Melanie Lynskey loves her husband, Jason Ritter — but she doesn’t love that her Yellowjackets costars are just as infatuated.“It was great.
But I came back to work and everybody was like, ‘Your husband’s the nicest person in the world. He’s our favorite,'” Lynskey, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly of Ritter’s upcoming cameo on the Showtime series. “And I think previously I felt like I was some people’s favorite.”She teased that “it was a little bit of a heartbreak,” adding, “Everyone was like, ‘We still love you.’ And I was like, ‘I know he’s nicer.
He’s nicer than me. He’s easier to be around. He never complains.’ So he became the new favorite. It was hard for me to give up the title, but I was also happy.”The Togetherness alum and Ritter, 43, met while filming The Big Ask in 2013 and went on to work alongside each other in several other projects, including 2014’s We’ll Never Have Paris and 2016’s The Intervention.
Ritter would also appear in Lynskey’s Candy and The Last of Us before being set to guest star in season 2 of Showtime’s Yellowjackets.“We’ve worked together a few times and it’s always been really fun, but I mean, I’ll do anything with him.
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