For Yellowjackets‘ Warren Kole, working with an intimacy coordinator alongside TV wife Melanie Lynskey has been a “welcome surprise.”
25.03.2023 - 17:53 / usmagazine.com
Like looking in a mirror! Yellowjackets follows a group of survivors — in the past and present — after a plane crash leaves them stranded in the Canadian wilderness.
The critically-acclaimed Showtime series, which debuted in November 2021, goes back and forth between the teenage girls who have to figure out a way to survive in 1996 and the aftermath of their return two decades later in 2021.
Actors including Sophie Nélisse and Melanie Lynskey, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Tawny Cypress, Sammi Hanratty and Christina Ricci and Sophie Thatcher and Juliette Lewis were paired off to deliver their respective takes on their shared character.
At the time, Ricci broke down her approach to playing the adult version of Misty, telling Interview Magazine in November 2021, “It made me angrier. I know we talked about how we were going to play Misty differently — I would use a lot of passive aggression, and you would channel the rage that comes from 40 years of being dismissed.”
Hanratty, for her part, praised the collaboration between her and the Wednesday star. “I’m just lucky that I got to work with you. You have the empathy and compassion needed to play a character like this — you’re not judging her,” she said to her costar in the joint interview.
Ricci later discussed how she found a way to be creative after taking on the role of Misty.
“It’s really different with television because it’s not the same as with film where basically a character’s written, and then the character’s kind of handed over to you as the actor. You kind of get to create whoever you really want within the parameters of the writing,” the Addams Family star exclusively told Us Weekly in October 2022. “What I’m looking at is — is the character something I haven’t seen before?
For Yellowjackets‘ Warren Kole, working with an intimacy coordinator alongside TV wife Melanie Lynskey has been a “welcome surprise.”
Stephen King reminds us, “No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change.
is bringing colorful suiting to the red carpet once again. Following up on the she wore to the premiere in March, the actor wore a bubblegum pink suit to PaleyFest LA on April 3, and I am loving this new era for her.Lynskey's double-breasted blazer and wide-legged trousers made for a classic silhouette, while the suit's Barbiecore hue kept the look fun and flirty. Instead of a lacy bustier, Lynskey went with a simple black camisole this time, and swapped the side-pony hair for a low-key side-part.
Melanie Lynskey is sharing her relationship deal breaker — and how she knew husband Jason Ritter was the one for her. The couple met in 2013, became engaged in 2017 and wed in 2020. Lynskey and Ritter recently made headlines following a tearful joint interview, reflecting on the «messy» start of their relationship and how Ritter worked to overcome his alcoholism in those years. Speaking with ET's Deidre Behar at the ' Paleyfest panel on Monday, Lynskey opened up about building an unbreakable bond with her now-husband. «There was something about his willingness to have a conversation, always,» she shared on the red carpet. «Even in our darkest and most difficult moments, which there were a few, he would always talk about it.
Once upon a time, the movie Ever After: A Cinderella Story hit theaters in 1998 — and the film’s star-studded cast has been up to a lot since their time in fairy tale France.
Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter have found their Ever After.
Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter are #CoupleGoals in Hollywood. The pair, who met in 2013 and have been together ever since, have made no secret of their love for each other over the years.Lynskey and Ritter, who have co-starred in multiple projects together, got engaged in 2017, welcomed their daughter the next year and tied the knot two years after that.All the while, Lynskey and Ritter have been each other's biggest supporters, proudly gushing over their better half on social media and in interviews.«I feel so fortunate. I don't have anything to complain about, you know?» Lynskey told ET in March 2023.
Jason Ritter and wife Melanie Lynskey have such a powerful love story.
Yellowjackets producers are once again making their Emmys submissions for Season 2!
are, hands down no question, the best celebrity couple, Ritter goes ahead and shares the most touching story about how their relationship began. It was on , of course, because like nobody else in the biz. In the viral clip, Barrymore asks Ritter when he knew that Lynskey was the one for him. “It’s not as cute of a story as you would like to think,” Ritter says, then proceeds to tell the cutest story I've ever heard in my life.
Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter are total couple goals now, but the actor spouses admit that their love story had a few bumps in the road.During an appearance on, the couple got candid about how Ritter's struggles with alcohol impacted their relationship.Noting that they first got to know each other on the set of 2013's, Lynskey, 45, shared that they were both filming the movie at a tough time in their personal lives.«We were both going through very difficult times in our lives. We were both going through breakups,» Lynskey shared. «It was a very tumultuous time.»Ritter, 43, added that though he knew Lynskey was «incredible» early on, he didn't feel worthy of her due to his issues with alcohol.«It's not as cute of a story as you would like to think.
Looking back. Jason Ritter opened up about his struggle with alcoholism and how it affected his relationship with Melanie Lynskey in the early stages of their romance.
famously starring Drew Barrymore, the talk show host reunited with her co-stars from the film on Tuesday's episode of — and it truly was a sight to behold. Sporting their signature looks from the movie, Barrymore and her movie stepsisters, Melanie Lynskey and Megan Dodds, appeared in costume and reminisced about filming the beloved project. «It’s not even a show. We’re just here in a time machine and we’re back 25 years ago because it’s the 25th anniversary of ,» Barrymore said.
Angelina Jolie is having a long afternoon with billionaire heir David Mayer de Rothschild.
Yellowjackets kicks off its second season this month.Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the mystery thriller series follows a girls’ football team in 1996 who, while travelling to a tournament in Seattle, crash-land in the Canadian wilderness and are left stranded for nineteen months. Between their attempts to survive, the show also jumps to their adult lives in the present day.The show’s first season received seven nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards last year, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci.Other members of the cast include Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nelisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Sammi Hanratty and Juliette Lewis.The exact number of episodes hasn’t been officially confirmed.
Melanie Lynskey would really like to stop being asked about being body shamed on the set of Yellowjackets.
know a thing or two about survival onscreen — and off. In the breakout Showtime series, Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell each play the adult versions of members of the Wiskayok High School girls soccer team, who survived a horrific plane crash that left them stranded in the Ontario wilderness. ET's Deidre Behar spoke with each of the actresses -- who have all successfully navigated their careers -- and asked them about their secrets to surviving and thriving in Hollywood. «When I first started, and still as adults, this career has always been an escape for me,» Ricci told ET.
Melanie Lynskey says she feels very «fortunate» for the best things in her life, including her career, her sweet husband, Jason Ritter, and their adorable daughter.The celebrated actress walked the carpet at the season 2 premiere of , held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday, and she spoke with ET's Deidre Behar about Ritter, and his casting in the second season of her popular showtime series.«I don't think I can tell you anything,» Lynskey admitted, when it came to details about who Ritter would be playing in the hit psychological horror drama, and added that she didn't have anything to do with his casting — which was entirely the idea of creator Ashley Lyle.«Ashley, in fact, came to him and said, 'Would you want to do this particular thing?' And he was really excited,» said Lynskey, who also added that she and Ritter «have no scenes [together]. We didn't work together.»Ultimately, Lynskey said it was «kind of helpful to not work together because, you know, one of us has to be with our child.»Lynskey and Ritter — who began dating in 2013 — got engaged in 2017 and welcomed their baby girl in December 2018.
Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, and Tawny Cypress look amazing at the premiere of their Showtime series, Yellowjackets!
know a thing or two about survival onscreen — and off. In the breakout Showtime series, Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell each play the adult versions of members of the Wiskayok High School girls soccer team, who survived a horrific plane crash that left them stranded in the Ontario wilderness. ET's Deidre Behar spoke with each of the actresses -- who have all successfully navigated their careers -- and asked them about their secrets to surviving and thriving in Hollywood. «When I first started, and still as adults, this career has always been an escape for me,» Ricci told ET.