In the 60s,Lost in Space was a cult classic television series, and it continues to inspirescience-fictiontoday. Recently, Lost in Spacereceived a revival on Netflix. The seriesfollows the Robinsons trying to make it to their space colony. The family faced numerous difficulties -- from Dr. Smith to Robots.Lost in Space's third and final season debuts on Netflix on Dec. 1, picking up from Season 2's cliffhanger of a finale.
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Now that the Robinsons children are separated from the adults, Season 3 will explore the siblings stepping up to protect their group from the dangers of space. Ahead of the sibling's new journey, Maxwell Jenkins (Will Robinson) and Mina Sundwall (Penny Robinson) sat with CBR to discuss what is in store for the Robinsons and co. inLost in SpaceSeason 3.
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CBR: After three seasons of the show, as well as all the events your characters have gone through, what are some of the biggest changes you've seen in your characters from Episode1 to Season 3?
Maxwell Jenkins: Other than growing over a foot, I would say that one of the biggest changes that I've seen with Will is something that we've always talked about in the writers' room, and while we've been filming. We really wanted to take Will from a little kid and turn him into a young man. I would say, especially in Season 3, you'll see Will mature, make some of his own mistakes that I think come with becoming a young adult.
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Mina Sundwall: I feel similarly for Penny. The kids have grown up over the years. Both seasons have a time jump, so you get to watch their maturity over time. Especially for Penny, Season1 and Season2,she was in this place where she didn't really know how to contribute, or she didn't really know what her place was. She found that more in Season2,in writing and being the writer in the midst of rocket scientists, but in Season 3, she really discovers what her place is and how important she is to fit into the family. I think in Episode 1, she was a little more lost.
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Speaking about the family, one thing that's always stood out to me about Lost in Space is the relationships in this show. For both of you, what have been some of your favorite dynamics to explore with your co-stars.
Jenkins: That's a hard one. I think we all have become a family over the course of this, both on-screen and off-screen. As much as we're stuck together on set, we also choose to hang out with each other and go on adventures outside of the studio. We would go go-karting a lot during Season 3. Ignacio [Serricchio] actually took us on a hike and got us lost in the woods. Even though he won't admit it, he got uslost.We were out there for five or six hours, and thank goodness for Mina and Toby [Stephens] keeping my mom in a good mood because she was not having it. I would say becoming a family off-screen over the course of the past four and a half years has been really entertaining, to say the least.
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Sundwall: It's funny because we mold it into a family dynamic off-screen, just like Max was saying, so we've gotten to grow up in that family over the years. I think both Max and I spent some pretty formative years on the show. For the characters, I know for Penny, I really love that relationship with Maureen, especially from Season2 to Season 3. There was that middle child syndrome, that you're never good enough feeling, so watching her grow out of that and watching them work through that together was really fun for me. I also love Molly [Parker], and I will take any opportunity to act against Molly, but off-screen, we've definitely had some moments
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Shifting gears from the more human relationships to the very sci-fi elements of the show, what was it like for both of you to act against Robot and all ofthese amazing special effects that we get to see throughout these three seasons?
Jenkins: It was overwhelming I think in the beginning, at least for me. I remember my first day on set, we were filming this crazy, overwhelming crash landing sequence. VFX, special effects everywhere green screen, and I had never done green screen before. I remember calling Parker Posey. Basically, we had met maybe a week before, and she said call me if you need anything, so I called her and said, "Listen, I'm completely lost." Pun intended. She said, "You have a younger sister. Just play pretend. Just imagine what's not there. Play pretend."
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From that moment on, it started to shift. I started to find my footing. What's nice about the show is we get to do a little bit of everything. There's never a day where I wasn't learning on set. Between sci-fi, VFX, and green screen, and practical effects, there was always something, a new challenge for all of us to overcome. So it was nice going to work and learning.
Sundwall: Green screen, in the beginning, was really intimidating because you don't know where your parameters are. You have no kind of understanding or spatial awareness, at least for me, because I've never done it before, either. I think there was a certain shift that happened toward the middle of Season 1, where you realize how much more open that actually is, and how much more room you have to be creative and crazy. We had some pretty intense green screen during this season as well. I remember just feeling so much more comfortable with it because there's a world that you can't see that you just get to play in.
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Wrapping this up, what does it mean to be Robinson for the both of you?
Sundwall: I think it means to fight for the people you love, no matter what pits itself against you.
Jenkins: I'm gonna have to agree with you on that one. I would say Lost in Space is so iconic in the world of sci-fi. To be able to kind of step into this world that so many people before us have poured their heart and soul into building -- it's an honor. It's intimidating for sure, sometimes. But something that we always say is the Robinson stick together. No matter what you have your family to fall back on. I would say that being Robinson is basically knowing that you'll never be alone.
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