Sean Kaufman has had an eventful last few years on the small screen, with a role on The Summer I Turned Pretty making him a familiar face for countless viewers with an Amazon Prime subscription. Now that the book-to-screen adaptation of the teen romance is over, he has moved on to a very different series in a very different genre: For All Mankind, recently returned to Apple TV+ for Season 5 in the 2026 TV schedule. The actor spoke with CinemaBlend about what he wanted to do differently after TSITP, and I truly get where he’s coming from after all the love triangle drama.
For All Mankind’s fifth season delivered another time jump that meant some roles needed to be recast, with the showrunners even sharing what they’ve struggled to come to terms with in leaving eras behind. The jump ahead to 2012 meant that young Alex needed to be replaced by an older Alex, with Kaufman coming on board as the son of Cynthy Wu’s Kelly Baldwin.
