Jackie Chung , who plays the main character’s mother, recently got candid about her time on the show. She also managed to address certain happenings in the show, such as Belly and Laurel’s rift, why Belly and Jeremy wanted to get engaged and more.
Jackie Chung opens up about her character on ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
The third and final season of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride for fans, even though they’re only 4 episodes in! From Belly getting engaged, to Conrad getting a job and then losing it, everything has been dramatic and chaotic to say the least.
Jackie Chung, who plays Laurel, Belly’s mother, recently opened up about her character and the plot of the season in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. While talking about the rift between the mother-daughter duo after the marriage announcement, Chung explained her character’s actions, saying, “I feel like Laurel isn’t even being that prescriptive, she’s just being like, ‘Keep an open mind, like, keep your opportunities open'”.
Jackie Chung drops spoilers for the upcoming episodes
After the first four episodes of the show had aired, with the final one ending on Laurel and Belly’s fight at the family lunch, Chung shared some insights into what fans can expect from future episodes! She stated that she feels that Jenny Han (creator of the shows) knows what the fans want and how everything has to be.
She also warned that the rollercoaster ride is only going to get much bigger from now onwards up until the big finale. She also added, “I think some of the things that they’re looking for will be there, and then there’ll be other surprises, and so I just hope that they enjoy it and get what they want out of it”.
The actress talks about what she’ll miss the most after the season ends
Jackie Chung also shared how much she’ll miss the show once the final episode airs in September next month. She shared in the interview that, “I’m just gonna miss the time with this group of people, the cast and the crew. I do feel like we built a family, and it’s always lovely to be with them. And I’m just gonna miss spending time with them on set and off”.

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