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Yellowjacketshas announced their casting for adult Lottie Matthews!
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Yellowjacketsflashes back and forth between a group of high school soccer players in their teens who are stranded in the Ontario wilderness after a plane crash — then years later to how they deal with the psychological aftermath as adults. Kessell will joinMelanie Lynskey,Christina Ricci,Juliette Lewisand Tawny Cypress in portraying one of the older, present-day characters.
Throughout the freshman season of the show, young Lottie experienced visions and bonded with highly religious friend Laura Lee (Jane Widdop) in the hope of finding God.
At the end of the season, adult Natalie (Lewis) received a voicemail from Suzie (Colleen Wheeler), that her bank account had been emptied out and that someone seems to be stalking her.
Suzie said at the end of the message: “Who the f— is Lottie Matthews?”
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The acclaimed drama’s first season sawLiv Hewson(who will also be a series regular in season 2) portraying the teenage version of Van, but the character’s future fate had remained uncertain. The finale did hint that there may be other team members who survived into adulthood, though.
Lynskey, 44, previouslyshared her interest in seeing an adult Vanand learning what happened to her.
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At that same event, Cypress — whose character, Taissa, formed a romantic bond with teenage Van in the wilderness — toldEntertainment Tonightshe wanted Taissa and Van to reunite as adults.
“Taissa’s marriage seems to be in shambles,” she said, referencing Taissa’s present-day dynamic with estranged wife Simone (Rukiya Bernard). “It’d be really fun to see an adult Taissa meeting up with an adult Van and where that goes and what that history is all about.”
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After much buzz and acclaim,Yellowjacketsreceived an early second season renewal in December. But showrunners recently revealed the hit drama likely won’t return until sometime next year.
“We’re looking into the first quarter of 2023,” co-creator and showrunner Ashley Lyle toldThe Wrap. “We are on a very similar production track in terms of time as we were last season, although of course, we have to shoot an additional episode because we had already shot the pilot the last time. I believe that we are going to finish shooting in about February and we’ll be airing some time shortly after that.”
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Season 1 ofYellowjacketsis now streaming on Showtime.
source: people.com
