16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Cast Of "The Summer I Turned Pretty"

“I found this a really fun opportunity to [play] a character that could so easily fall into many conventions because Skye on paper could be a total stereotypical nerd, and there’s also the fact that they’re nonbinary, and I think it would be really easy for that to become tokenization,” they said. 

“For me, Skye being nonbinary felt important because I think trans people in general, but specifically people who don’t fit into ‘male’ or ‘female,’ can be portrayed as very ‘other than’ and don’t always have those happy endings or any sort of connection to others,” they added. “It felt important to tell a story that didn’t feel forced and, I think, feels very true to how life works out.”

They said they also put together a mood board and a playlist for Skye, too.