'The Summer I Turned Pretty' warns overzealous fans to stay away from the set: 'Please help us protect the magic'
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Neia BalaoTue, May 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM UTC
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As filming for the highly anticipated The Summer I Turned Pretty movie continues, its cast and crew are requesting that devoted fans respect their privacy on set.
The official social media accounts for the Jenny Han-created series shared their message to fans on Tuesday in a video showcasing the words “PRIVACY PLEASE” written in the sand. The post noted that while the excitement from fans is welcome, sharing filming locations and visiting sets is proving to be a worry for those involved in the production.
“We love the excitement, but sharing locations and visiting set disrupts filming and creates real safety concerns for our cast and crew,” read the caption of the post. “We’re working hard to create a protected bubble to make the best movie possible. Please help us protect the magic of Cousins until it’s ready to be shared.”
The forthcoming film, starring Lola Tung as Belly Conklin and Christopher Briney as Conrad Fisher, is expected to serve as a satisfying end to the beloved show and book series. Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman and Rain Spencer are among the stars of the series who are also returning for the film. Production commenced on April 27 in Wilmington, N.C., and in recent weeks, fan-shot footage of Tung, Briney and Casalegno filming at several locations has circulated on social media.
Not everyone is understanding of the request for privacy.
Online, some fans of the series are arguing that people wouldn’t feel the need to visit filming locations if they were able to see official photos from the production.
“The cast/crew/staff and whoever else are indeed afforded the right to have privacy on the sets they work at…… however it’s also very easy to post an ‘in-production’ photo here online to drum up excitement in a safer & interactive fan-friendly way,” one X user wrote.
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Another wrote, “Maybe you should have posted an in production picture or Chris and Lola announcing the movie and asking for privacy while filming. Furthermore, you are filming outside and locals with grainy pictures are not harming a fly.”
An X user added, “Sorry babe, we got too excited!! maybe we can get bts or anything to feed us until the movie?? Omg.”
Lola Tung and Christopher Briney. (Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images)
This isn’t the first time that fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty have been called out for their overzealous behavior. Han previously cautioned fans against posting images of women being “slapped or choked” in response to the way Tung’s character was behaving at certain points during the third season.
In addition to posting the show’s community guidelines, which include “a ZERO tolerance policy for bullying and hate speech,” Han wrote in a since-deleted post on Instagram and X, “I know fans of the show are passionate and no one has bad intent, but even in jest, posting images of a woman being slapped or choked is not funny.”
Tung weighed in on the discussion at the time, telling Teen Vogue last July, “I’m so grateful that [the fans] care so much, but people get a little scary about it. Please don't threaten to kill someone if something doesn't go your way — I promise you, it's not that serious.”
From left, cast and crew members Rachel Blanchard, Jackie Chung, Rain Spencer, Gavin Casalegno, Jenny Han, Lola Tung, Christopher Briney and Sean Kaufman. (Lyvans Boolaky via Getty Images)
The show’s official social media accounts also shared a reminder to fans last August in a reel that read, “The Summer We Started Acting Normal Online,” which some viewers believe was in response to Casalegno telling the New York Times about the vitriolic messages he had received from fans.
The film, which serves as a feature-length conclusion to the beloved coming-of-age drama, was first announced after the Season 3 finale last September.
“Writing the movie has been actually joyful to me,” Han previously told Teen Vogue. “I would say that I know that the fans want to see Belly and Conrad together as a couple, and I guess I could say that that's something I can promise to them, and it's partly why I'm doing it, is to be able to experience that with them in the present time.”
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
