Caligula came to life in this week’s episode!
Warning: This post contains spoilers from season 2, episode 7 of Yellowjackets, titled “Burial.”
As Caligula explained to her, she’s not a murderer, but rather, a closer.
Christina Ricci and John Cameron Mitchell on ‘Yellowjackets’.Courtesy SHOWTIME
ENTERTAINMENT: This will surely go down as one of the weirdest thing this show’s ever done.
I still haven’t recovered from seeing the human-sized Caligula.
CHRISTINA RICCI:[Laughs] I know.
Caligula on ‘Yellowjackets’.Courtesy SHOWTIME
And then it’s John Cameron Mitchell, which is so fun.
It’s so good.
Did you know when you first got it that it was going to be John Cameron Mitchell?
Elijah Wood and Christina Ricci on ‘Yellowjackets’.Courtesy SHOWTIME
And I didn’t even find out until I went to hair and makeup.
We find out everything from hair and makeup on this show.
They had to secure it.
But no, the wig looked amazing.
But I guess that’s not true anymore.
How was it written on the page?
And my character is just delighted from the beginning.
Here’s her best friend Caligula dancing in front of her and then Walter comes out.
And originally it was written that Misty jumps up and joins them.
We did a whole song-and-dance sequence that didn’t make the episode.
Probably my dancing was not good enough.
[Laughs] I’m sure it was me.
But she’s just thrilled and excited.
What was it like to work across from John when he had a bird beak on his human face?
I thought it looked so great and he’s so incredible and he made that whole thing so sexy.
I was like, “This beak is really working for you.”
[Laughs] He was so sultry.
It was really sexy.
[Laughs] And he’s so good.
He was so fun to work with.
I love medieval times.
As crazy as it was, this sequence also felt like a bit of a breakthrough for Misty.
She doesn’t want to be seen as a bad person.
That is really interesting.
But it’s so funny how immediately her subconscious is like, “Nope, you’re fine.”
She’s like, “Yeah, that’s what I thought.”
And then she has a fantasy sequence in which she doesn’t have to feel anymore that.
She is not a bad person and anyone who knows isn’t going to suffer for it.
So she’s free to then pursue the relationship and allow him into her life.
All of this sets Misty up for having a different reaction than you would expect from her.
She can want very much to live, and that is the motivation we get from those scenes.
New episodes ofYellowjacketsdrop Fridays on streaming and on-demand and air on Showtime Sundays.
