![]() It's - they're all interesting people who contain multitudes. It's not like the brainy one, the slutty one. Also, when I was reading the pilot, I just thought, oh, these all feel like fully developed people. But I do think it's - I love the storytelling, and I love how complex it is in the show. My female friends are the most important people in my world. I myself - I'm still friends with pretty much everyone I was friends with as a teenager, so I don't really relate personally. I mean, it's always more fun to play because there's just so much there when there's drama and there is hurt feelings and upset. LYNSKEY: Yeah, I guess I - it's so funny. Was that something that appealed to you or a theme you like to explore because you have a lot of, like, flawed, like, toxic relationships in your work? Yeah, it's been a very surprising time.īALDONADO: The show is about, among other things, friendships between teenage girls, particularly friendships that are pretty toxic. This is amazing.īALDONADO: And congrats on the Emmy nomination and all of the much-deserved acclaim. LYNSKEY: Thank you so much for having me. You don't know a thing about my life.īALDONADO: Melanie Lynskey, welcome to FRESH AIR. LYNSKEY: (As Shauna) I don't give a what you meant, you smug, little bitch. Is this really how you thought your life was going to turn out? Sorry. You were an elite athlete - straight A's, early admission to Brown. SHARMA: (As Jessica) Shauna, this is the kind of money that could change your life. I moved on, and I genuinely hope that they were able to do the same. I would not know how to get hold of them even if I wanted to. LYNSKEY: (As Shauna) I haven't spoken to any of them in years. ![]() SHARMA: (As Jessica) So you are still in touch? LYNSKEY: (As Shauna) Then, I would say that you're lying. SHARMA: (As Jessica) What if I told you the others were? LYNSKEY: (As Shauna) Mmm, not interested. We could write it together, but it's your name on the cover. I can guarantee you a seven-figure book advance right here, right now. I can't imagine what you guys went through out there. ![]() REKHA SHARMA: (As Jessica Roberts) And I think we both know there's a bit more to it than that. But the truth is the plane crashed, a bunch of my friends died, and the rest of us starved and scavenged and prayed for 19 months till they finally found us. MELANIE LYNSKEY: (As Shauna) I know what you want to hear. She's at home when a woman claiming to be a reporter approaches her wanting to tell her story. Here's a scene from the first episode of "Yellowjackets." It's the present day, and Melanie Lynskey's character is married with a teenager and living in the same New Jersey town where she grew up. The show goes back and forth showing the teenagers before and after the crash as well as in 2021 when the few remaining survivors try to carry on with their lives while still living with the memories of the crash and the aftermath. Viewers slowly learn all the terrible things that the survivors had to do to stay alive. She was a member of a high school soccer team on their way to the national championships when the plane crashes and the survivors have to spend over a year in the Canadian wilderness. America." In "Yellowjackets," she plays Shauna, one of the survivors of a 1996 plane crash. Our guest, Melanie Lynskey, is nominated for an Emmy for best actress in a drama series for her performance in the Showtime series "Yellowjackets." She spoke with FRESH AIR's Ann Marie Baldonado about the show and her career.ĪNN MARIE BALDONADO, BYLINE: Melanie Lynskey fans are happy she's finally getting the recognition she deserves for her leading role in the critically acclaimed and cult-fan favorite "Yellowjackets." After her first movie, "Heavenly Creatures," in 1994, she starred in so many film and TV shows including "Up In The Air," "Sweet Home Alabama," "I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore," "Don't Look Up," "Togetherness" and "Mrs. She dumped me for another guy.This is FRESH AIR.
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