The Summer I Turned Pretty, based on Jenny Han’s book of the same name, received a warm response from the audience. The series comes from the same author who gave us To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and introduced the first actress Lola Tung as the main character, Bailey. In a candid chat with News18.com, in which the writer and actress joined in, the former explained how the series differs from the book, while the latter talked about the experience of her first acting gig.
Talking about how the book and the series differ, Jenny said, “I think there are some new characters and you get to spend some time with characters that you don’t see in the book. Like Steven goes to college in the book but here we have a whole summer. So those were big changes. ,
The series revolves around teenager Bailey and her life with her brother Steven and their two close friends Conrad and Jeremiah. Every year during the summer, Bailey visits Cousin’s Beach with her mother and brother to spend time with her mother’s best friend Susannah and her two sons. Lola shared that she feels a mix of nervousness and anxiety thinking about the audience’s reaction to her debut project.
She shared, “I think it’s a mix of nervousness and anxiety and excitement. Kind of like a bunch of overwhelming emotions and there’s always a little bit of those nerves about what people are going to think and what people are going to think about your character and your work.” How are you going to feel about it? And I’m very proud of everything we did and I’m so happy that I got to be a part of this project. So it’s amazing.”
The series also sees her embroiled in a love triangle with two brothers, Conrad and Jeremiah. Talking about Bailey being similar, Lola said, “I think we are definitely not the same exact person, there are differences but we are similar in many ways. I am a lot more than that as a teenager. Might add but I’m a few years older than her so I have more life experience. But I can definitely relate to the feeling she was feeling and the overwhelming emotions you 16 year old were feeling. You think everything is so big and so important that it affects the rest of your life so it was really cool to play belly up and get back to that point in my life.”
Meanwhile, writer Jenny says she is not worried about the success of her previous book as these are two different stories. When asked about the success of his previous venture, he shared, “I’m not nervous because I think it’s two different stories and I think the most important thing for me was to realize that the original fan Will be happy with the story we told. Everything that comes into it is just over the cake, but I think I went into it to create something new, with new people and telling the story the way we were.
Even before the series’ release, it was renewed for a second season. Summer I Turned Pretty is now on streaming amazon prime Video.
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