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Cruel Summer Cast Share Summer Memories and Play This or That

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Not all summers are cruel, according to the "Cruel Summer" cast, as Young Hollywood finds out when we hit the red carpet at the Season 2 premiere for the hit Freeform series! Stars Sadie Stanley, Lexi Underwood, Griffin Gluck, KaDee Strickland, Nile Bullock, Lisa Yamada, and Braeden De La Garza share with us some of their fondest summer memories, tell us how long they took to get ready for the premiere, and play a game of "This or That?"!

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Guest

Well, if that includes being interrupted by my child and dog, we did it in about an hour and a half.

Young Hollywood

That's not bad though.

Guest

It's not bad at all.

Young Hollywood

Not bad. 15 minutes. Okay, that's not bad.

Guest

No, it was like it was like 30. I I actually uh Yeah, I had someone do my makeup and that was I tried to do it myself today. I thought it was going to be a thing and it just was not. So, I had to have someone fix it for me.

Young Hollywood

How often do you do your makeup?

Guest

Uh not all of them, but I felt like if I'm going to do it, I gotta do, you know, throw a little concealer on, but I just totally messed it up when I tried it myself. So, I had to have someone fix it for me.

Young Hollywood

What's going on there?

Guest

Nails by China on Instagram. She's in Orange County. She's the best. I can't wash my hair. I can't go to the toilet. I can't do anything in these nails. So, they're probably going to come off after tonight, but they're cute, right? For a night.

Young Hollywood

For a night. Yeah. But how long did it take you?

Guest

My girl was so quick. It probably took an hour and a half.

Young Hollywood

That's not too bad.

Guest

Yeah, an hour and a half for these gorgeous nails. I'll take it.

Young Hollywood

And how long did it take you overall to get ready?

Guest

To get ready. Oh, I'm a little embarrassed. It took me like three and a half hours. But, you know, we like had we had dinner in between and we were like chatting and we were like, you know, dancing and singing. So, I guess it's not exactly three and a half hours, but it took a while cuz I'm a full beat kind of girl.

Lexi

Me, Lexi, and Lisa all got a big hotel room together to do glam together. Side by side. I think we got there at like three. I think I started at like 3:30. It's a couple hours. I'm not going to lie. A couple hours and several people.

Young Hollywood

Hi.

Lexi

Yeah, I had the outfit. We pulled it together. We pulled it together.

Young Hollywood

Oh, it's so amazing. Thank you. A little spin. Do a little spin. It's giving body.

Lexi

Thank you. Oh, isn't it? Oh, is it? Thank you.

Guest

There was one summer that I went to a theater camp when I was in like high school. And you know, at this point, I just, you know, had acted in a couple things and I was always playing like the young kid and stuff. And they put a huge wig on me and a fake beard, and I played this old decrepit man for two months at a summer camp.

Young Hollywood

They should have.

Guest

I I think so. But that was quite the experience to spend the whole summer playing an old decrepit man at like 14 years old.

Young Hollywood

You age.

Guest

I I aged. Oh, yeah. That was that was the maturing, you know, event in my life.

Lexi

Swimming in the river and bathing with a bar of Ivory soap after picking a field of tobacco. That's my craziest summer memory, which I at the time hated, but now I'm like, wow. I did that.

Young Hollywood

That's bananas.

Lisa

Probably traveling to Jamaica with my family. I remember this one time, uh we went snorkeling together. This actually kind of it's a it's a it's a dark comedy memory. We were snorkeling all together. My mom like got attacked by some fire coral. And like she was trying to help me swim. So I was just struggling like crazy. But it was crazy because I was looking at a whole bunch of beautiful like life in the ocean. And my mom was like trying to get her foot to work, you know? But I was there with my family. We were in the grill and it was just so beautiful. I love spending time with my family and traveling with my family. So definitely definitely Jamaica.

Guest

I feel like the summer that I was a camp counselor at summer camp.

Young Hollywood

No way.

Guest

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

You counseled a camp?

Guest

Dude, right? I know. I was like I was 15 or 16. Who left me in charge of children? It's crazy.

Lexi

It's honestly, a lot of my memories are just like playing with my neighbor, my next door neighbor. We would like make little videos like little skits and stuff on like a little video camera, which is so like I feel like in kind of related to the show like just carrying around a little video camera. Um, so that's maybe that or going to the beach with my family.

Lisa

You know, I actually got asked this before and I was like, I kind of had a boring childhood cuz like I can't think of anything right now. Um, I just remember hanging out with my parents a lot cuz I'm an only child. So like when summer break hits, me and my parents were like this. And I loved it, but I'm sure they were kind of sick of me towards the end. They're like waiting for me to go back to school. But I feel like my parents are a really big part of my childhood and my summer breaks.

Guest

All in one place would have been when we wrapped. I've seen some of them, uh individually but not everybody everywhere all at once until tonight. Oh yeah. Yeah, it it there's no experience like watching it with an audience. That's when you know how it's gonna be received. When you watch it with an audience, that tells you everything. So I'm excited. I love this cast and everybody looks so incredible and I'm just like really I'm so excited to be able to like go in Yeah, it's a lot going on. But I'm so excited to like go in and just celebrate with them.

Lexi

is literally my bestest friend. Lexi is literally my bestest friend. I don't even consider them my castmates. They're at this point, they're my bestest friends. And it's so crazy seeing them in this space because it's like, oh wait, we're not just regular old friends. We're actually castmates and we made a show together. Um, so I mean, I got so blessed with the most amazing girls. Um, and they will be my bestest friends for life. I love them. Like I could start crying. I love them so much.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, it's actually crazy though that you did a show together, but you also like are actually best friends.

