‘Yellowjackets’ Star Simone Kessell Compares Playing Lottie to Wearing a ‘Cloak’: ‘It’s Taken Me a While to Wind Down’
19.05.2023 - 17:29
/ usmagazine.com
Having a work and life balance. Simone Kessell makes a continued effort to separate herself from her role as adult Lottie in Showtime’s Yellowjackets.
“I do definitely need a moment to de-stress. Absolutely,” the actress, 47, exclusively told Us Weekly at PaleyFest about prioritizing self-care when she isn’t on set. “I love eating really yummy food. I will have like a big bowl of pasta and a glass of wine.”
In addition to comfort food, Kessell has enjoyed decompressing through physical activity. “I will work out and I say my affirmations and I’m good to go,” she added. “And then I go again.”
The New Zealand native, who shares sons Jack and Beau with husband Gregor Jordan, said it has been important to take a step back when the subject matter got too dark in season 2.
“You need to clear it — as you’ll see as the season progresses. It’s a lot to wear. It’s a cloak and so it’s vital that we move in a way that clears that,” she continued. “Especially for me. I don’t want [to] God forbid get cancer playing a role because we go deep.”
Kessell concluded: “You really delve into the character and I was very much so attached to her that it’s taken me a while to wind down from playing Lottie — especially toward the end.”
Yellowjackets, which debuted in November 2021, follows a group of teenagers involved in a plane crash and the aftermath of their rescue decades later. The hit series also stars Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, Lauren Ambrose and Liv Hewson.
During a new episode of the series, which aired on Friday, May 19, adult Lottie encouraged her former friends to give into the darkness that influenced them in the