The epic CIA/military drama series created by Taylor Sheridan is currently airing season three.The first three episodes of the new season are out, and as expected, it's awesome.The best part of "Lioness" is that it has the best action scenes on TV, and there's no comparable rival.
Season two had some absurdly neat shootouts.The season three premiere took things to new levels.TAYLOR SHERIDAN'S 'LIONESS' KEEPS FANS HOOKED AS LATEST EPISODE RAISES THE STAKES IN A BIG WAYHow much training is required of the cast to make the shootouts feel real?A lot.Jill Wagner stars as Bobby on "Lioness." (Credit: Lauren "Lo" Smith/Paramount+)"Lioness" star Jill Wagner, who plays Bobby on the series, recently appeared on "The Gold Shields Show" to reveal the intense boot camp the cast goes through to make sure the movements and weapons handling is as accurate as possible."We train for a month prior.
He puts you through basically a boot camp and we have our whether it be a SEAL or Green Beret or Delta Guy, whatever, they come out and they help us and they really work with us.And these are people that are, I mean, I look at these guys, I'm like, 'You guys are extremely patient people.' Because we are actors.
We are not operators like we are trying our best to play but I think we are all very aware that we, you know, we are not the real deal but in order to portray it, like you you have to go through, for us, we have to go through a month if not more training," Wagner explained on the podcast.LAYSLA DE OLIVEIRA TEASES ‘LIONESS’ SEASON 3 DEBUT WITH BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOSJill Wagner as Bobby in Lioness season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026.Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
(Emerson Miller/Paramount+)The talented actress continued, "And that's just for the technical side of things.That's just for the gun side of things.
And then as you know, I'm sure you guys know, it's a perishable skill.So if you're not shooting every day, if you're not doing something, you can forget ...