“Yellowjackets” star says to expect more death and new characters

If you thought episode 4 of Yellowjackets' third season was going to feature the biggest twist of the season, think again. Yes, Adult Lottie (Simone Kessell) is dead, but let's just say that the cast had to bring out their on-set tradition of throwing "death parties" for actors more than once this season.

"We had to throw a couple this season," Sophie Nélisse, who plays Teen Shauna, tells Entertainment Weekly. "Courtney [Eaton] and I hosted one for this very special person. We bought tombstones, we had this collage of pictures that we'd gathered from everyone on set that we were rolling on the TV. We had a little pamphlet with their face on it and just posters everywhere and we ordered a really crazy cake."

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Of course, Nélisse isn't going to reveal whose face was on those pamphlets, but she does admit that the death is likely going to hurt. "As we go, there's obviously more characters that have to leave us, and the ones that we care about the most are the ones that have to go," she says. "I've always said this to people that die. I'm like, 'It's actually a testament to how good of an actor you are because we won't kill you off if we don't care about you [because] the audience won't care either.' We kill the characters that we are so attached to."

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But death isn't the only thing to expect from the rest of season 3. Nélisse says "a lot of questions are answered," before teasing that some "new characters get introduced" in an upcoming episode. "That's all I can say," she says. "New characters are getting introduced this season so that's really fun and it just brought a whole other dynamic to the group as well. We have a lot of fun with them and it gets also very emotional at some point."

We'd expect nothing less.

Yellowjackets drops new episodes Fridays on Paramount+ With Showtime.

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