There’s a little Ricci dancing on us, and Christina Ricci feels good about it.
She was a child star who started her career in 1990 titled Mermaids and became a household name with the “Addams Family” franchise, “Sleepy Hollow” and other films. Ritchie, 42, says she’s now getting Emmy talk about her fan-favorite role on the Showtime hit “Yellowjackets” and embracing the confidence of “the pure person I was when I was younger.”
“Sometimes during your life, you step away from who you are and try to change and adapt or try to be who you think you need to be and all that stuff. I definitely went on that trip and came back, and now I feel more like the person I was at 11 or 12, And that’s not a bad thing for me.”
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In her new thriller “Monstrous” set in the 1950s (in theaters and on demand Friday), Richie plays a single mother who and her 7-year-old son escape from an abusive ex, but are haunted by a fearsome creature in their new home. . Lake House Sanctuary. The actress, who appeared in “The Matrix Resurrections” last year, also had a role later this year in Tim Burton’s Netflix series “Wednesday,” which stars Jenna Ortega as a teenage version of the popular character Ricci. “I can only say that I don’t play Wednesdays,” she joked.
By the end of the summer, she hopes to be back filming the second season of Yellowjackets. In a psychological survival drama told over two timelines, Samantha Hanratty plays teen Misty Quigley, the obsessive equipment manager of a girls’ soccer team that falls in the wilderness, and Ricci is an adult Misty 25 years later “born out of decades of rejection and learning.” Gaining strength.
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Richie talks to USA TODAY about her role in “Yellowjackets,” working with kids and her classic great ride.
Question: There are a lot of retro flavors in the movie Monstrous, including your classic 1950s Chevrolet. Did they really let you drive it?
Christina Ricci: Everyone was really worried that I wouldn’t be able to drive it. But I did, no problem. These old cars are much more flexible in terms of steering, braking and all that stuff. I drove it in the desert. It’s so much fun.
Q: When you interact with your “wild” on-screen son or younger “Yellow Jackets” co-stars, do you somehow understand them better because you were such a young star?
Richie: I remember being a young actor and wanting to feel like I had a professional place on the set, and I wasn’t necessarily just that visiting kid who didn’t belong there. So I always try to be respectful. I do not transcend. People ask me if I give advice to other child actors and the answer is no, because I feel it is very important to treat your co-workers, even if they are children, with respect at all times.
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Q: For kids of the ’90s, you’ll always be Wednesday Adams. How did it feel to have a role in this Netflix reboot?
Richie: I love the world, I love the character, and I love Tim Burton. Jenna is adorable and her Wed is really a great modern take and I think people are going to love it. It’s nice to be involved in a re-imagining of a character you’re best known for playing.
Q: When you were filming the first season of Yellow Jackets, did you feel Misty had potential as a hacker?
Richie: Not right. You’re so desperate to make sure you’re doing a great job right, but to me, sometimes I don’t necessarily think about the fact that people will react to it or not. But it was definitely always the comedic comfort of the show. So I realized that it would be viewed a little differently than the others.
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Q: What is your favorite aspect of it?
Richie: I really enjoy playing a different kind of Rage. This is what adult Misty supports, this deep anger at her inability to have the things she wants in life. She expresses it in a very passive aggressive way. I love passive aggressiveness and love seeing that as a manifestation of absolute anger.
Q: Is this profession making a comeback via design or are you getting better projects your way these days?
Richie: Yellowjackets have certainly been better than a lot of things I’ve been working on in the past couple of years. You always want to do well, and I never stop working. I never took a break. I think that kind of success is always the goal. So it’s by design in terms of anyone who wants this to happen. (laughs) But it’s kind of really cool that it’s happening now, and amazing at the same time. You keep plodding and working and then all of a sudden you feel like, “Okay! This time, it hits.”
