'Cruel Summer' Reveals New Cast and Mystery for Season 2
etonline.coma new mystery for season 2. The Freeform drama, which starred Olivia Holt and Chiara Aurelia in the first season, has revealed its cast for the next chapter in the newly billed anthology series.Sadie Stanley (), newcomer Eloise Payet and Griffin Gluck () will lead the ensemble in season 2, which will premiere later this year, the network announced Thursday.
Kadee Strickland (), Lisa Yamada (), Sean Blakemore () and Paul Adelstein () also star in the latest installment.The new season will be set in an «idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest,» according to the official synopsis, and follows «the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship.» Continuing with the series' signature storytelling featuring various viewpoints, season 2 will approach the mystery from three timelines set around the time of Y2K.
It will chronicle the early friendship between Megan (Stanley), Isabella (Payet) and Megan’s best friend, Luke (Gluck), the love triangle that blossomed and the mystery that would change their lives going forward.Stanley (pictured) will play Megan Landry, a computer coder and honor student from a blue-collar family.
Once Megan meets Isabella, she begins to live in the moment and embrace her true self. When events take a tragic turn, her long-held dreams are dashed and she is left wondering who she can trust.Payet plays the mysterious Isabella, the daughter of foreign diplomats, who is spending a year as an exchange student with the Landrys.
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