Fallout’s Ella Purnell Doesn’t Want To Be Known As “The Cannibalism Chick”

Between Yellowjackets, Military of the Lifeless, and now Fallout, Ella Purnell has already constructed up a small checklist of initiatives involving both cannibalism or flesh-eating zombies. It is one thing the actress can joke about, particularly as a result of Yellowjackets and Fallout have gone a good distance in the direction of establishing her as a star. Even so, Purnell would not wish to be recognized for under taking these sort of roles.

“What’s so humorous is that I did not put two and two along with Yellowjackets and Fallout,” mentioned Purnell throughout an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I by no means ever was like, ‘Oh God, what are folks going to say about my cannibalism development?’ It by no means occurred to me till I began doing press, and I used to be like, ‘Oh yeah, I suppose it is a factor.’ So, hopefully, we do not make a behavior of this. I do not wish to get typecast because the cannibalism chick.”

Warning: There are spoilers forward for Yellowjackets Seasons 1 and a couple of forward. Be happy to skip for those who do not wish to know what occurred.

Purnell’s Yellowjackets character, Jackie, died on the finish of the primary season, and her fellow survivors ate elements of her physique to outlive. Whereas she was filming Fallout Season 1, Purnell’s former Yellowjackets solid mates determined to have some enjoyable by displaying her footage of that scene.

“I used to be filming Fallout, and I used to be very overwhelmed, and so I used to be being actually sluggish with studying them,” recalled Purnell. “After which, out of nowhere, I bought all of those texts and selfies from the Yellowjackets solid with my charred corpse. And, in a bizarre manner, it actually did seem like me, regardless that you’ll be able to’t actually see any particulars. It was simply her charred physique, however it’s my physique. So it was principally humorous, however it was additionally slightly bit disconcerting and slightly odd.”

Purnell will likely be again for Fallout Season 2 on Prime Video, however Amazon hasn’t set a return date for the sequence but.