‘Yellowjackets’ Star Liv Hewson Talks “Beautiful Meta” Moment With Lauren Ambrose & Potentially “Fascinating” Lesbian Drama Ahead

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SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Yellowjackets, Season 3 episode ‘How the Story Ends’ Another one bites the dust this weekend on Yellowjackets, and it’s a particularly devastating loss for longtime fans.

Ahead of the Season 3 penultimate episode ‘How the Story Ends’, Deadline caught up with Liv Hewson about bidding farewell to the adult version of their character Van and the “beautiful meta” moment they shared with counterpart Lauren Ambrose while filming the character’s death scene. “Lauren actually brought me into the room, into the kitchen, while they were filming Melissa [played by Hilary Swank] killing Van,” recalled Hewson. “So, I’m physically off camera, behind the kitchen island, in the room with them.

And that was a very profound experience, actually. It was very emotional. And episode nine was full of experiences like that, honestly.

It was like layers upon layers of this sort of meta narrative experience as an actor and then as half of this character.” In addition to being on set for the tragic scene, Hewson got to share the screen with Ambrose as the adult and teen versions of their character met in some foreboding dream sequences leading up to her death. RELATED: ‘Yellowjackets’ Star Reveals Death Scene Was “Initial Plan” & Recalls Laying “Naked On A Table” In Final Episode: “I Knew From The Beginning” “I consider myself very lucky to have been able to have that experience, because Lauren’s such an amazing actor and this character is so special to me,” said Hewson. “It was significant to get to get to work with Lauren and to get to have a moment of this character sitting with herself in the final moments of her life.” Meanwhile, Van’s death at the hands of Swank’s Melissa leaves an