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Don’t you just love it when Freeform comes through with a completely bonkers teen thriller? My current obsession is
Cruel Summer, a deliciously bingeable new series created by Bert V. Royal, best known for writing the 2010 teen comedy
Easy A. In today’s glut of trash TV,
Cruel
Summer’s premise feels genuinely fresh and compelling, even if I’m not quite sure how they’ll manage to pull it all off.
Every episode takes place on the same day over three years 1993, 1994, and 1995 allowing for some fun throwback costuming: the girls in slip dresses over white T-shirts, the boys rocking baby Leo DiCaprio’s floppy hair. The drama starts when beloved popular girl Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt) suddenly goes missing. In the year she’s gone, awkward misfit Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia) somehow manages to take over Kate’s life: She starts dating Kate’s boyfriend, becomes friends with her friends. And then there’s the twist: Kate is found al
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Cruel Summer is the latest psychological thriller everybody is talking about right now. Taking place over the course of three years 1993, 1994, and 1995 the series follows the lives of a group of teenagers, and it s just as filled with drama as it is with great 90s hair and makeup moments.
The main characters on the show, Kate Wallis (played by Olivia Holt), Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), Mallory Higgins (Harley Quinn Smith), and Vince Fuller (Allius Barnes) get to change looks not once, not twice, but three times throughout the series thanks to the evolving plot. The hair and makeup teams responsible for orchestrating these changes were able to pull from the best mood board of all for the looks: their own personal experiences.
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5 Things You Didn t Know About Chiara Aurelia, the Star of Freeform s Cruel Summer
Whether we re trying to re-create the iconic 90s outfits or trying to figure out what the hell will happen next, we can t stop thinking about Freeform s new psychological series
Cruel Summer. Chiara Aurelia steals the show as Jeanette Turner, who goes through major transformations, from awkward tween to queen bee to the subject of hatred nationwide and the possible accomplice in a kidnapping. We shouldn t be surprised that Chiara s got some serious acting chops; she appeared as Addison on
Tell Me Your Secrets. But Chiara s not just a versatile actress she seems super cool in real life, too. While we wait to find out if there will be a second season, let s keep up with the show s stars . . . who thankfully seem to be much closer in real life than they are on screen.
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