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The actress's love of Alanis Morissette and vintage aesthetics shaped her character
As with any good thriller, the strength of
Cruel Summer â a tangle of lies and secrets that envelops the fictional Texas town of Skylin â is its chilling, nail-biting suspense. Even the actress Chiara Aurelia, who stars as Jeanette, a teen the series follows across three harrowing years, was kept in the dark as filming began. Rather than reveal the ending, producers sprinkled cryptic hints for the actors to puzzle-piece together. With the cast scrambling to decide for themselves what was real and who could be trusted, that curious tension translated to the screen. âI didn't find out the ending until about a week or two before I received the tenth episode,â Aurelia tells MTV News. âI was so shocked and excited.â