I didnt always know, but I did have a hunch, said Barajas.
It was really fun and really challenging.
And so hopefully, now that theyre getting their answers, theyll be satisfied.
A still from the ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 finale episode ‘Full Circle’Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with Showtime
All the pit stuff, it was cool cause I actually got to spend time in the pit.
DEADLINE:I was so excited to see Pit Girl finally be revealed.
How far back did you know that Mari was going to be Pit Girl?
Alexa Barajas as Teen Mari in the ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 finale episode ‘Full Circle’ (Darko Sikman/Paramount+ with Showtime)Darko Sikman/Paramount+ with Showtime
ALEXA BARAJAS:I didnt always know, but I did have a hunch.
BARAJAS:I dont actually remember, but I wanna say probably.
DEADLINE:But you came on after that?
BARAJAS:Yeah, after the pilot was actually shot, I came on.
And so hopefully, now that theyre getting their answers, theyll be satisfied.
DEADLINE:Tell me about recreating that opening scene from the pilot.
Was it difficult nailing all of the movements?
We really wanted to do it right.
DEADLINE:With the spike through her face.
BARAJAS:Yeah, through and through.
Tell me about that and how it fits into her ultimate arc.
And I think Mari is really just trying to prove to everybody, Cant you see whats going on?
Dont you see who she is and what shes doing?
BARAJAS:Yeah, poor Travis, man.
I feel like hes got so many deaths on his back.
He feels, Im sure, guilty for Jackie, for his brother.
BARAJAS:A hundred percent.
And I think she didnt necessarily want him dead, she just wanted to be accepted by the group.
BARAJAS:It was so much fun.
So, it just makes it so fun for me to play.
She at the end of the day is a teenager going through all this.
Like when shes singing the song in the cave, theres such a lighthearted part of Mari.
That was really awesome.
And she just completely went 180 on on what she had accomplished.
DEADLINE:Yeah, but I feel like thats kind of the theme with a lot of the girls.
BARAJAS:[LAUGHS] I remember reading that and going, Oh, this is so funny.
I am so happy I get to say this.
I think thats the perfect line to be her final words.
I think that theyre very fitting to Mari.
DEADLINE:Yeah, definitely a mood.
I feel like Maris gonna live on in meme form forever.
