Yahoo Lifestyle The 'Yellowjackets' Cast Reflects on the 'Sad' Reality of Shooting Season 3 Without Juliette Lewis (Exclusive)
In a shocking twist, Juliette Lewis's Yellowjackets character, Natalie, was killed off at the end of the show's second season when Misty (Christina Ricci) accidentally injected her with a lethal dose of phenobarbital.
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“We were all sad and disappointed,” Christina Ricci exclusively tells Parade ahead of Season 3. “We spent so much time together last season. Overnights and in the green room being silly. Juliette after 11 o’clock — there’s nobody more fun than Juliette Lewis at 3 a.m., I tell you; the most entertaining, most fun. She’s like a fairy or a wood sprite. So yeah, I think we were all sad that she wasn’t going to be a part of everything.”
Co-star Lauren Ambrose, who plays Van, compliments Lewis’s final performances on the show. “It was so amazing to see her in those last scenes,” she says.
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Some of Lewis's co-stars wished they got to spend more time working with her on the show. “I only got one [scene]. I only got to be in one very sad scene,” says Sarah Desjardins, who plays Shauna's daughter, Callie, on the show. “She’s a one of a kind."
Despite having not filmed with her, Warren Kole (Jeff) praises the way Lewis lifted the atmosphere on set. “She brought such a beautiful energy to the show. You could feel her absence.”
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As for whether he thinks his character might meet his end on the series, Kole shares, “I think I’ve been ripe every time I pick up a script. Low hanging fruit." (Meantime, Desjardins has a worse fear than her character dying. "Just don’t send Callie off to college," she says.)
In terms of upcoming shocking moments this season, there are certainly more in store, but Ambrose has a lovely way of thinking about the secrets of the show. “We don’t hold the secrets from you," she says, "we hold them for you."
