Yellowjackets Season 2 Interview: Van's Original Death, Adding New Characters & More

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It is not easy to deliver big with a sophomore season when you’ve set the bar so astronomically high for yourselves with your debut. That’s the exact position Yellowjackets showrunners Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, and Jonathan Lisco put themselves in. But, it seems as though they found the ideal blend of having a strong roadmap but being willing to adapt when unexpected opportunities arise because Yellowjackets Season 2 soars in some mighty satisfying ways, but also in ways I never saw coming.
In Season 2, the 1996 timeline kicks off about two months after Jackie’s (Ella Purnell) death. It’s winter, there’s little to no food left, and the Yellowjackets are starting to succumb to darker impulses. Meanwhile, in the present-day timeline, everyone’s scattered. Natalie’s (Juliette Lewis) just been kidnapped, Misty’s (Christina Ricci) busy looking for her, Taissa’s (Tawny Cypress) struggling to deal with more frequent visits from “the other,” and Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) is trying to keep the cops from finding out she killed Adam (Peter Gadiot). On top of all of that, Lottie (Simone Kessell) is back in the picture.
How’s that for a massive list of storylines to service? There’s no denying it’s a lot, but Lyle, Nickerson, Lisco, and their writing team make it work exceptionally well, building on themes and ideas established in Season 1 while finding new corners to explore in the second season.
With Yellowjackets Season 2, Episode 1 now available to stream on Showtime and set to air on Sunday, March 26th, I got the chance to sit down with the trio for an extended interview -- half for non-spoiler conversation and then the other half to dig into Season 2 spoilers. Of course, this right here is the non-spoiler portion covering what inspired them to pivot and make Liv Hewson’s Van a bigger part of the series, why they had to assuage Warren Kole’s concerns about Jeff’s role in Shauna's storyline, and how they incorporated a couple of new Yellowjackets even though, technically, they should have been there all along.
You can hear about that and loads more in this video interview!
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@Noone-qx6ij Жыл бұрын

So glad they didn´ write Van off, she is my fav. Liv is doing such a great job.

@carolineneisha Жыл бұрын

And now Lauren too! Dreading where we see her character go now, but looking forward to it!

@josephoswald2292 14 күн бұрын

She was good in Santa Clarita diet before this. ❤ her accent too

@lordfarquaad8267 Жыл бұрын

Glad they addressed the new girls. It wasn’t totally unbelievable.

@tophers3756 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was .

@cWjkL8ysxOkrH66 Жыл бұрын

@Wearing Yellow to a Funeral they could at least have kept the girls during shooting tho? in the background if anything. s01 basically showed only the main characters and now all of a sudden we have characters that we didn't even see before.

@cynthiafarmer1803 Жыл бұрын

@@cWjkL8ysxOkrH66 They are red shirts

@carolineneisha Жыл бұрын

@@cWjkL8ysxOkrH66 it threw me initially, but what they’re is saying is true as well - you can’t cast the right actors until you can fully write the characters. So it’s odd and I have a friend who’s convinced Crystal is a hallucination, but I went with it ultimately

@Meanie74 Ай бұрын

Great another one

@bowi1332 Жыл бұрын

I didn't mind the new teammates. I think suspension of disbelief always requires some effort from the audience. Being able to accept such conventions or "magic tricks" is a sign of creativity and playfulness.

@xxplasticxx4893 Жыл бұрын

don’t understand the criticism for the “new girls” first of all only one actress was re-casted, they were always there they just didn’t get any screentime cuz they were establishing tai, nat, travis, coach ben, shauna, misty, van, and jackies character arc

@danielaardila5081 Жыл бұрын

For me it's funny, it's like a "remember her? she was always here :) "

@alienmoosestudios Жыл бұрын

This was such a fun and interesting interview!!! Can't wait to see the new season!!! YAY!!! 🎉❤🥰🦝🦝🦝

@Cheesycat948 Жыл бұрын

I am spending Thursday trying to concentrate on something besides tomorrow’s episode. So exited!

@doublefeature Жыл бұрын

just saw Liv Hewson on the newest episode of Party Down. they were incredible in it.

@sabrinaf506 Жыл бұрын

Liv is actually non-binary and uses they/them pronouns ☺️

@doublefeature Жыл бұрын

@@sabrinaf506 i totally knew this and still my dumb ass used the wrong pronouns. thank you, i edited it.

@MaryJane-zw5pv Жыл бұрын

oh Jesus Christ

@sabrinaf506 Жыл бұрын

@@MaryJane-zw5pv what lol?

@debbieebbiebobebbie Жыл бұрын

@@MaryJane-zw5pv yes church is for ped0s and bigots

@DesertMermaid Жыл бұрын

BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ 🐝

@cheri7054 Жыл бұрын

I actually think many people were confused with the new characters in the wilderness for season 2

@salmonsdontdie4952 Жыл бұрын

Nah man, they tried to pull a fast one on us with the other yellowjackets.

@kimberlyel82 Жыл бұрын

I love Jeff’s character

@Superchick2 Жыл бұрын

Bart Nickerson surely said "like" a lot. Like, that kinda makes me, like, crazy.

@catbojangles5391 Жыл бұрын

I like, totally, like know what you mean

@eyebyte Жыл бұрын

hey yall, Jane widdop is also nonbinary using they/them pronouns

@josephoswald2292 14 күн бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@tophers3756 Жыл бұрын

I didn't like new girls suddenly appearing out of nowhere.

@maximilian2974 Жыл бұрын

They didn't just appear. In the first season, there were half a dozen or so other characters that didn't have dialog just yet. It's literally 10 episodes in a 1 hour format.

@tophers3756 Жыл бұрын

@@maximilian2974 look again at the picture at the reunion. The creators even mentioned in the interview that they weren't there in season 1.

@shilohivy4590 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t either

@seriouslycurious3650 Жыл бұрын

Quit with the ‘like’ . For a writer, he’s terrible at expressing himself coherently.

@hauntedmushroom Жыл бұрын

Oh shut up lmao

@shan5963 Жыл бұрын

The new girls was still jarring. They could have shown them in the background more in episode one. Very small parts, but the way they dumped them in on us, it just doesn't work for me, personally. It's quite jarring and EVERYONE I KNOW has said "WHO THE F IS THIS?" when they're onscreen. Major mistake if you ask me. It's just not believable at all and totally pulls you out of the reclusive setting that made season 1 so great. I mean, we're supposed to believe Crystal silently sings through season 1? Really? Lazy writing for me, and just an excuse to use these girls as cannon fodder. Sorry, not a fan at all of the new additions. Sad, when it's such a great show.

@maximilian2974 Жыл бұрын

Omg it's a tv show! Calm down. If you watched the first season closely, there were about 7 or 8 other survivors. It's an hour show they can't introduce every single character. Go offer your writing services if you are so good.

@serenadingslasher Жыл бұрын

it was ridiculous I was like did another plane crash here or somethin?

@firstnamelastname5331 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was hilarious how they just started talking as if they've been present in every scene and we didn't notice

@JoeysMagGoth Жыл бұрын

Exactly 💯

@janacabenson8503 Жыл бұрын

There was a whole plane full of girls. Of course there are more girls to introduce.