Gavin Casalegno Can Relate to Jeremiah’s ‘Issues’ in ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Season 2

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Gavin Casalegno was able to seamlessly return to playing Jeremiah on The Summer I Turned Pretty, in part because of how his own experiences shaped his performance.“I feel like in my own life I was dealing with some very similar things as Jeremiah.

It was interesting because I found — as I was learning it — I could also help Jeremiah learn that in a sense,” Casalegno, 23, exclusively told Us Weekly in an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike about Jeremiah’s journey in season 2. “So, it was a beautiful give and take.”The actor said he was thrilled with how the sophomore season of the Prime Video drama showed more of Jeremiah’s perspective.“It was so rewarding.

Because I think [in] all of season 1 and even season 2, you get so much of Belly’s inner dialogue. You get so much of her thoughts, and you’re able to love Belly [Lola Tung] because of it,” he continued. “For Jeremiah, it’s the same.

I feel like people are going relate to him and understand him better and really get to love the person he is because he has such a big heart for everyone around him.”The Summer I Turned Pretty, which is based on a book series of the same name by showrunner Jenny Han, focuses on the love triangle between Belly, Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah.