How Showtime’s ‘Yellowjackets’ Will Divide the Cast Between Lead and Supporting Emmy Nominees (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comClayton Davis Showtime has finalized its plans on how to submit the cast of breakout hit “Yellowjackets” for Emmy consideration — and it comes down to which generation the star is in.
Variety has learned exclusively that Showtime plans to submit Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis and Melanie Lynskey in the lead drama actress field.
Cypress, Ricci, Lewis and Lynskey portray the adult versions of the girls in the show.Meanwhile, the actresses that play the teenage versions of their characters — Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher and Samantha Hanratty — will be submitted for supporting actress drama.The horror drama flashes back and forth between two periods: One, the aftermath of a plane crash, as the members of a high school girls’ soccer team have to fend for themselves; the other, in their adult lives, as they deal with the trauma of that experience.
One of the daunting questions has been the campaign strategy for the sprawling ensemble of actresses, many of which have equal narrative agencies to the tale. “Yellowjackets” is a good example of a show with multiple storylines, and in this case, timeframes.Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions HubThe thriller has already picked up some early notices on the awards circuit.
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