As The Summer I Turned Pretty fans prepare to see whether Belly finally chooses Conrad or Jeremiah, Lola Tung has a message for viewers who are taking fictional shipping too far.
Tung, 22, reflected on the Prime Video’s final season during a Thursday, July 10, interview with Teen Vogue, saying, “When people have an attachment to the characters, they want to see it come together at the end.”
While Tung understands the passion, she did express concern about some online reactions.
“I’m so grateful that they care so much, but people get a little scary about it,” she admitted. “Please don’t threaten to kill someone if something doesn’t go your way — I promise you, it’s not that serious.”
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Tung continued: “Jenny [Han] is so smart and she cares so much about the story and making it the best story that it can be. It will be OK.”
The Summer I Turned Pretty explores a love triangle between Belly (Tung) and the Fisher brothers: Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). Season 2, which took inspiration from the second book titled It’s Not Summer Without You, left off with Belly starting a relationship with Jeremiah. Season 3 will presumably bring the third novel, We’ll Always Have Summer, to life, which shows Belly making her final choice.
Fans have questioned whether the story will follow the events of the book series or whether there will be changes. Creator Jenny Han — who wrote The Summer I Turned Pretty book series — has hinted that season 3 might have a different ending than expected.
“There are going to be surprises,” Han told Entertainment Weekly in March. “There are the things that [book fans] know and then there are things they think they know, and then there’s going to be, hopefully, things that surprise them.”
Casalegno, 25, exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2023 that he didn’t mind the show potentially straying from the original events in the books.
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“I do feel like there’s a strong chance that that’s a possibility,” he noted. “Obviously, I know where [my character Jeremiah] ends up going and what ends up happening. But I don’t emphasize on that. Because I think Jenny writes it so well that I’m able to kind of get there naturally without having to force it in a certain direction.”
As for Tung, she explained why she didn’t mind the show making changes on screen.
“The one thing I’ve always admired about Jenny is that every season and every decision about what’s coming next is purely to serve the story,” she told EW in March. “She’s never going to do anything that doesn’t make sense for the story.”
Tung continued: “It’s all about this beautiful world she’s created and giving the fans something really, really special and giving us something really special to work with.”
The Summer I Turned Pretty returns to Prime Video on July 16.
