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‘Yellowjackets’ Co-Creator Ashley Lyle Says “I Relate Deeply” To Deceased Character: “A Little Bit Of Me”
As 'Yellowjackets' fans mourn the Showtime series' latest shocking death, the loss is especially poignant for the woman behind the team.
Following the death of Adult Van( Lauren Ambrose) in last week’s Season 3 penultimate episode ‘How the Story Ends’, co-creator Ashley Lyle explained to Deadline that “there’s at least a little bit of me” in the character. Van meets her fate at the hands of her former teammate Melissa (Hilary Swank), following an emotionally fraught season for the character as she struggled to enjoy what life she had left with a terminal cancer diagnosis. “She couldn’t cheat death forever, and to our minds, a lot of her story was holding on to who she really is, and her arc this season was about questioning that and really kicking the tires on it for herself in a kind of profound, existential way.
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