'Yellowjackets': Melanie Lynskey Says Season 2 Is Adding 'Older Versions' of Characters (Exclusive)

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prepares to start filming season 2, star Melanie Lynskey reveals that Showtime’s hit survival series is busy adding new – and noticeably older — members to the cast. “I know new people are coming in,” the actress reveals to ET’s Lauren Zima while promoting the release of her latest series, the Hulu true-crime saga . “Older versions of a couple of the younger cast they’re trying to cast right now.” Not only that, but Lynskey thinks “they’re gonna cast an older Van,” a fan-favorite currently played by Liv Hewson in the past timeline as the remaining survivors continue to cope in the Canadian Rockies where they’re stranded.

When it comes to who could play an older version of the character, the internet has floated out many ideas. But the Critics Choice Award winner has one brilliant suggestion: “Natasha Lyonne,” the longtime actress who is currently starring on Netflix’s. “She’s a friend of mine and I’m obsessed with her, but she’s too busy,” Lynskey says, noting that she’s “just sort of, like, dream casting it.”Of the current younger characters, the cast agrees that Van is the one they want to see most as an adult, especially “because I very much want [Liv] to be on the show forever and ever,” Lynskey said back in February, while co-star Tawny Cypress added that “it’d be really fun to see an adult Taissa meeting up with an adult Van and where that goes and what that history is all about.”  Meanwhile, showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are busy putting together the new episodes, while promising that they will “up the stakes” in season 2. “We are still figuring out exactly when we start filming, but we're looking to get going as quickly as we can,” Lyle said about starting production, adding that “the cliffhangers.