There’s no “I” in group, however there may be in “survival.”
Spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 3, Episode 9 under!
“Yellowjackets” followers had been surprised when candy frog scientist Hanna made the impulsive determination to homicide her fellow captive Kodiak (Kody) to avoid wasting herself after they had been caught by Shauna making an attempt to flee.
Ashley Sutton, who performs Hanna, completely advised The Submit that whereas the brutal knife-in-the-eye scene was “crazy,” she had enjoyable murdering Kody (Joel McHale). She additionally dished on why his character “had to go.”
“Oh my gosh, it was so much fun to film Joel’s demise,” she stated, revealing it was the final scene McHale filmed within the present.
In Episode 9, Hanna flips on Kody by telling the Yellowjackets crew that he was the one who gave her the knife to chop their ropes and escape (however actually, it was Natalie).
When Kody calls her a “c–t,” she turns round and jams the knife into his eyeball, which kills him instantly. In that second, Hanna turns into one of many Yellowjackets and continues to show she’ll do something to remain alive.
“I totally went for it,” Sutton advised The Submit of filming Kody’s dying scene, including {that a} stunt coordinator helped guarantee their security whereas making the homicide look actual.
The actress additionally revealed the prop knife didn’t have a blade and was “magnetized,” which helped her hit the bulls-eye.
Sutton shared why she believes her character turned on Kody with no second thought.
“Hanna wants to survive. Look, she has walked into this environment that is absolutely insane. We can all agree that what is happening in the wilderness is crazy this season. And she really just wants to get through. She wants to make it to the very end. She wants to go back home,” she advised The Submit.
Sutton stated it runs even deeper, mentioning that Hanna’s boyfriend, Edwin (Nelson Franklin), didn’t belief Kody both. Edwin was killed within the season’s Episode 7 in one of the ugly methods but with an axe by younger Lottie (Courtney Eaton).
“In the moment where she kind of turns on Kody, I don’t think it’s a thought-out decision. I think Edwin is playing in her head constantly. She’s dealing with the grief of losing him,” Sutton defined. “So, all of those times he was like, ‘I don’t know, we can’t trust Kody,’ you know, the backpack, all of these things are playing in her head over and over and again.”
The actress continued that Hanna was in “fight or flight,” coping with the grief of shedding Edwin and interested by her daughter at dwelling.
“I think at the end of the day, she really wants to trust Edwin in the relationship that they had and he really didn’t trust Kody for some reason. So, I think no matter what, that would have played in the back of her head constantly,” Sutton defined, including Hanna’s mindset was: “I need to survive. I need to make it.”
Whereas her character may not know if killing him was the correct determination, Sutton advised The Submit, “Kody, I think he unfortunately did have to go.”
“Yellowjackets” included a number of new faces this season, together with Emmy-winning actress Hilary Swank.
The present follows Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose and Melanie Lynskey, who all star because the grown-up variations of the teenager survivors of a 1996 airplane crash, which is loosely primarily based on a real-life occasion.
The hit survival collection made its debut in November 2021.
The “Yellowjackets” Season 3 finale will drop on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday, April 11.
