
Why ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Star Was Cut From ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
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The director of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" explains why “The Summer I Turned Pretty” star Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez of "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" didn’t make the...
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July 22, 2025
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Hollywood & EntertainmentWhy ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Star Was Cut From ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ByTim Lammers, Contributor
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AuthorJul 22, 2025, 03:11pm EDTJul 22, 2025, 07:35pm EDTNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 16: Lola Tung attends "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Season 3 New York (remarkable data)
More Launch Event at Refinery Rooftop on July 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)Getty Images The director of I Know What You Did Last Summer is explaining why The Summer I Turned Pretty star Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story didn’t make the final cut of the film
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Tung and Chavez were cast in supporting roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer, which was released in theaters on July 18, but didn’t appear in the film’s final cut
Furthermore, In a recent interview with People, I Know What You Did Last Summer director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson explained why the scene featuring Tung and Chavez— which was supposed to be at the beginning of the film— hit the cutting room floor
Nevertheless, MORE FOR YOU Forbes‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Gets ing DateBy Tim Lammers "In every movie, it's best laid plans, and then you edit the movie and you put it together and you go, 'I love this in a vacuum
Nevertheless, This's a fantastic scene
But it doesn't fit in the movie,'" Robinson told People
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Praised Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez’s Performances Jennifer Kaytin Robinson told People that she was impressed with Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez’s performances in I Know What You Did Last Summer, which made the decision to cut their scene from the film all the more difficult, in light of current trends. "It was just one of those situations where it had nothing to do with Lola and Nicholas — they are both so fantastic,” the filmmaker told People
However, “I really would love to work with them again
I loved working with them (fascinating analysis)
In contrast, They did a fabulous job
But in the larger tapestry of the film, it just didn't fit, in today's market environment
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