{"id":1945770,"date":"2025-08-07T08:16:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1945770"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:16:25","slug":"the-summer-i-turned-pretty-adds-sex-scene-in-change-from-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-adds-sex-scene-in-change-from-book\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Summer I Turned Pretty\u2019 adds sex scene in change from book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F109282215.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d has managed to surprise longtime fans.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/15\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the newest episode<\/a> of the popular Prime Video show, released Wednesday, Aug. 6, Conrad (Christopher Briney)\u00a0and Belly (Lola Tung) get closer than ever despite Belly\u2019s upcoming wedding to Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) and Conrad (Chris Briney)\u00a0in the newest episode of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) and Belly (Lola Tung) in a still from Season 3 of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although many of the scenes are straight from creator Jenny Han\u2019s book trilogy of the same name, including one where Conrad sensually wipes Belly\u2019s chin with his hand after she eats a peach, some moments from the new episode never took place in the original novel.<\/p>\n<p>One of those moments comes when Conrad and Belly appear during a flashback from their last night together before their split.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The pair gets sexually intimate, marking a surprising contrast between what unfolds in the \u201cWe\u2019ll Always Have Summer\u201d book that the current season is based on and the show itself \u2013 especially because the original novel makes it clear that Belly never got intimate with Conrad or his brother, Jeremiah.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) and Conrad (Chris Briney) get intimate during a flashback in the new episode of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Han, who serves as co-screenwriter and executive producer of the hit Prime Video series, teased back in May that there were \u201cdefinitely changes\u201d between her final novel of the trilogy and the show\u2019s third season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are surprises,\u201d she told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-final-season-cover-story-exclusive-11737744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment Weekly.<\/a> \u201cAnd there are things that aren\u2019t exactly like the books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the beloved show\u2019s highly anticipated finale on Sept. 17, Han promised that it would be a \u201csatisfying\u201d ending for everyone, whether they are familiar with her original trilogy or not.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lola Tung and Christopher Briney during Season 2 of \u201cThe Season I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) during Season 3 of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA successful love triangle is one where, no matter what happens, people are going to be devastated and heartbroken,\u201d she teased. \u201cBecause if the answer feels really clear and easy, then there\u2019s no real conflict. No matter what you do, someone\u2019s going to be hurt by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first season of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d premiered in June 2022, 13 years after Han released her book of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/16\/entertainment\/why-do-love-triangles-endure-in-pop-culture-summer-i-turned-pretty-and-more\/\">the dramatic love triangle<\/a> between Isabel \u201cBelly\u201d Conklin and brothers Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, the current and final season sees Belly finally choose between the siblings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) in Season of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tung, 22, admitted that she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/14\/entertainment\/summer-i-turned-pretty-stars-creator-tease-series-ending\/\">was \u201cvery emotional\u201d shooting the final season<\/a> after playing Belly for so long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cried, naturally, many, many times,\u201d the actress told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-stars-creator-tease-series-ending-11766715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> in July. \u201cI was 18\u00a0when I was first cast, and I just finished my first year of college, and I was 22 when we wrapped this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really, really do feel like I have <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/16\/summer-i-turned-pretty-star-lola-tung-on-landing-her-first-role\/\">grown up a lot on the show<\/a>\u2026 it\u2019s just been such a big chapter of my life \u2014 in a very important part of my life,\u201d Tung added. \u201cIt felt very special, very emotional, and [I\u2019m] very proud and just happy with how everything\u2019s gone and how the story\u2019s been received.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Han, she said that she \u201cdefinitely cried\u201d watching Tung, Briney, 27, and Casalegno, 25, bring her characters to life one last time for the final season of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno, Christopher Briney, Rain Spencer and Sean Kaufman in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was, in some ways, surreal,\u201d the author told the outlet. \u201cI remember Lola was like, \u2018You\u2019re not crying that hard,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018I\u2019m always going to know you, and it doesn\u2019t feel like goodbye to me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLola is so special and dear to me,\u201d Han added. \u201cThis is such a moment in time, but this girl, I\u2019ll see her soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d has managed to surprise longtime fans. In the newest episode of the popular Prime Video show, released Wednesday, Aug. 6, Conrad (Christopher Briney)\u00a0and Belly (Lola Tung) get closer than ever despite Belly\u2019s upcoming wedding to Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). 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