'Yellowjackets' Stars on Hopes for an Adult Van and Her Romance With Taissa (Exclusive)
etonline.com, open up to ET about bringing LGBTQ representation to the screen, their hopes for the relationship moving forward and why they want to see an adult Van.“I am incredibly proud to represent the LGBTQ+ community.
I fall under the umbrella. My son is under the umbrella,” Cypress says. “And, you know, in my 25-year career, I’d say half the characters I’ve played were lesbians, which is a really cool thing that I get to do and bring to light onscreen.” “It’s been such a pleasure for me.
And playing that relationship out in the wilderness is something Jasmin and I care about really deeply and worked really hard on and love seeing people respond to it positively,” Hewson adds.
On Showtime’s hit series about teenage girls stranded in the Canadian Rockies and the older lives of those who were rescued, Cypress plays the adult version of Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown in 1996), who starts a relationship with Van (Hewson) not long after the two survive a horrific plane crash.
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