'Being able to just completely, immediately pick back up where you left off, even though almost an entire year has passed - there's just something so comforting about that. Every summer, we would go back, and it would immediately click back together, like no time had passed,' he explains. 'I used to go to Florida every summer for a couple weeks to visit my cousin. 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Renewed For Season 2 Ahead of Premiere Iacono is a New York City kid (he and Tung actually went to high school together at Manhattan's LaGuardia High School, aka the 'Fame' high school), so he was more familiar with summer days spent on the beach in Rockaway and Breezy Point than he was with the beach towns that inspired 'The Summer I Turned Pretty.' But he does have experiences that are similar to Belly's. It feels so great to be a part of something, where it's just so much bigger than you.'

'I loved that experience so much,' Iacono says. The show filmed in the summer of 2021 at a beach in Wilmington, NC. pulls it off really well, just because he is so authentically himself and genuine with people.' 'He's written to almost be a little bit bumbly,' Iacono tells POPSUGAR. Iacono was excited to step into a light-hearted role. Iacono makes you root for Cam, who, in his own words, is a little 'goofy' and sometimes serves as the comic relief. Cam is a guy Belly knows from middle school, and he's definitely the underdog to win Belly's heart - but he makes a strong case for why she should give him a chance. There's Conrad (Nicholas Briney) - the classic misunderstood heartthrob whom Belly's had a crush on since before she could remember - and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalengo), one of Belly's best friends.

Belly loves everything at Cousins Beach, especially Susannah's two sons. The show - based on the series of novels by 'To All The Boys I Loved Before' author Jenny Han - focuses on Belly Conklin (Lola Tung), a teenage girl who spends every summer with her mom and brother at her mom's best friend Susannah's beach house. In 'The Summer I Turned Pretty,' David Iacono has a pretty tough job. This month, we're crushing on 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' star David Iacono. In our Q&A series 'POPSUGAR Crush,' we get to know some of our favorite celebs' more intimate details - from their first celebrity crush to the best love advice they've ever received.

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