Christina Ricci admitted it’s been “difficult” to play her “Yellowjackets” character over time – however Season 3 made her pause.
The Emmy-nominated star talked to The Submit about grownup Misty’s transition within the newest season, which noticed her character come to the conclusion that she’s the butt of her buddies’ jokes and act out.
“I will say it’s been very difficult over the past two seasons to play her in all of her denial,” she stated on the finale occasion held in North Hollywood, California, on Thursday, April 10. “You know, it’s hard to reconcile someone who is intelligent and so capable, who’s also able to ignore being the butt of every joke and all the nasty things that were said.”
Ricci defined that “as an actor, you put yourself emotionally in the place of the character, and you react from an emotional place when it’s all going on. And so, to sort of live that denial when I could hear all of it was really tough.”
Regardless of admiring Misty’s breakthrough — for instance, standing as much as grownup Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) after discovering her daughter, Callie (Sarah Desjardins), killed grownup Lottie (Simone Kessell) by pushing her down the steps — Ricci confessed her character’s newfound confidence made her hesitant.
“At the same time, to establish that and then to break that in this season was very hard because… she’s such a specific character that I worried that bringing in that awareness and the results of that would make her less of the person that we knew before,” the “Wednesday” star informed The Submit, including, “I had to be very careful and try to really balance that.”
Ricci elaborated on her hesitation about grownup Misty’s new perspective, sharing she was involved it wouldn’t resonate with the viewers.
“I think that she’s someone who really doesn’t know who she is, and that can be difficult to play. Also, because when you vacillate with a character, sometimes it might seem to an audience like you’re breaking performance,” she stated.
“So again, it had to be something that I really measured and thought about and had to be careful with, and so it was very challenging,” the Hollywood vet concluded.
Season 3 noticed a number of new and core characters meet their tragic finish, with creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson axing off one beloved star after one other.
For Ricci, seeing her longtime co-stars being killed off was “really tough.”
Newcomer Hilary Swank was the wrongdoer of one of the brutal and hard-to-accept murders this season when she stabbed grownup Van (Lauren Ambrose) within the chest after the latter spared her life.
Swank performed grownup Melissa, one of many “Yellowjackets” teammates caught within the woods who they believed died way back. When grownup Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) uncovers she’s nonetheless alive, it’s pure chaos, ending in a fractured friendship with the mainstay characters, and even worse — Van lifeless and her lover, grownup Tai (Tawny Cypress), doubtless in search of vengeance.
Whereas Season 4 has not been introduced on the time of publication, Swank informed The Submit if she’d be prepared to return and reprise her function as grownup Melissa.
She additionally shared the “challenges” she confronted enjoying the TV character regardless of being a two-time Oscar winner.
Your entire season of “Yellowjackets” is offered to stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.
