Emily Alyn Lind on Tackling Dark Themes in YA Adaptation ‘We Were Liars’ and Making Teens Feel Something

It’s not every show that a benchmark of success is how many people have cried. But when it comes to teenagers, as Emily Alyn Lind has seen from the many TikToks her sister has sent her of reactions to her new show “We Were Liars,” making them feel something is an accomplishment.                            “It’s such an interesting phenomenon because you’re like, ‘Why do I feel like this is successful that I’ve made these kids cry?’” Lind says. “Just evoking any sort of emotion, especially from teenagers, means a lot to me.” The series, which is an adaptation of the hit 2014 YA novel by E. Lockhart, follows Cadence Sinclair, who spends every summer with her wealthy, well-connected family on their compound off Martha’s Vineyard. Cadence experienced a brain injury the previous summer that has left her with memory loss, and no one around her will explain what exactly happened. The series flashes between the two summers, as Cadence tries to solve the mystery of her amnesia and what has happened with her family’s various characters. Emily Alyn Lind Sela Shiloni/WWD Lind, who is best known for the “Gossip Girl” reboot as well as the “Babysitter” Netflix films, was initially hesitant about another teenage project. “I was filming

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