The summer i turned pretty book summary tv#

It was pretty much in the normal way of writing a scripts and then hoping that people would give us permission. Can you explain your process of getting the rights to those huge hits? There is a lot of Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande.

Obviously, we have to talk about the music because itвЂ™s a character in itself in the show. SheвЂ™s setting people off on different journeys, so it was important to me that the person I cast for that part was somebody that drew people in, someone that you could just fall in love with. People are sort of reacting off of her in many ways. I think every single person is in her orbit in a way and theyвЂ™re all there because of her and sheвЂ™s very beloved by all of them. I would say that Rachel and I talked a lot about how I think that Susannah is like one of the most important characters in the first season. We have a lot of conversations about SusannahвЂ™s trajectory and all the cast members read the books as well, so everybody was coming into it with that base of knowledge. What conversations did you have with Rachel Blanchard early on about her character and the arc she was going on? Susannah dies between the first and second book. They really prioritize their friendship, so much so that they choose to be at this house together and bring their kids with them and create this magical world as one family. I really wanted to show the breadth of female friendships and the intensity of it and the intimacy of it and really celebrate how these two women chose each other, and theyвЂ™ve been choosing each other for decades. Both of them are at different inflection points in a way. It was important to me for these two women to have their own storylines that are separate from being the roles of mother or wife - that they had their own inner worlds and their own coming of age. For the show, we got to expand our world and spend time with other characters in their heads.

The summer i turned pretty book summary tv#

One of the pleasures in adapting this for TV was that we got to expand out from BellyвЂ™s point of view, where in the books, itвЂ™s really interior because youвЂ™re literally in her head. Did you know that you wanted to go deeper into that when laying out the show? And really, their friendship is a love story in itself. Susannah and LaurelвЂ™s friendship, as well as their individual personal relationships, were a much bigger part of the show than the book. Jackie Chung and Rachel Blanchard as Laurel and Susannah in вЂThe Summer I Turned Pretty.вЂ™ Dana Hawley/Prime Video And my heart would definitely turn just like BellyвЂ™s would. So I had a lot of empathy for both of these brothers. I definitely had moments of going back and forth for sure, because I think in order to write these characters, you have to love them and you have to understand them and have empathy for them. I was considering a lot of different possibilities. You never know what could happen with the show. I donвЂ™t want to spoil too much but the books have been out for a while. When I was doing JeremiahвЂ™s POV in the second book, I was very much swayed in all directions. Yeah, that was kind of moved up in the first season. Was there a chance that she was going to be with Jeremiah at the end of Season 1 instead of kissing Conrad? In this, she gave him a shot and they were together. In the first book, Belly turned down Jeremiah. I think those are sort of the two things that are always in my head. My priority has always been that I want fans of the book to feel really satisfied by the story weвЂ™re telling, but also for them to know that this is an adaptation in a new medium, so itвЂ™s not going to be exactly the same. ItвЂ™s a bit of a balancing act, because I really had to weigh what the fans are expecting with where the show is going creatively and find that balance. When you were adapting the book, how much pressure did you feel when it came to who Belly chose romantically at what point in her life? Gavin Casalegno and Lola Tung as Jeremiah and Belly in вЂThe Summer I Turned Pretty.вЂ™ Peter Taylor/Prime Video