Where Is Cousins Beach In The Summer I Turned Pretty? Filming Locations Explained (2024)

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Where Is Cousins Beach In The Summer I Turned Pretty? Filming Locations Explained? ›

In the book, Cousins Beach was written to be in the Cape Cod area, but for the show, the beach was filmed all around Wilmington and its surrounding beaches, including Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach.

Cousins Beach

The more you know! Even the "Entering Cousins Beach" sign that's welcomes you into the fictional town was placed in Southport, North Carolina. More specifically, near the Wilmington Cape Fear Pilots Association's old lookout tower, according to People.

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is no Cousins Beach in Massachusetts. The made-up seaside town comes from Han's imagination. The good news is, you can visit the beach where the show is filmed. The principal photography for "The Summer I Turned Pretty" took place in and around the city of Wilmington, NC.

In the series, Laurel gets Adam to buy the house off of Julia. In both the book and the series, Adam agrees on the condition that Conrad returns to school and passes his exams. Belly and Jeremiah help Conrad study for his exams, Conrad passes and the house remains theirs.

In "The Summer I Turned Pretty" season 2, the characters' college plans start to unfold, with Conrad likely transferring to Stanford and Belly and Taylor joining Jeremiah at Finch College. Conrad's dream of attending Stanford is connected to his late mother, making it a meaningful opportunity for him to make her proud.

In the book, Cousins Beach was written to be in the Cape Cod area, but for the show, the beach was filmed all around Wilmington and its surrounding beaches, including Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach.

Production. The beach house scenes were filmed at cottage #13 in what is now the Crystal Cove Historic District in Crystal Cove State Park in California.

Belly's First Time

"I want to. I want it to be with you." And with those 10 words, The Summer I Turned Pretty's entire trajectory changed as the decision for Belly (Lola Tung) to lose her virginity to Conrad (Christopher Briney) marked one of the Amazon Prime Video TV series' biggest departures from Jenny Han's books.

First, Laurel learns that Susannah and Julia never did work out their beach-house issues and that Julia spitefully sold the house out from under her nephews and swiped all of their cherished childhood belongings in the bargain because she still has “my dad has a new family” trauma.

(XO, Kitty, a TATB spin-off series that focuses on Lara Jean Covey's younger sister Kitty, debuted on Netflix in May. More on that here!) The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 premiered last summer, on July 14, 2023.

What is the age gap between Conrad and Belly? ›

This is when Belly tries to convince Conrad to stop smoking and he suggestively asks her what she will give him if he does, leaving Belly shocked since he had never done such a thing with her before. Conrad is "two years a quarter" older Belly. Conrad is shown to be rather protective of Belly at times.

They didn't actually film at Brown University.

But instead of heading down to Providence, the production used the campus at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

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 book-turned-tv-show is set in the fictional town of Cousins Beach. But the reality is it was filmed in an actual beachside town that is as idyllic as it is captured on the show. Wilmington, North Carolina, is where many scenes throughout the series were shot.

This I Know What You Did Last Summer film scene was shot at Schoolhouse Beach in northern California, around 25 miles west of Santa Rosa. The beach is easy to find just off Coast Highway. It's referred to as Dawson's Beach in the film as a nod to Dawson's Creek, which was also created by Kevin Williamson.

One scene fans often talk about is the motel moment between two characters, Belly and Conrad. In The Summer I Turned Pretty motel scene, Conrad sees Belly and Jeremiah, another main character, having a close moment. This discovery leads to a big chat between Belly and Conrad, revealing how they feel about each other.

In "The Summer I Turned Pretty," the quote "The beach is my sanctuary, where I can escape and find solace in the waves," beautifully encapsulates the profound connection the protagonist has with the beach.