The star opens up about the challenges of filming the last season of the Emmy-nominated series amid her diagnosis.
Production shut down for about five months as she began treatment.
“And there is no better.
Christina Applegate as Jen in ‘Dead to Me’.Saeed Adyani/Netflix
But it was good for me.
I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me.
So I needed that time.”
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini in ‘Dead to Me’ season 3.Saeed Adyani/Netflix
That time away doesn’t have a clear cut resolution, though.
I’m never going to accept this.
I’m pissed."
“The powers that be were like, ‘Let’s just stop.
We don’t need to finish it.
Let’s put a few episodes together.’
I said, ‘No.
We’re going to do it, but we’re going to do it on my terms.'”
Her determination came with its challenges.
“She was my champion, my warrior, my voice,” Applegate said.
Whenever she hesitated to ask for breaks, her costar would step in.
“It was like having a mama bear,” she said.
The third and final season ofDead to Mepremieres on Netflix on Nov. 17.
Watch the trailer above.
