From that point on, weve enjoyed a breathtaking level of connectivity between the two actors.
The character doesnt succumb to her cancer diagnosis, but rather, is stabbed byHilary Swanks present-day Melissa.
What Made Cant Hardly Wait Such a Special High School Comedy?
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They fought for me.
They believed in me.
One of Ambroses earliest films hit the big screen back in 1998.
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ItsCant Hardly Wait, a high school rom-com that takes place at an unforgettable graduation party.
you’re able to’t find a production that doesn’t have somebody from that movie in it.
And they really fought for their actors.
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They fought for me.
They believed in me.
And then me, of course, I was overly serious about everything.
[Laughs] I was like, What are we doing, guys?
And I remember rehearsing, rehearsing in hotel rooms.We did a lot of rehearsing, actually.
I did more learning on my feet and had amazing teachers along the way.
A wildly talented high school girls' soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.
[And] of course, the guys who played my brothers.
One especially amazing memory Ambrose has of working with Bates?
It’s a difficult job to be a TV director.
You kind of come into thisthing.
But she was also an actor on the show, so she came in and directed us.
Peter Krause and I did this scene, some weepy scene about our dad, or whatever it was.
It was a normal two-shot, and it was like, Okay, that was so beautiful, guys.
Oh, that was great.
Andshe said, You know, you’re right.
Let’s move on.Let’s move on.
We did that scene.
So, that’s just what’s in there.
Ambrose would go on to find just that in her own artistry.
A couple of things come to mind.
I’m not really sure how to take that.
As in, Put a lid on it, kid?
[Laughs] No.
Maybe she didn’t mean it to, but it gave me the confidence to do that more.
[Laughs]
Another way Ambrose developed great confidence?
Advocating for her characters during the rehearsal process.
A time when Ambrose did just that recently?
While filming her characters death scene forYellowjackets.
(Or at least as far as present-day material goes.)
In Episode 7, Croak, Vans cancer takes a turn for the worse.
She begins to cough up blood and is rushed to the hospital.
That mission takes her straight to Melissas house.
However, the goodness in her takes hold, and she cant go through with it.
Crushed and scared, Van says, Why cant I be that?
Melissa tells her, You dont want to be, and then throws in the curveball.
Melissa grabs the knife, stabs Van and then says, But I do.
[Laughs] And then Hilary Swank is meant to be stabbing me.
How are we gonna do this?
I don’t really know!Is it going to make sense?
Is this gonna scan?
What level of bananas are we at here?
It’s like a leap of faith.Okay, fine though.
This is the script and this is the bible that we’re working from.
The key to cracking that scene for Ambrose and Swank?
It all came down to rehearsal.
Ambrose continued:
With Hilary that day, I was like, Okay, everybody out.
We gotta just have a go at make some space, literally.
Given Vans fan-favorite status, an uproar over the characters death was inevitable.
The silver lining though?
That devastation is proof of the profound contribution Ambrose and Hewson made to this show with their work.
But what about for Ambrose?
No, because I don’t think that it really ends with closure.
I think it’s meant to be quite jarring.
Likethat wasn’t supposed to happen, I think.
I don’t know.
That’s how it felt.
It was like, What?
This wasn’t supposed to go like this.
Ambrose continued:
It was just like, Come on.
Come on, come on, and that was like, Oh, okay, okay.
What do I have tocome onwith?What do I have to get on board with?
And then just the unknown of what it all is for.
So, I don’t know.
I don’t particularly feel any closure.
AndI felt like I was just handing it back to Liv.
YellowjacketsSeason 3 is available to stream in full on Paramount+.
