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Yellowjacketshas found its adult Van!
Showtime announced on Thursday thatLauren Ambrosehas been cast as the adult version of Vanessa “Van” Palmer. The network also confirmed Ambrose, 44, will be a series regular.
Yellowjacketsflashes back and forth between a group of high school soccer players in their teens and as adults as they experience and then deal with the psychological aftermath of being stranded in the Ontario wilderness during a plane crash.Melanie Lynskey(Shauna),Christina Ricci(Misty),Juliette Lewis(Natalie) and Tawny Cypress (Taissa) are a part of the cast.
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The acclaimed drama’s first season sawLiv Hewsonportraying 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.
Hewson, 26, was also upped to series regular for season 2.
Lynskey, 44, previouslyshared her interest in seeing an adult Vanenter the equation — and 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.
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 sometime shortly after that.”
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Season 1 ofYellowjacketsisnow streamingon Showtime.
source: people.com
