'Cruel Summer' : See Olivia Holt and Chiara Aurelia in Sneak Peek of Jessica Biel-Produced Thriller

Cruel Summerteases an early, lighthearted interaction between the show’s two leading ladies — that is, before things go awry.

In PEOPLE’s exclusive clip of theJessica Biel-produced series, Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia) musters up the courage to speak to popular student Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt) while shopping at the local mall.

“I like your purse,” Jeanette says, to which Kate simply smiles and replies, “Thanks!”

As Kate proceeds to go back to browsing at the kiosk, Jeanette attempts to continue conversing with her schoolmate. “It’s my birthday,” Jeanette notes, as Kate looks up to reply, “Happy birthday.”

Kate briefly returns to acknowledge Jeanette, saying, “Have a good birthday!”

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The early-90s set psychological thriller also starsHarley Quinn Smith, Nathaniel Ashton, Allius Barnes, Michael Landes,Blake Leeand Brooklyn Sudano.

Anofficial trailer for the upcoming seriesdropped late last month, featuring several moments showing how drastically Jeanette and Kate’s lives changed between 1993 to 1995.

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“We all want what we can’t have, even if we have to change ourselves to get it,” Jeanette says in the trailer’s voice over. “But, there are some moments in life that change us forever.”

When Freeformunveiled its first lookatCruel Summerduring February’s TCA event, Biel opened up about her excitement for the series.

“This is a project that I would have wanted to do if I was their age,” the7th Heavenalum, 39, said at the time, per Deadline. “I would have loved to play one of these characters. … To be able to create something for young women is really exciting.”

Biel continued, “To sit in a space with the younger generation and really give them this platform to really talk about some intense, hard things that these young people are going through is really exciting for me. And it’s something we want to do for all people, but especially for women and for girls.”

Cruel Summerwill air its first two episodes in a two-hour premiere event on April 20 at 9 p.m ET on Freeform.

source: people.com