Cruel Summer
monition : The following clause contains spoilers from Cruel Summer time of year 2 , episodes 1 and 2.Cruel Summeris back with time of year 2 , and this time , the entire cast consist of fresh player and characters . The Freeform anthology series depicts a raw mystery in its second season , and it ’s secernate in three different timelines — the summer of 1999 , winter of 1999 , and summer of 2000.Cruel Summerrevolves around two best ally — Megan and Isabella , who might be involved in the disappearance and murder of one of their secretive friends in the small town of Chatham .
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The premiere led viewer to believe that Isabella was the one who choke missing when , in reality , it was Luke , Megan ’s boyfriend , and Isabella ’s summer fling . As time of year 2 continues , the enigma surrounding Luke ’s death will continue to unravel , and all questions will soon be answered . But in the meantime , let ’s shine a spotlight on theCruel Summercast .
Sadie Stanley As Megan Landry
Sadie Stanley stars as one of the two supporter in theCruel Summercast , Megan Landry . In the summer of 1999 , Megan is a reserved stripling heading into her senior class with her tidy sum set on college . She dreams of going to the University of Washington ( and thanks to one of the flash - forwards in the winter of 1999 , viewers learn that Megan gets accepted ) to canvas computer skill and become a programmer in Silicon Valley one day . However , Megan ’s earth changes when her mother takes in an substitution student for the class .
Stanley is most known for playing Kim Possible in the 2019 Disney Channel Original Movie , Kim Possible , which was her first function . Since then , Stanley has starred inThe Sleepover , The Goldbergs , Dead to Me , Let Us In , andSomewhere in Queens . Now , she may or may not be play a manslayer inCruel Summerseason 2 .
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Lexi Underwood As Isabella LaRue
The aforementioned substitution student and the other protagonist in theCruel Summercast is Isabella LaRue , played by Lexi Underwood . Isabella hold out in New York City until she was six , and she has lived in many countries because her parents are diplomats . So for her final year of gamy school , Isabella decided that she wanted to descend down in a minuscule town , which is how she ended up quell with the Landrys . Isabella is a free spirit with a inscrutable past , and while she and Megan get off to a rocky starting time , by the winter of 1999 , they ’re best friends . However , in the summer of 2000 , Megan and Isabella are alienated after Luke ’s murder .
Before starring inCruel Summerseason 2 , Underwood guest - star in legion television show , includingPerson of Interest , Code Black , Raven ’s Home , The Good Doctor , Criminal Minds , andJust Beyond . She also appeared inHenry Danger , Walk the Prank , andFamily Reunion . However , Underwood is probably most recognized for starring as Pearl inLittle Fires Everywhereand Malia Obama inThe First Lady .
Griffin Gluck As Luke Chambers
Luke Chambers is at the centerfield ofCruel Summerseason 2 ’s closed book , and Griffin Gluck plays him . The season set about in the summer of 1999 , and fans are introduce to Luke as Megan ’s best friend ( and nothing more , as Megan claims ) . He ’s the Logos of a notorious man of affairs in townsfolk who has high prospect for his son to follow in his and his chum ’s footsteps . Of course , Luke is the typical " it ’s your dream , dad , not mine " lineament , so he ’s a bit of a rebel .
Viewers find out that , although Luke and Isabella share a kiss or two in the summertime of 1999 , by the winter , he ’s dating Megan . However , be a leak sex tape and an oracular New Year ’s Eve party , Luke goes missing , and the constabulary line up his murdered body in the urine in the summertime of 2000 .
Even though Gluck is only 22 years old , he has quite an telling filmography inclination . As for television system shows , he has come out inUnited States of Tara , Private Practice , Back in the Game , Red Band Society , American Vandal , Locke & Key , andThe Real Bros of Simi Valley . On the film side of things , Gluck starred inJust Go with It , Why Him?,Big Time Adolescence , Tall Girl , andTall Girl 2 .
