We chat with Yellowjackets star thekevinalves about building Travis' bond with Natalie alongside Sophie Thatcher, the ways said bond is tested this season, and the challenge of defending of his character's difficult decisions:
Warning: Mild spoilers for Yellowjackets season 2, episode 1.Yellowjackets season 2 premiered this weekend, transporting audiences back to the trauma of the show's survivors, post in the past and the present. As winter gets colder and leaves the stranded teens with next to no food, the already-foreshadowed turn to cannibalism grows much closer to becoming reality.
Episode 4 is what kind of started us off in season 1, and we had Deepa Mehta as our director for that episode. Deepa sat us down and was very clear that this is the foundation for the whole thing. We weren't going to rush it; we were going to make sure that it starts out of mutual grief. There's a scene between Natalie and Travis where she finally calms her down a little bit, and he helps her when she's having a vision.
I don't need to know anything about his future, but the other thing I asked was, "I'd love to know, is there anything about the past that's affecting his decisions now and in the future?" Those are the only things I've ever asked for because, as an actor, that's all I really feel like I need to play off of.
The disappearance of Javi was obviously a big part of Travis' story last season, and we see him continue the search this year while Natalie is pulling back. What does it say about Travis that he won't give up? Kevin Alves: That was originally my favorite theory, because it was my theory too when I first read the scripts as well. But my favorite one after the fact, or the most ridiculous and funniest ones are that Javi was the bear, or that the bear ate Javi. I found those funny, especially going into the new season.
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