The Summer I Turned Pretty

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.

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 Prime Video series, based on the books of the same name, is emphasizing emotional growth, and choosing yourself.

“The way that she feels is what's different, and I think that's one of the really lovely things about summer is that you can go off and be a different version of yourself and then you come back and you feel somewhat changed. In one of the first scenes of the series, Belly, on her way to Cousins with her mom and brother, is hit on by an older guy at a convenience store. Because I think it's the perfect way to sum up [the] message of the show.” In a way, Belly is reclaiming the idea of beauty and glowing up — specifically, the idea that hers is for anyone but herself. The moment comes near the end of Prime Video's adaptation of the popular YA book, which premieres Friday, and the end of Belly’s summer at Cousins Beach, where she’s been coming for years alongside brothers Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher — but this summer is different. Surrounded by other giddy teens doing their makeupand immersed in the somewhat patriarchal but changing world of debutante balls(think lots of white — both clothing and people — and ballroom dancing), Belly gazes at herself in the mirror and says in a voiceover: “Girls aren’t supposed to know if we’re pretty or not.

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.

Jenny Han's tale of summer love launched on Amazon Prime Video – but what's next for Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah in season 2?

And by the looks of things, this love triangle is about to get a whole lot messier. Patience is a virtue, guys! If this summer really and truly is the last summer, it should end the way it started – at Cousins Beach." The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 trailer: When can I see it? Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly wishing summer would never come. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them together, the way things used to be.

"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!