Lexi

We're actually best friends. I mean, we filmed every single day. And you would think that you would want some alone time, but like right when the weekend hits, we're like, all right, so what's the plan? What are the girls doing? We did film in Vancouver. What do you do on the weekends? Oh, we went out. Cuz cuz me and Lexi are legal in Canada. So we went out. Um, went dancing. Uh, it was so fun. And we um, we actually lived in an apartment together. So we had like game nights and just like everyone came over. It was like kind of like a frat house. It got kind of gross towards the end. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Summer or winter, for the very last time for you?

Lexi

Winter.

Young Hollywood

What's the only thing about summer?

Lexi

Okay. Did you film in Vancouver? Yeah. I just felt like going for the controversial answer. I felt like Also, I like layers. And I live in L. A. where it's always hot. So I'm like trying to switch it up. You know what I mean?

Young Hollywood

So keep Tok or IG reels.

Lexi

IG reels, I guess. I'm one of those. I know. I know. Lisa judges me very hard. She lets me know often. She literally asked like, who's even watching IG reels? Yeah, yeah, yeah, me. No, she gives me so much crap for it.

Young Hollywood

Okay, FaceTime or text?

Lexi

FaceTime.

Young Hollywood

So you will answer. You don't care.

Lexi

Most of the time, yeah. Never camera ready. No, never camera ready, but like my real friends, like I'm fine looking ugly in front of. It's fine.

Young Hollywood

Early call time or late call time?

Lexi

Early call time. No, I no, I mean like I don't like waking up early, but I like getting off early. That was weird. And I have like a full day to do whatever I want.

Young Hollywood

Relive the past or know your future?

Lexi

Um, yeah. Okay, can I change the past or just relive it?

Young Hollywood

just telling me that Change the future.

Lexi

No, yeah, no the future.

Young Hollywood

You don't want to go back to summer camp?

Lexi

No. Actually, no. Okay. No the future. No the future, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Outer Banks or Stranger Things?

Lexi

Outer Banks, shout out Madison Bailey. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

And then playlist or podcast?

Lexi

Playlist. Right now? Um, and then also oh man. Okay, what's one that's going to like make me sound cool? Oh my God.

Young Hollywood

We spend so much time together. We're going to leave that up to you. What is your name? You're an artist. You're an artist.

Lexi

Uh Mac Miller, anytime. Sorry. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Okay. That sounds cool. You're good. You're good. Summer or winter?

Lisa

Winter. The clothes. The clothes, you know.

Young Hollywood

Tik Tok or IG reels?

Lisa

TikTok. Who is on IG reels? Not me.

Young Hollywood

FaceTime or text?

Lisa

Ooh. Text. Cuz I'm not always camera ready. You know? Yeah. Don't FaceTime. Don't FaceTime me. I need a warning.

Young Hollywood

Early call time or late call time?

Lisa

Late. I want to sleep in as long as I can. I'm a night owl. Big sleeper.

Young Hollywood

Relive your past or know your future?

Lisa

Know my future. I've been through some. Um, I don't think I wanna relive that again. So know my past. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Outer Banks or Stranger Things?

Lisa

Oh, that's so tough. I think Outer Banks. I think Outer Banks. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Young Hollywood

And then last one, playlist or podcast?

Lisa

Playlist. Ooh, no. Lately I've been on my podcast game. I love a lot of True Crime podcasts. I don't know if you watch Bailey Sarian, but she's my favorite. Um, I'm like listening to the most darkest, goriest True Crime podcasts while I'm getting ready. But yeah, I love it. So usually playlist, but for today, podcast. Yeah.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Sadie Stanley

    Cast member, shares summer memories and plays 'This or That'

  • Lexi Underwood

    Cast member, shares getting ready stories and plays 'This or That'

  • Griffin Gluck

    Cast member, shares summer memories and plays 'This or That'

  • KaDee Strickland

    Cast member, shares summer memories and plays 'This or That'

  • Nile Bullock

    Cast member, shares summer memories and plays 'This or That'

  • Lisa Yamada

    Cast member, shares getting ready stories and plays 'This or That'

  • Braeden De La Garza

    Cast member, shares summer memories and plays 'This or That'

  • China

    Nail artist mentioned by Lexi Underwood

  • Mac Miller

    Artist mentioned by a cast member as a playlist choice

  • Madison Bailey

    Actress mentioned by a cast member when choosing Outer Banks

  • Bailey Sarian

    True Crime podcaster mentioned by a cast member

FAQ

Which Freeform series are the cast members promoting?+
The cast members are promoting Season 2 of the hit Freeform series "Cruel Summer."
What kind of game did the cast play?+
The cast played a game of "This or That?" where they chose between two options like 'Summer or Winter' and 'TikTok or IG Reels'.
What is one of Lexi Underwood's summer memories?+
Lexi Underwood's craziest summer memory is traveling to Jamaica with her family, including a snorkeling trip where her mom was attacked by fire coral.
Where did the cast film the show?+
The cast filmed the show in Vancouver, where some of them lived in an apartment together and had game nights.
What was one of Nile Bullock's summer memories?+
Nile Bullock's memorable summer was spent as a camp counselor at 15 or 16 years old, even questioning who left him in charge of children.

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