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Meet Ransom Canyon actor Garrett Wareing, who’s been linked to TSITP’s Lola Tung

STORYCherry Liu
Garrett Wareing promoting his new film The Long Walk. Fans think he and TSITP’s Lola Tung are dating. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram
Garrett Wareing promoting his new film The Long Walk. Fans think he and TSITP’s Lola Tung are dating. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram
Lola Tung

Wareing made his acting debut at the age of 13 in Boychoir alongside Dustin Hoffman; now he’s starring in a Stephen King film

As the hit TV series The Summer I Turned Pretty draws to a close, fans aren’t just obsessing over whether Lola Tung’s character Belly will choose Conrad (Christopher Briney) or Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) – they’re also curious about who her off-screen sweetheart might be.

Recently, eagle-eyed fans noticed multiple Polaroid snaps of a handsome man in an Instagram post that Tung posted in August, sparking speculation that she might be dating him. And just who is this mystery man? Well, turns out he’s not so mysterious – his name is Garrett Wareing, and he’s a fellow actor.

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Garrett Wareing is starring in the new film The Long Walk, adapted from a novel by Stephen King. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram
Garrett Wareing is starring in the new film The Long Walk, adapted from a novel by Stephen King. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram

The 24-year-old has been quietly building buzz, boasting over 160,000 Instagram followers at the time of writing and gearing up for his horror film The Long Walk, which just hit theatres on September 12.

Here’s everything to know about this Hollywood rising star.

What’s his background?

Garrett Wareing photographed by Los Angeles-based photographer Raul Romo in April. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram
Garrett Wareing photographed by Los Angeles-based photographer Raul Romo in April. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram

Wareing was born and raised in College Station, Texas. In 2013, he joined the International Modeling and Talent Association and moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He made his silver screen debut at the age of 13 as Stet in Boychoir (2014), which also stars Dustin Hoffman.

His family is also in showbiz: his sister Mackenzie played his on-screen half-sister Stephanie in the film, while his father Rooter played a priest. Rooter was also a stunt performer in Ghosted (2023) starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, and played Rattlesnake in Queenpins (2021).

He played a cowboy in Ransom Canyon

Garrett Wareing promoting season two of Ransom Canyon this June. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram
Garrett Wareing promoting season two of Ransom Canyon this June. Photo: @garrettwareing/Instagram
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