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“Yellowjackets” has been confirmed for Season 4 on Showtime, and together with new episodes of the thriller, viewers can anticipate to see Hilary Swank again on their screens.
“She better be,” Sammi Hanratty, who performs teen Misty on the collection, solely informed The Submit on the 2025 Astra Awards. “I’m like, I’m pretty sure she signed on for more so we’ve got to see you!”
Swank, 50, performs grownup Melissa, who faked her personal loss of life and took on a brand new identification after the wilderness airplane crash.
However one factor Hanratty, 29, can’t share is any spoilers for the upcoming episodes.
“I’m sure people will die,” she teased. “I’m sure we’re going to eat some people but that’s all I’ve got for you.”
The present has a star-studded lineup as is, together with Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Simone Kessell, Lauren Ambrose and Tawny Cypress, all of whom Hanratty seems to be as much as on set.
“It’s been amazing. I think the best thing about the show is that it really does feel like a team,” the “Shameless” alum gushed.
“And sometimes I feel like I really am the equipment manager just rooting everybody on. Just honestly, everyone is so talented,” she added. “I feel like a sponge walking onto set to absorb everyone’s amazingness and learning so much. I just wish I could work with the current day cast more, if ever. I never get to. I wish I could.”
And on this forged, there’s all the time room for yet another powerhouse girl.
“I would love to have Angela Bassett on the show,” Hanratty quipped.
In December, Hanratty welcomed her first child with husband Christian DeAnda, a son named Levi. Now, she has a village to lean on whereas balancing life as a working mother.
“Honestly, with Melanie, Christina, Tawny, Lauren and Simone — they are all moms,” Hanratty stated. “And that’s a big thing for me — is that I’m a new mom and just getting to see them walk the walk. It’s just inspiring to see working moms kill it and do amazing work. I think more than anything just watching them do what they do.”
The star filmed whereas pregnant along with her son, which was each pleasing and difficult.
“It was crazy. I found out right before we went back [for Season 3], which kind of was my plan. I didn’t think I was actually going to get pregnant that quickly but the plan was to get pregnant during the season,” Hanratty informed Us Weekly in February.
“It was so hard. I was throwing up the whole beginning half of the show. I felt so bad,” she famous.
“Running while being pregnant is not the easiest, [either],” she stated.
“Especially on uneven ground while in my Misty gear on. But my baby’s right next to me right now and he is literally perfect. I’m really proud of myself for getting through this season and I’m really proud of the season,” she went on. “I kept telling [the director], ‘Please don’t take away any good work from me. I can do it.’”
“I will say that watching the episodes back, there was a scene that I was watching and I was like, ‘I don’t remember filming this.’ And I was actually in the emergency room the entire time that it was being filmed,” Hanratty mirrored.
“We had my body double being me and they never panned to my face in the whole sequence because I wasn’t there. So my body double was incredible and really, really stepped up and helped me so much this season. I’m incredibly grateful to her,” she added.
Earlier this month, Hanratty, Ricci, 45, who performs the older model of Misty, and Lynskey, 48, took dwelling the award for greatest ensemble forged on the Newport Seashore TV Fest.
“Lovely time with these two gems at the Newport Beach TV FEST!” Hanratty captioned her Instagram publish of the trio. “So honored to be in such an incredible ensemble cast. Grateful for our award for our ensemble🙏🥰.”
Whereas speaking to Leisure Tonight on the pageant, Ricci stated, “We do have such a huge cast and everyone in our cast tries so hard. We’re all so committed and we want the show to be so great.”
Hanratty added, “It feels like two different shows a lot of the time so it’s really like an ensemble of two separate shows as well, which is extra epic.”
