Cruel Summer Star Lexi Underwood Talks Season 2 & Plays The Picture Game

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Young Hollywood sits down with the incredibly talented Lexi Underwood, who plays the mysterious exchange student Isabella in Season 2 of Freeform's hit series "Cruel Summer"! Lexi plays "The Picture Game" with us, where we give her clues about her own social media posts snd discuss the stories behind them, such as the show's billboard in Times Square, her appearance on "Family Feud", and more! Stream episodes of "Cruel Summer" on Hulu.
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What's up, young Hollywood?
Today, we're with a very special guest, Lexie Underwood.
Hello.
Hi.
You look amazing.
Thank you, so do you.
Thank you.
How long did it take you to get ready?
Ooh, it took me an hour and a half with the help of my incredible glam team, because honestly, like, without them, I would probably, like, only take, like, 15 minutes, just have a cool mascara, and some concealer.
And I'm good to go.
Yeah.
Very, very minimal.
Yep.
And good to go.
Yes, I'm very minimal in my everyday life.
But you love getting dressed up for press for Cruel Summer, too.
I do.
I do because I feel like I don't, like, go out and get dressed up a lot in my everyday life, so this is like my excuse to be able to, like, wear fancy dresses and do all the cool looks.
Yeah.
Okay.
Are you excited for the game we're going to play?
I'm so excited.
You have no.
Lexie has no idea what we're doing.
No, I'm like, this is about to be a surprise to me.
Yes.
Okay, so we have a pile of pictures here.
Okay.
But the pictures are related to your life, Cruel Summer Season 2.
Ooh.
But you don't obviously know them, but you're going to have to guess based off hints that I give you.
Oh, my gosh.
Okay, I'm really excited about this.
So it's literally the most random pictures and it's going to be like you're just going to have to think what you've posted before, Okay.
and then also anything that might be related to Cruel Summer.
Okay.
Okay.
Got it.
So this is Okay, I'm actually really excited to see.
I'm like I'm a little nervous.
I'm like the pressure's on.
Okay, you can Oh, you can ask some questions to start.
Okay.
Just to get, like, an idea, like, general.
And then I'll narrow it down and give you hints.
Okay.
Okay, let's go.
So, I'm going to show to the camera.
This is the first one up.
You can see it.
You can see it.
No cheating.
Okay.
You can ask a general question.
Okay.
Um, where does this picture like take place?
Is that The East Coast.
The East Coast.
Okay.
Um, are there people in this picture?
Technically, yes.
It might be you.
It might be me.
And Sadie.
And Sadie.
On the East Coast.
Me and Sadie on the East Coast.
It's It's major.
It's major.
And it's in one of your Instagram story highlights.
Oh, my gosh.
And not on your feed.
Oh, my gosh.
Okay, is this from the show?
Is this, like, maybe some a screen grab from the show?
It's a screen grab of the, like, Cruel Summer.
Of the Cruel Summer.
Okay.
Um, You have a caption on there, "Pinch me."
"Pinch me."
Oh, it's the Is it the billboard?
It's the billboard in Times Square.
Oh, oh, that's great.
You got it.
You're on a billboard in Times Square.
I know, that's so crazy.
I'm I know.
Wow.
That's so cool seeing it like printed out and stuff.
This is my first time, like, being on a billboard.
So, like, to have that moment.
It's in Times Square.
Times Square especially, I'm like, definitely a pinch-me moment.
I was so right when I said that.
When you do Good Morning America, you're going to be doing Good Morning America in Times Square.
Yep.
So you're going to be outside the window.
I am going to Trust me, if you follow me on Instagram, you'll be seeing all the stories of me freaking out.
That's insane.
I even saw that, I was like, oh, my God.
She's like, big-time there.
Like, she's right there.
Like She's definitely a pinch-me moment.
Like, I can't believe that this is my life, that I'm like, You're going to have to feed it.
Like, once you get there, like you've got to above you.
Yes.
No, it's going to be on my feed, you know.
It's going to be on my feed.
I put one on my feed, um, when I saw the Sunset Boulevard one.
That's like a huge, like, life-size one, so, I can't even imagine how I'm going to feel like.
I was deciding between the Sunset one, driving down there, or Times Square.
I was like, let's do Times Square.
Like, let's do that one.
I love it that you did that because I was like, Sadie and I, we've only been to New York together, so I was like genuinely thinking, I was like, do we have a picture together in New York?
Like what?
I love it.
Amazing.
Love it.
Yeah.
That's unreal.
Okay, ready for the next one?
Yep.
Okay, this one's fun.
We like this one.
