her but couldn’t. They flirt with each other and are about to kiss when they are interrupted by a firework set off by Jeremiah. This encounter makes Belly believe that Conrad has feelings for her, and she is going to get her summer wish of being able to kiss him. It was also her friendship with the other characters, and most of all, it was the friendship of Lauren and Susannah that made this such a special watch for us. Which is why when Conrad gives her the necklace he had bought for her, she doesn’t accept it and tells him that he is too late, meaning she is going to the ball with Jeremiah. They go on a few dates, and she seems to be having a good time, but is clearly not over Conrad. She even goes on to ask him to be her escort to the debutante ball, and he agrees. Cam is the guy Belly goes out with when she decides not to spend her summer moping about Conrad, and good for her for that decision. This fact seems to be clear to Belly as well, right from the moment he flirts with her on her first night in their house to when he crashes her date with Cam. However, despite all her pining, she does not wait for him to come around. Because at the Fourth of July celebrations, Belly gets extremely drunk and flirts with Conrad. She slyly confronts him about the necklace she found in his stuff and tells him she has figured out that he bought it for her birthday. As for the audience, it is pretty clear to us that Conrad reciprocates Belly’s feelings for him, though he is not expressing them. “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is a sweet story about Belly, a shy teenager, coming into her own during a summer spent with her friends and family. Any rocky phase they may have had in their friendship had to come from a frustrating concern for each other, which they got over, with heartbreaking respect for the other’s choices.