{"id":248861,"date":"2026-06-28T01:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/off-campus-creator-louisa-levy-teases-major-change-in-season-2-after-surprise-cast-exit\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T01:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:01:07","slug":"off-campus-creator-louisa-levy-teases-major-change-in-season-2-after-surprise-cast-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/off-campus-creator-louisa-levy-teases-major-change-in-season-2-after-surprise-cast-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Off Campus\u2019 Creator Louisa Levy Teases Major Change in Season 2 After Surprise Cast Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/off-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Off Campus<\/em><\/a> <strong>Louisa Levy<\/strong> creator revealed that season 2 is going to look a little different \u2014 and not just because of that cast exit.<\/p>\n<p>Levy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/off-campus-season-2-could-have-adjustments-after-book-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teased what fans can expect<\/a> during Prime Video\u2019s Obsessed Fest on Saturday, June 27, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s going to be less live songs. Because we don\u2019t have all of Hannah\u2019s songwriting journey to play into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levy acknowledged that Josh Heuston\u2019s departure also played a role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have Josh and After Hours this season so we don\u2019t have those bands,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut we still have a lot of music in other ways. We will still have some light music in the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levy concluded: \u201cI still think the heart of the show lives in those needle drops and those songs that underscore a moment \u2014 as well as the actual score.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/off-campus-author-addresses-surprise-books-changes-in-season-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Off-Campus<\/em> book series by <strong>Elle Kennedy<\/strong><\/a>, the show, follows an elite ice hockey team \u2014 and the women in their lives \u2014 as they \u201cgrapple with love, heartbreak, and self-discovery \u2014 forging deep friendships and enduring bonds while navigating the complexities that come with transitioning into adulthood,\u201d read the official synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>Season 1 is centered around the \u201csexy and fun \u2018opposites attract\u2019 romance between quiet songwriter, Hannah, and Briar University\u2019s all-star hockey athlete, Garrett.\u201d (The show introduces characters played by <strong>Ella Bright, Belmont Cameli, Mika Abdalla, Antonio Cipriano, Jalen Thomas Brooks<\/strong> and <strong>Stephen Kalyn<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/off-campus-author-addresses-the-show-changing-book-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the show was renewed,<\/a> Levy confirmed earlier this year that Justin wouldn\u2019t appear in season 2, telling TV Guide, \u201cNot next season, but I love Josh and I would not write him off if I can find a way to bring Justin back at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cWe never got a chance to meet Stella, who is the person he ends up with in the book. So maybe we\u2019ll find a way to fold him into a future season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levy noted that it wasn\u2019t always the plan for Justin to be absent. \u201cWe don\u2019t have him [available] next season, but never say never,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Heuston, 29, meanwhile, spoke exclusively to <em>Us Weekly<\/em> about a possible return, saying, \u201cThat\u2019s above my pay grade but I just hope Justin finds love and continues to be happy while writing music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor had hope that Justin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/off-campus-cast-defends-big-controversial-book-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would do \u201call right\u201d for himself.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustin is following his heart. He\u2019s a little lover boy at heart,\u201d he noted. \u201cI think things went the way that they went but I think he\u2019ll just continue to do that. He\u2019ll probably go write some nice music about how heartbroken he is and then come back and try to find his love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>At the time, Heuston saw Justin yearning \u201cover someone else\u201d after initially forming a connection with Hannah. The fictional couple didn\u2019t work out, however, due to Hannah\u2019s romance with Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just tried to give Justin as much as possible. A lot of the time if you fell into a stereotype of another cool guy that does music on campus, you wouldn\u2019t have that love or affinity for him,\u201d he told <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cMy main thing was just trying to make him as good as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Off Campus<\/em> is streaming on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/off-campus-creator-teases-season-2-change-after-surprise-cast-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off Campus Louisa Levy creator revealed that season 2 is going to look a little different \u2014 and not just because of that cast exit. Levy teased what fans can expect during Prime Video\u2019s Obsessed Fest on Saturday, June 27, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s going to be less live songs. Because we don\u2019t have all of Hannah\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}