Christina Applegate Says Finishing Dead to Me While Battling MS Was the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done
The third and final season of Dead to Me, which premieres on Netflix on November 17 (see the trailer above), saw a five-month production halt following Christina Applegate’s multiple sclerosis diagnosis in the summer of 2021.
According to Applegate, there was a feeling that “let’s get her some medicine so she can get better.” There is no better, either. But I found it beneficial. I needed to process losing my life and that aspect of myself. I thus required that time.
Although I didn’t come out of there saying, “Woohoo, I’m absolutely OK,” she continued. “Acceptance? No. Never will I be able to accept this. I’m furious.
For Applegate, returning to finish the last 10 episodes of the dark comedy was a given. The actor, however, admitted to the newspaper that finishing the season was the most difficult thing she had ever done. During some shots, a sound technician “would be on the floor, out of the camera’s range, holding up her legs,” according to the Times. Applegate was transported to the set in a wheelchair.
Applegate said, “I felt a responsibility to [series creator] Liz [Feldman] and to [co-star] Linda [Cardellini], to our plot. The ruling class said, “Let’s simply quit. We don’t have to complete it. Let’s put together a couple episodes. I replied, “No. We’re going to do it, but only under my conditions.
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