Okay.
I think this is from the West Coast.
This is West Coast.
Okay.
Maybe.
You did this for Cruel Summer.
I did this for Cruel Summer.
Okay.
Um, hmm.
Am I, am I like, am I dressed up in it?
Yes, definitely.
Okay.
Your hair's long.
My hair's long?
Okay.
Your hair's long.
Um, oh.
What am I doing in it?
Am I, like, doing like some, like, an action?
Or am I like posing?
You're posing, but because you did something.
Posing because I like, oh.
Okay.
I just want to I wish we had a mic inside your head to, like, give us ideas.
Wait.
Is it me with the fire, maybe?
You're wearing red.
And you did this for press.
Oh.
Family Feud.
Yes.
Oh.
You're just like they got you set up.
Press galore for this show.
I know.
And it's like literally, like, all my, like, dream things.
Like, when I tell you, I'm obsessed with Family Feud because my grandma is obsessed with Family Feud, and it's just like a staple in my house.
So I was so excited.
I was so ready when when we got on it.
But it's so fun.
Well, you in your caption on Instagram was like, this is also bucket list moment.
It really was.
Like you're just crossing off everything for this show.
Truly.
I mean, I have, like, the board, like, the card game and everything.
Like, I played it at home.
So it was like crazy to, like, be on the stage with, like, yeah.
Well, you got it.
Did you consider yourself that you did good?
Oh, I I did pretty good.
You got to watch You got to watch the episode.
I don't want to spoil anything, but I did my thing.
And you were with your Cruel Summer cast mates.
So how was doing it with them?
It was like, so fun being able to do it with them because we all just all have great chemistry and, like, being able to, like, work together as a team and, like, come up with, like, crazy, wacky answers, like which is fun.
And it's something that's not so serious.
Exactly.
Yeah.
Sometimes, like, with press, it can be, like, you know, very serious stuff.
But, like, I love even games like this, like, to switch it up a little bit.
So that was It was a lot of fun to be able to do that with them.
Well, you look phenomenal.
Thank you.
We love that.
You love You look good in red.
We have different reds.
Red is honestly one of my favorite, like, colors to wear.
I need to wear it off like more often.
But, thank you.
Well, do you have your premiere outfit yet?
I don't.
I've actually decided that tonight.
You don't have your No, I'm such an indecisive person, so you'll see it tomorrow.
Well, we'll ask you about it there, how you decided.
Exactly.
Yes.
I already I mean, my stylist and I, we've been like having lots of conversations about the vibe that we're going for.
Um, lots of like Pinterest mood boards that I've put together, but I'm finally, like, going to make my final decision tonight.
Are you going to channel Lexie, though, or Isabella?
Isabella.
Definitely channeling Isabella for this one.
Yeah.
Okay.
Ready for this one?
Yep.
So this is not related to you for Cruel Summer.
Okay.
So, I'm myself there.
And I'll give it away, but you have to guess what the actual picture is.
So it's a picture of a Polaroid.
Oh, okay.
But what are you guys doing in the Polaroid?
And who's in it?
But it was for kind of, like, press on Cruel Summer's Instagram.
Okay, so this is not this is season two.
Season two.
Okay.
Is it am I in the picture?
Yes.
Okay, I'm in the picture.
You're with two other people.
Sadie and Griffin.
I'm sure.
Um, oh.
This is is this am I in like in a blue bikini and, like, Griffin is like doing that, like, the bunny ears?
Nope, you're close.
No.
Close.
Close.
Oh, close.
No bikini.
So maybe, I'm trying to think about all the Polaroids that we take at the show.
Like, there's so many.
There's another one, I think.
Of us, I'm like in a summer dress, like in a yellow dress and we're all together.
It could be.
I'll just give it to you.
You're not going to get this.
I'm like, there's so many Polaroids.
Oh, where was that?
Gosh, I forgot about this one.
This was actually fun.
But this, like, has nothing This was not Okay.
anything.
Like, this was just on a day where we were in the, um, like, the bedroom, Isabella's bedroom set, like, just messing around with the Polaroid with one of, like, the Social Media.
Like, this was super candid.
Like, this was super candid, but they added it in there.
You yeah.
Yeah, but most of them, like, I have so many Polaroids that we just, like, took like that around the set, like at home because we just thought that nobody would see it.
But I guess they found it.
And everybody is seeing it.
Everyone is seeing it.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Lexi Underwood
Featured guest and star of Cruel Summer
- Sadie
Mentioned as being with Lexi in New York
- Griffin
Mentioned as being in a Polaroid with Lexi




