‘Dead to me’ is about to come to an end with the premiere of the third season on Netflix on November 17. It is a very special delivery and not only because it is the last, but because it could not have been produced. In August 2021 one of its protagonists, Christina Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and production was halted for five months. A necessary time that according to the actress “was good”. “I needed to process the loss of my life, the loss of that part of me, so I needed that time,” she has assured in a interview for ‘The New York Times’. The directors came to propose not to continue with the series, but Applegate wanted to continue. “We’re going to do it, but on my terms,” he said.
The actress made that decision because she felt that “she had an obligation to Linda Cardellini (co-star), to Liz Feldman (the creator) and to our story,” she explained. In fact, Applegate has had some nice words for her partner who has been a fundamental support. “She was my champion, my warrior, my voice,” she has said of her. The actress has recalled that there were some physical signs during the first season before his diagnosis such as balance or mobility problems to which he should have paid more attention.
The physical changes in the protagonist will be evident and expects the public to overlook it. “It will be the first time that someone will see me as I am,” she said in the interview to promote the premiere. “I have gained 18 kilos and I cannot walk without a cane. I want people to know that I am very aware of all that,” she has confessed. For this reason, many things had to be adapted during the shoot, from using a wheelchair to take her to the set to needing support to stand up. The actress waits that by watching the series “they can get over it, enjoy the trip and say goodbye to the two women”.
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini is one of the two protagonists of ‘Dead to me’. They play Jen and Judy who in the first installment saw their destinies linked by a tragedy. The series began with Jen searching for the person who fatally ran over her husband and then went on the run and thus crosses paths with Judy, an eccentric optimist who hides a secret. Now, the two return in the final season when, after another hit-and-run, they receive traumatic news and are ready to risk their lives for a friendship that is above the law.
