Griffin Gluck of Cruel Summer Recalled Freezing My Buns off During Filming (EXCLUSIVE)

In an unique interview with 'Distractify,' 'Cruel Summer' megastar Griffin Gluck breaks down Season 2’s filming locations and the way they affected the solid.

In April 2021, Freeform released its unique collection, Cruel Summer, and the nostalgic drama turned into an instant hit. The eight-episode season adopted the mysterious disappearance and eventual rescue of a well-liked prime schooler, Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), and her classmate, Jeannette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), who used to be accused of knowing where Kate used to be, however stored it to herself to thieve her classmate’s friends and boyfriend.

When Season 1 of Cruel Summer wrapped, many lovers have been excited to see what would occur to Jeannette after they found out she *SPOILER* did — actually — know who abducted Kate and the place she was. Unfortunately for individuals who adopted the season, Freeform confirmed that Cruel Summer would be an anthology series and would center of attention on a new cast of characters with a brand new set of crime-centric problems.

Cruel Summer Season 2 follows the similar structure as its predecessor and is told in three other timelines: Summer 1999, Winter 1999, and Summer 2000.

In an exclusive interview with Distractify, Cruel Summer actor Griffin Gluck discussed Season 2 and how the filming locations affected the anthology collection’ story.

Where is ‘Cruel Summer’ Season 2 filmed?

The first season of Cruel Summer used to be set in a small town in Texas. For Season 2, the collection moved to the “idyllic waterfront the town within the Pacific Northwest,” in line with the synopsis. However, Griffin, who performs Luke, a young person who unearths himself in a love triangle with his best friends Megan (Sadie Stanley) and Isabella (Lexi Underwood), mentioned the solid actually shot Season 2 in Vancouver, Canada.

The actor shared with Distractify that filming in Canada had its demanding situations, particularly when the weather within the script didn’t match what used to be in point of fact taking place in Vancouver.

“I think like the primary couple of episodes could be very summer-heavy,” Griffin solely told Distractify about filming Cruel Summer Season 2’s timelines. “And then, as we development, it will get more and more winter-heavy. We had been capturing the ones summer scenes during the coldest days of the yr. Not of the year however for our taking pictures, it is the coldest days of the shoot, as we were proper at the finish of wintertime, I believe, verging on Spring/Summer. And so it'd be like freezing chilly out, and I might be in shorts and a brief sleeve t-shirt and turn flops, freezing my buns off.”

Griffin added that the weather conditions changed into a lot more brutal in summer season. He recalled filming the holiday scenes within the “extremely sizzling” solar and adding further layers to make the realm glance extra like iciness.

“We're dressed in pants with a T-shirt and a sweater and a jacket over that and prefer some large socks and a few giant boots. And we are just dying of warmth,” stated Griffin.

The Private Practice alum also mentioned the summer season warmth, plus the lakeside places the place many scenes were filmed, resulted within the crew having some unexpected troubles.

“We were capturing around lakes and stuff so much,” Griffin instructed us. “And then forests and mosquitoes was a large downside [that] manufacturing had to put money into mosquito-sucking machines. ... They'd spread them out throughout just like the woodland and the place we have been operating to capture mosquitoes because there have been such a lot of of them.”

The 2nd season of the Freeform hit is about in 3 different timelines.

While Cruel Summer won’t involve any of the solid members from Season 1, the teenager drama can have some familiar elements that fanatics loved in the first season.

According to its synopsis, the display will follow 3 other timelines to inform the new story, similar to we noticed in the first season. As Jeannette and Kate shared their other perspectives on what took place in Season 1, the collection jumped from 1993 to 1994 and 1995.

Distractify can ascertain that Cruel Summer Season 2 will have a an identical premise but will center of attention at the overdue ‘90s. The season will jump between the Summer of 1999, the Winter and vacation season of 1999, and the Summer of 2000.

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