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The Next Best Series Podcast - Interview With "Yellowjackets" Emmy Nominee, Melanie Lynskey

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

"Yellowjackets" generated a ton of buzz with its first season on Showtime, nabbing Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, Director, Writing, and for its actors. One of those actors is an actress who has worked her way towards her first Emmy Nomination after nearly thirty years in the industry: Melanie Lynskey. Delivering some of the finest work of her career, Lynskey was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking about her work on the show, what it was like working with the cast, what this recognition from the Television Academy means to her, and more. Please take a listen down below and enjoy! Thank you.  Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are listening to The Next Best Series podcast, and this is Emma Sassick's interview with Emmy Award nominated actress Melanie Linsky for Yellow Jackets.

0:09.2

I'll never forget the day I heard a plane had gone missing.

0:15.4

What do you think really happened out there?

0:24.6

All I know is that what happened was a tragedy. Those girls were special.

0:27.6

They were champions.

0:30.6

We're going to get national!

0:32.6

Oh!

0:34.6

I used to think all the sex, the drinking, the drugs.

0:41.3

I used to think I did those things because of what happened out there, what I saw, what I did.

0:52.4

Hello, Misty. You crazy bitch.

0:55.0

It's been a while.

0:56.0

I take it you know why I'm here.

0:58.0

Okay. I'm out of here.

1:02.0

We agreed. Say no more than we have to.

1:05.0

Beatrice says the plane crash. A bunch of my friends died.

1:10.0

And then the rest of us A bunch of my friends died.

1:17.7

And then the rest of us starved and scavenged and prayed until they finally found us.

1:24.1

I think we both know there's more to it than that.

1:30.6

I think it'll be good to reconnect with some old friends.

1:31.9

All right, evil.

1:35.1

Melanie, again, thank you so much for your time today.

1:40.1

First and foremost, congratulations on your first Emmy nomination.

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