Yellowjackets’ W*rren Kole on Filming S*x Scenes With Melanie Lynskey

For yellow jackets‘ W*rren Coleworking with an intimate relationship coordinator along with a television wife Melanie Lynskey was a pleasant surprise.

“I didn’t know how much I would like it until he showed up,” said the 45-year-old actor. Us weekly during the show’s premiere of the Showtime series at PaleyFest in Los Angeles on April 3. “It takes the pressure off. As a man, sometimes it’s like you’re terrified. Like, I don’t want to offend anyone. I don’t want to cross. But I also don’t want to betray what was written. When a third party comes to you, now you can have a proxy to solve it all.”

Cole and Lynskey, 45, play Jeff and Shauna, respectively, in the dark psychological thriller, which premiered in 2021. Currently in its second season, the actors have been filming intense on-screen sex scenes together.

“It’s really great actually. W*rren and I trust each other so much and we can come up with the most interesting version of the scene because there is such trust that neither of us is going to be weird in any way,” Lynskey said. Us at PaleyFest. “We really love each other. And so we really coordinated it together. The intimacy coordinator said, “This is great! It’s so exciting! She’s wonderful and I love having her here for our entire cast.”

Work with unity alum was a “dream” for Cole. “She is (at) the top of her game,” he said. “I’m very, very lucky.”

However, their character dynamics are a different story. Cole describes Jeff and Shauna as “complicated” as they continue to hide Shauna’s affair and accidentally kill her lover.

“I think it can either explode before anyone else runs, or explode on its own, or somehow they start to understand. Because sometimes both Jeff and Shauna don’t seem to know why she does it. Like, “Why are you doing this?” ‘I don’t know.’ It’s a difficult place,” Kole said. Us. “They can balance each other out in a kind of shared mission to get away with what’s going on.”

shades of blue The alums believe that Jeff would “definitely wish” the couple had stayed together. “He thinks she might still be safe. It can still be pulled out of the abyss into which it quickly slides,” he explained. “But it’s that potential that creates so much tension in the series.”

In real life, Lynskey is married to Jason Ritter, who is expected to make a guest appearance on the next episode. Although the two weren’t on set at the same time, Lynskey heard all about the 43-year-old Ritter bonding with her co-stars, too much if you ask her.

“I went back to work and everyone was like, ‘Your husband is the nicest man in the world. He is our favorite. And I think I used to feel like some people’s favorite,” she teased. Us. “It was a little heartbreaking. Everyone said, “We still love you.” And I thought, “I know he’s better.” He is nicer than me. It’s easier for him to be around. He never complains. So he became a new favourite. It was hard for me to give up the title, but I was happy.”

For now Ashley Lyle And Bart NickersonThe series is expected to run for five seasons. “We feel like we’re still on track for that,” Lyle said. Entertainment Weekly in March.

Cole hopes the plan works. “I want this show to go as far as the creative process is still exciting and going on,” he said. Us. “Because you can always say when it’s like, ‘OK, I think we’ve run out of ideas.’ This show is not close to that yet.”

yellow jackets airs on Showtime on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET.