Christina Ricci was ‘worried’ for her ‘Yellowjackets’ character in Season 3 — here’s why

Christina Ricci admitted it’s been “difficult” to play her “Yellowjackets” characteristic complete nan years – but Season 3 made her pause.

The Emmy-nominated prima talked to The Post astir big Misty’s modulation successful nan latest season, which saw her characteristic travel to nan realization that she’s nan butt of her friends’ jokes and enactment out.

“I will opportunity it’s been very difficult complete nan past 2 seasons to play her successful each of her denial,” she said at nan finale arena held successful North Hollywood, California, connected Thursday, April 10. “You know, it’s difficult to reconcile personification who is intelligent and truthful capable, who’s besides capable to disregard being nan butt of each joke and each nan nasty things that were said.”

Ricci explained that “as an actor, you put yourself emotionally successful nan spot of nan character, and you respond from an affectional spot erstwhile it’s each going on. And so, to benignant of unrecorded that denial erstwhile I could perceive each of it was really tough.”

Despite admiring Misty’s breakthrough — for example, opinionated up to big Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) aft discovering her daughter, Callie (Sarah Desjardins), killed big Lottie (Simone Kessell) by pushing her down nan stairs — Ricci confessed her character’s newfound assurance made her hesitant.

“At nan aforesaid time, to found that and past to break that successful this play was very difficult because… she’s specified a circumstantial characteristic that I worried that bringing successful that consciousness and nan results of that would make her little of nan personification that we knew before,” nan “Wednesday” prima told The Post, adding, “I had to beryllium very observant and effort to really equilibrium that.”

Ricci elaborated connected her hesitation astir big Misty’s caller attitude, sharing she was concerned it wouldn’t resonate pinch nan audience.

“I deliberation that she’s personification who really doesn’t cognize who she is, and that tin beryllium difficult to play. Also, because erstwhile you vacillate pinch a character, sometimes it mightiness look to an assemblage for illustration you’re breaking performance,” she said.

“So again, it had to beryllium thing that I really measured and thought astir and had to beryllium observant with, and truthful it was very challenging,” nan Hollywood vet concluded.

Season 3 saw respective caller and halfway characters meet their tragic end, pinch creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson axing disconnected 1 beloved prima aft another.

For Ricci, seeing her longtime co-stars being killed disconnected was “really tough.”

Newcomer Hilary Swank was nan culprit of 1 of nan astir sadistic and hard-to-accept murders this play erstwhile she stabbed big Van (Lauren Ambrose) successful nan thorax aft nan second spared her life.

Swank played big Melissa, 1 of nan “Yellowjackets” teammates stuck successful nan woods who they believed died agelong ago. When big Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) uncovers she’s still alive, it’s axenic chaos, ending successful a fractured relationship pinch nan champion characters, and moreover worse — Van dormant and her lover, big Tai (Tawny Cypress), apt looking for vengeance.

While Season 4 has not been announced astatine nan clip of publication, Swank told The Post if she’d beryllium consenting to return and reprise her role arsenic big Melissa.

She besides shared nan “challenges” she faced playing nan TV characteristic contempt being a two-time Oscar winner.

The full play of “Yellowjackets” is disposable to stream connected Paramount+ pinch Showtime.