Warning: This article contains spoilers for *The Summer I Turned Pretty* Season Three.
Gavin Casalegno is opening up about his mysterious Parisian detour—and the lengths the show went to keep fans guessing.
When videos surfaced on social media in October 2024 showing Gavin seemingly filming scenes for *The Summer I Turned Pretty* in Paris alongside Lola Tung, fans erupted with speculation about what might unfold in the third and final season. But Prime Video viewers were left reeling when the August 27 episode dropped a bombshell: Belly and Jeremiah had officially called off their wedding before she even boarded the plane to Paris. Ultimately, Jeremiah never set foot in the City of Light—instead, Christopher Briney’s Conrad swooped in to find her, leaving fans to wonder: What was Gavin really doing there?
As it turns out, the entire Paris shoot was a masterful red herring. “They just told me to get on a plane and show up,” Gavin revealed to *The Hollywood Reporter* in a September 18 interview. “They handed me sides that were blank, and then I just went out there and ran.”
Despite his scenes not making the final cut, Gavin has zero regrets about his Parisian adventure. “It was super fun. A free trip to Paris? Can’t complain,” he laughed. “I had some incredible coffee, met a ton of the French crew—and the French? Amazing.”
Showrunner and author Jenny Han also weighed in on the deliberate deception, admitting the goal was to “throw off the fans.” “I felt that if Gavin never showed up in Paris, it would be painfully obvious how things would end,” she told *People* in the same September 18 interview. “We were lucky he could come and pull it off for us.”
In the end, it wasn’t Jeremiah who wound up in Paris with Belly—it was Conrad, the brother who ultimately won her heart. And while the series may have concluded, Amazon MGM Studios quickly announced plans for a movie to transport fans back to Cousins Beach one last time. Though plot details remain tightly under wraps, Jenny teased that Belly’s journey will include “one more major milestone” brought vividly to life onscreen. “We’ll continue along with that journey,” she shared on *Today* September 18, leaving fans eager for what’s next.