KaDee Strickland As Debbie Landry
Debbie Landry , the woman responsible for Isabella ’s arrival in Chatham inCruel Summerseason 2 , is played by KaDee Strickland . Debbie is Megan and Lily ’s female parent , and she works with ( and is dating ) Luke ’s father , Steve Chambers . No matter what fourth dimension period the show is in , Debbie ’s positivity shines through , even though she gets pale in the wintertime of 1999 . It ’s ill-defined what her illness is , but it put everyone in the Landry house on edge .
Fans will likely recognise Strickland from her persona as Charlotte King inPrivate Practice , but she ’s starred in many other tv series and film . Strickland appeared inGirl , Interrupted , Something ’s Got ta Give , The Grudge , Fever Pitch , American Gangster , Secrets and Lies , Shut Eye , and more .
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Lisa Yamada As Parker Tanaka
Although fans did n’t see a good deal of her in the first two episodes of the Freeform series , Lisa Yamada is a part of the primary cast ofCruel Summer , and she play Parker Tanaka . Parker is Brent ’s girlfriend in the summer of 1999 , and as fans call up , Brent is Luke ’s sometime comrade . Parker and Brent break up sometime at the end of the summer for unknown reasons , but it might have something to do with Brent ’s trend to film sex without consent . Parker helps Isabella discontinue into the Chambers ' sign in the winter of 1999 to search for and destroy Brent ’s sexual urge tapes .
Hopefully , asCruel Summerseason 2 continues , viewers learn more about Parker and whether she is tied to Luke ’s murder . However , this is n’t the first time Yamada has worked with Underwood — the two starred alongside one another inLittle Fires Everywhere , where Yamada played Serena Wong . Outside the Hulu miniseries , Yamada has appeared inAll American , Never Have I Ever , Missing , All of Us Are bushed , Extant , Game Shakers , The phone of Magic , and more .
Sean Blakemore As Sheriff Myer
like to Parker , Sheriff Myer , play by Sean Blakemore , did n’t appear as much as the other master characters in the first two episodes ofCruel Summerseason 2 . But give that he ’s in commission of Luke ’s murder case , the audience will likely see a pot more of him as the time of year continues . In the summertime of 1999 , Luke is doing a high-pitched school program with the law , so he ’s working with Sheriff Myer , and the two appear to share a close chemical bond . Perhaps Sheriff Myer is a bit too snug to the case , but only time will tell how he handles it .
Before joining theCruel Summercast , Blakemore asterisk as Shawn Butler inGeneral Hospitalfor more than 10 twelvemonth . His soap opera house reference is his most know role , but his credits do n’t stop there . Blakemore guest - star in multiple boob tube series , includingCold Case , The Shield , ER , Lie to Me , NCIS , Hawaii Five-0,American Horror Story , and many others . The actor also appeared inThe Young and the Restless , Bones , years of Our Lives , Bosch , American Crime , and13 Reasons Why .
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Cruel Summer Supporting Cast & Characters
Nile Bullock as Jeff : Jeff , played by Nile Bullock , is a part of the main friend group inCruel Summerseason 2 . Not much is known about Jeff other than that he is glued to his TV camera and might make a grudge against Luke and Megan . As the time of year continues , fan will doubtless learn more about Jeff , including if he should be a suspect in Luke ’s execution . Before starring in the Freeform serial , Bullock look inChicago Med , Law & Order : Special Victims Unit , andPower Book III : Raising Kanan .
Braedan De La Garza as Brent Chambers : Brent is Luke ’s older chum and undoubtedly a mortal of interest in his murder . Brent is the distinctive college frat boy , who begins the summertime of 1999 by date Parker , but his arrogance and tendency to flirt with other girls might have something to do with their former dissolution . Braedan De La Garza previously star inRun Hide FightandThe Quest .
Paul Adelstein as Steve Chambers : Steve , played by Paul Adelstein , is Luke and Brent ’s Padre inCruel Summerseason 2 . He previously lost his married woman and the female parent of his child , so when he suffer Luke , too , Steve is a crash . Fans might tell apart Adelstein from his role as Agent Paul Kellerman inPrison Breakor as Cooper Freedman inPrivate Practice . Most latterly , the actor starred inThe Menu .
