"Both Chris, who plays Conrad, and Gavin, who plays Jeremiah, are wonderful people and so easy to work with and so much fun to just be around," she told Hoda Kotb and guest co-host Michelle Collins on TODAY With Hoda & Jenna Friday. "So I feel very lucky that we had such a wonderful friendship and it worked out."
In the Amazon Prime Video series, Tung plays Belly, a girl who gets caught in a love triangle between Conrad and Jeremiah when she captures their attention one summer.
When asked if there were any love connections that happened behind the scenes, Tung said that she and her co-stars just "hung out together" and became "incredibly close friends."
"Everyone in the cast is amazing and wonderful," she said.
Tung made her acting debut in "The Summer I Turned Pretty." She explained that she auditioned for the role when she was in the second semester of her first year at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University.
And when she learned she'd booked the job, her classmates were ecstatic for her.
"Everyone was so supportive and so wonderful," she said.
Tung's parents also didn't mind her leaving school to take the job.
"Both of my parents and really my whole family has just been so supportive throughout the entire thing," she said. "And they know that I love it and that I'm passionate about acting and about the show, so they were incredibly supportive."
"The Summer I Turned Pretty" premiered on Amazon Prime Video on June 17, but nine days before it was released, Prime Video greenlit another season of the series.
“When I decided to adaptSummerfor television, I knew we’d need more than one season to honor the story we are telling,” creator Jenny Han said in a press release. “To receive a second season pickup ahead of the premiere of Season One is beyond my wildest dreams."
"Both Chris, who plays Conrad, and Gavin, who plays Jeremiah, are wonderful people and so easy to work with and so much fun to just be around," she told Hoda Kotb and guest co-host Michelle Collins on TODAY With Hoda & Jenna Friday. "So I feel very lucky that we had such a wonderful friendship and it worked out."
Family isn't always blood. It's the people who love you unconditionally. The quote "Family isn't always blood.It's the people who love you unconditionally," from the novel The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han, beautifully captures the essence of the true meaning of family.
Jeremiah had sex with Lacie when he and Belly were broken up. Multiple characters assume that the only reason Belly is marrying Jeremiah is because she's pregnant. Conrad recalls having a sexual relationship with a girl from his university.
Lola Tung (Belly) stars as a teenager involved in a love triangle with two brothers played by Christopher Briney (Conrad) and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah).
In season one, we see Belly desperately pining over Conrad, but she also starts to see a new side of Jeremiah that peaks her romantic interest in him as well. It's a classic love triangle, but the toxicity of each relationship is what makes the show problematic.
Best friends are important.They're the closest thing to a sister you'll ever have. Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones? When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can't say in real life.
“Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this.To now.” These words begin and end The Summer I Turned Pretty, appearing in the Prologue and at the conclusion.
Skye also happens to be nonbinary and fans have praised the show for its genderqueer representation. For example, Skye casually corrects people who misuse their pronouns and they have boundaries that they make clear like not doing hugs.
Taylor Jewel: Belly's best friend despite being her polar opposite. Unlike Belly, she is boy crazy and appears shallow, though by We'll Always Have Summer, she seems to have matured.
Far too much emphasis on romance and includes long make out scenes, including girl straddling guy and removing her shirt on first date. Parents getting high and engaging in casual intimate relationships, including spontaneous car sex. Teens drinking a lot as well.
Belly is naturally awkward and Conrad is a closed-off egomaniac who acts on his selfish impulses. Conrad also struggled with mental health as he dealt with his mother's cancer relapse, a negligent father and a breakup, all of which made him closed-off and emotionally unavailable.
The age difference of Conrad and Belly 😬 I feel like this get passed up so much but like the fact the book states that Conrad and Belly are two and a quarter years apart which really is something that's uncomfortable and never talked about.
As the story progresses, the reader learns that Conrad is aware that his mother's condition has grown worse and realizes the family will likely lose her soon. Much of what appears to be bad behavior is actually evidence of his emotional turmoil. Instead of sharing his feelings with others, he withdraws into himself.
The Summer I Turned Pretty is a coming-of-age story about love, friendship, and growing up. Belly is a relatable character who is struggling to figure out who she is and what she wants. She is also dealing with the complicated relationships she has with Conrad and Jeremiah.
She declares “Baby, I'm gonna treat you so nice, you're never gonna wanna let me go.” Edward keeps it strictly business in his response, re-confirming the fee and flatly stating that he will let her go. This Pretty Woman quote is one of the most iconic from the movie as it foreshadows exactly what happens.
Introduction: My name is Trent Wehner, I am a talented, brainy, zealous, light, funny, gleaming, attractive person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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