Samantha Hanratty Teases ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2 Is ‘So Much Crazier’ Than Expected: ‘We’re Starting With Such a Bang’
13.09.2022 - 00:29
/ usmagazine.com
Kicking things up a notch. As the Yellowjackets cast films season 2, Samantha Hanratty dropped some hints about what fans can expect from the Showtime series.
“Oh, I’ll tell you this much, it is so much crazier than I thought it was going to get,” Hanratty, 26, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Television Humanitarian Awards, which was hosted by The Creative Coalition’s CEO Robin Bronk and President Tim Daly, on Sunday, September 11. “We’re starting with such a bang this season. I thought we left off on such a high note of like crazy and we’re starting off on just as high of a note and it’s beyond exciting.”
The actress, who is engaged to Christian DeAnda, also gushed about Elijah Wood joining the hit TV series for its sophomore season. “My fiancé probably almost like fully fainted when I told him. I literally FaceTimed him and was like, ‘You’ll never guess who’s a part of the show,'” the Arizona native, who plays young Misty, continued. “And it’s so exciting. We haven’t met yet but he was part of the table read and I’m not gonna lie, like, I was low-key just freaking the heck out.”
Yellowjackets follows a group of teenagers involved in a plane crash and the aftermath of their rescue decades later. The drama series, which received six nominations at the 2022 Emmy Awards, stars also stars Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Thatcher.
Ahead of the upcoming awards show, Hanratty recalled finding out that her fellow costars were nominated for their roles as older Shauna and Misty.
“It was 5 A.M. in Hawaii [when I found out]. My fiancé heard me scream and he’s like, ‘What is happening?’ and I’m shaking. I was on FaceTime with all of the