Yellowjackets cast say they bawled our eyes out when this original character died in Season 3
There’s no denying that Season 3 of “Yellowjackets” saw more deaths than ever — but which kill was the roughest on the cast?The stars of the Paramount+ show broke down the chilling murders in the latest season, revealing to The Post that the group “bawled our eyes out” when they had to say goodbye to this character and their real-life friend.Warning: spoilers for Season 3 below!The 10-episode thriller that jumps between the teen soccer team’s 1996 plane crash and the survivors in the present day claimed the lives of several characters — including many of the core “Yellowjackets.”While fans were fine seeing newcomers frog scientist Edwin (Nelson Franklin), who died by axe, and Kody (Joel McHale), whose demise was a knife in the eye by Hanna (Ashley Sutton), the killings of Coach Ben Scott (Steven Krueger), teen Mari (Alexa Barajas), adult Lottie (Simone Kessell), and adult Van (Lauren Ambrose) were harder to digest.Coach Ben died in a mercy killing at the hands of teen Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) after the “Yellowjackets” soccer team turned on their former mentor.The teens held him hostage and cut his Achilles tendon so he couldn’t escape.After repeatedly pleading with teen Natalie to kill him, she took his life, which resulted in her being dethroned as the leader of the group.
His corpse was beheaded, cooked, and eaten by the group.Adult Van’s murder was also hard to accept, as she was already dying from terminal cancer.
After discovering her former teammate, adult Melissa, was alive and well decades after their accident, Ambrose’s character, along with adult Misty (Christina Ricci) and adult Tai (Tawny Cypress), debated what to do with her — all while adult Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) was hunting her down following an unsuccessful attempt to take her life.Adult Van had the chance to kill adult Melissa, but the roles flipped when she had a change of heart.Adult Melissa then took the weapon and shoved it through adult Van’s chest, le...