The Summer I Turned Pretty cast Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno and Christopher Briney, opened up about the streamers warning to fans about "bullying and hate speech."
When Amazon Prime dropped the first two episodes of the third and final season this week, it issued a caution on social media, stating, "We have a zero tolerance policy for bullying and hate speech."
it further said, "If you engage in any of the following you will be banned," before listing "community guidelines" including no "hate speech or bullying," "targeting our cast or crew" and "harassing or doxxing members of the community."
During the season three launch event in New York City, Tung in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter appreciated the warning adding that "usually people are really respectful and understand that it’s all in good fun. But I think it is good to get a reminder that we need to be kind to each other, especially now — and just remember that whatever happens, it’ll be OK and to keep all of the discourse friendly."
Briney, who plays elder brother Conrad Fische, echoed Tung’s reaction saying that "It's really cool to have people care enough and have teams and have T-shirts about that." However, he added that sometimes people take it too far by treating actors like their characters.
He continued, "If you hate a character, that’s wonderful, we’ve done our job. It doesn’t mean you need to come for them. I’m grateful that they put that statement out."
Writer Jenny Han went on to say that "it's good" if people remember that real people are playing a character. Meanwhile Caselegno, the one who plays Jeremiah hoped for fans to "just be pleased with the whole story."
The Summer I Turned Pretty after the release of first two episodes on July 16, the rest of the nine episodes will air weekly on every Wednesday till September 17, 2025.
