>> Stephen: WE ARE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF
"YELLOWJACKETS," CHRISTINA RICCI.
CHRISTINA RICCI, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER
SENSATION. OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY REMEMBERS
YOU AS WEDNESDAY ADDAMS IN THE ADDAMS FAMILY MOVIES.
SUCH A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE. THERE'S A NEW GENERATION, NEW
GENERATION EMBRACING JEN ORTEGA. BUT ALSO YOU'RE IN THE SERIES AS
WELL. YOU ARE MARILYN THORNHILL.
TELL ME ABOUT MARILYN. >> Christina: MARILYN IS THE
BOTANY TEACHER AT NEVERMORE ACADEMY.
WHERE THE OUTSIDERS AND THE CHILDREN WITH SUPERNATURAL
TALENTS ARE GOING. SHE'S THE ONLY NORMATIVE
TEACHER. SHE HAS NO SUPERNATURAL SKILLS.
TURNS OUT SHE'S NOT AS NICE AS SHE SEEMED TO BE IN THE
BEGINNING. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE.
>> Stephen: THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE REDISCOVERING
WEDNESDAY ADDAMS UNLOVING THAT CHARACTER.
>> Christina: IT'S REALLY FUN. SHE'S A GREAT CHARACTER.
YOU THINK ABOUT ROLE MODELS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THAT'S A GREAT CHARACTER. SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS.
SHE'S NEVER GOING TO CONFORM. SHE'S NEVER GOING TO TRY TO BE
WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS SHE SHOULD BE.
SHE'LL NEVER CHANGE TO PLEASE ANYONE.
THAT'S PRETTY GREAT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: I AGREE. YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE YOU
WERE JUST A KID AND YOU WORK WITH SOME AMAZING PEOPLE.
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD, ANJELICA HUSTON, CHER.
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, DID ANYBODY TAKE YOU ASIDE AND SAY HEY, THIS
IS HOW SHOW BUSINESS WORKS QUESTION WHAT DID ANYONE TRY TO
EDUCATE YOU TO WHERE THE BUSINESSES.
>> Christina: WHEN I WAS NINE, MY FIRST MOVIE WAS "MERMAIDS"
WITH CHER AND CHER LITERALLY ANSWERED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION I
HAD. WANTED ME TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON, WE CHANGED DIRECTORS IN THE MIDDLE OF FILMING AND SHE DIDN'T
WANT ME TO FEEL SCARED OR INSECURE SO SHE WOULD HAVE
PRODUCTION MEETINGS IN HER TRAILER AND SHE WOULD HIDE ME IN
THE BACK SO I COULD HEAR EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
SHE FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVEN THOUGH I WAS
A CHILD I STILL UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> Stephen: BY LISTENING, DID YOU UNDERSTAND?
>> Christina: I DID AND HONESTLY MADE ME FEEL MORE
SECURE KNOWING -- SOMETIMES YOU THINK THE PROBLEM
IS YOU AND I THINK SHE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I
UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS CHAOS ON THE SET BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH ME AND ALL OF THIS STUFF.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT. EVERYBODY IS WONDERFUL --
EVERY BIT AS WONDERFUL AS YOU THINK CHER WOULD BE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER, LIGHT, WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO
ARE AS YOUNG AS YOU WERE AT THAT TIME, DO YOU MENTOR THEM?
>> Christina: YES, IF SOMEBODY ASKS ME QUESTIONS, I WILL
ABSOLUTELY GIVE THEM ANSWERS BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE PEOPLE
PLAYING THE TEENAGERS ARE ACTUALLY 26 IS OLDER MAY HAVE
BEEN WORKING SINCE THEY WERE FIVE SO THEY DON'T NEED MY
CONDESCENSION. FRANKLY.
>> Stephen: IT IS THE RIVERDALE SITUATION.
>> Christina: YEAH, IT'S LIKE PEOPLE ASK ME, DID YOU GIVE --
>> Secretary Jean-Pierre: THE PLAYS YOUNG MISTY.
DID YOU GIVE HER ADVICE? SHE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR LIKE 15
YEARS. SHE IS 26.
SHE DOESN'T NEED ME. >> Stephen: HOW OLD WERE YOU
AND YOU GOT STARTED? >> Christina: I WAS SEVEN.
>> Stephen: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> Christina: I WAS IN A CHRISTMAS PAGEANT AND I WAS NOT
CAST AS THE LEAD. I THOUGHT THAT WAS WRONG.
I WAS ONE OF THE LEAD'S FRIENDS. THE LEAD PART WAS WRITTEN FOR A
BOY. I DIDN'T LIKE THAT AND I
PROVOKED HIM INTO BEING NAUGHTY, WHICH WAS HITTING ME.
I GOT HIM TO HIT ME AND I TOLD THE TEACHER AND THEN I GOT THE
PART. >> Stephen:
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE. >> Christina: YES.
>> Stephen: I KNOW NEVER TO CROSS YOU.
HE'S AN TWO OF "YELLOWJACKETS" PREMIERES FRIDAY, MARCH 24 ON
SHOWTIME. CHRISTINA RICCI, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH FORMER WHITE HOUSE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY JEN PSAKI.