[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Yellowjackets <\/em><\/a>Season 2 Episode 3, \u201cDigestif.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t have to do a whole lot of acting honestly. It was pretty scary,\u201d Steven Krueger<\/a> confesses concerning the scene in episode three the place his character, Coach Ben Scott, hallucinates that one of many Yellowjackets (Mya Lowe<\/a>) is foaming on the mouth and making ready to eat him.<\/p>\n That very state of affairs is what followers of the thriller have been anticipating with dread since Coach selected to not partake within the group feast on Jackie. Rest simple, Ben followers. Krueger joined our The Buzz on Yellowjackets<\/em><\/a> aftershow and revealed that the nightmare received\u2019t turn out to be actuality anytime quickly. Instead, tonight was a key turning level in his character\u2019s intriguing season-long arc.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s ostracized, pushed aside as an authority figure. Now he\u2019s left to his own devices. A lot of times that means his own psyche, which can be your own worst enemy. Once his identity as coach and protector is stripped away, what does he have left? It leaves a raw mess of a person who doesn\u2019t know who he is. That ends up having some pretty dire consequences,\u201d Krueger reveals. \u201cAs we get beyond Episode 3, you start to see more and more of what Ben is going through in his own mind and how that connects with the past that he left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n Brendan Meadows\/SHOWTIME.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The flashbacks to Ben\u2019s pre-crash life with boyfriend Paul had been one thing Krueger was completely satisfied to see within the script. The actor did a lot of analysis to get into the headspace of what it was wish to be a homosexual trainer within the Nineteen Nineties. \u201cOne of the things that stuck out was: not only am I a closeted gay man, I\u2019m [also] a teacher. What did that mean in that time period? Why was it such a secret? The reason: my life and career would have been over if this was revealed. The laws in New Jersey\u2026they didn\u2019t pass a law until much later that would have protected me as a gay teacher. I easily would have been fired and potentially prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out the video to listen to extra fascinating particulars about how that hallucination sequence was shot, extra from Krueger about moving into character (and getting round set on crutches); plus what\u2019s subsequent in Coach\u2019s friendship with Natalie (Sophie Thatcher<\/a>), the one Yellowjacket who appears to \u201cget\u201d him.<\/p>\n \u201cHe spends a lot of this season realizing he can\u2019t trust any of these girls, as much as he would like to,\u201d the actor says. \u201cA lot of his story is seeing him come to that realization, and grapple with what that means.\u201d Could there be an antler king<\/em>?<\/p>\n Yellowjackets<\/em>, Sundays, 9\/8c, Showtime (and Fridays on On Demand and Streaming)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Steven](\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ben-Scott-Steven-Krueger-855x570.jpg\")
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