holywood model: Sophie Nélisse Says This Week’s 'Yellowjackets' Has ‘One of the Scariest Scenes’ in the Show

None of the teens in <I>Yellowjackets</I> are having a particularly good time. Our favorite '90s soccer team is still stranded in the wilderness, knee-deep in winter, and starting to experience the effects of prolonged starvation. But arguably no one is having a more difficult time than Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), who ended season 1 casting her best friend, Jackie (Ella Purnell), out of the cabin, where she froze to death in her sleep. Now, over the course of season 2, Shauna has resorted to cannibalism and risked her life giving birth to her baby boy, only to learn he was stillborn. Afterwards, in order to release some of Shauna's pain, Lottie (Courtney Eaton) lets Shauna beat her to a pulp.

But it's Shauna's arc that creates an essential setup for episode 8, one of the most chilling of the show so far. With emotions—and hunger levels—higher than ever, the girls randomly choose one of their own to kill and eat in order to survive. But the planned execution turns into a full-out hunt when the chosen one, Natalie (Sophie Thatcher), runs away. "I remember before one of those scenes at the lake, we all got into a little huddle, and we started yelling and howling together to get in the mood," Nélisse says. "I don't want to say it comes naturally, but it kind of does."

Here, the actor discusses what it was like to film those harrowing scenes—and why Shauna was chosen as the executioner." title="None of the teens in Yellowjackets are having a particularly good time. Our favorite '90s soccer team is still stranded in the wilderness, knee-deep in winter, and starting to experience the effects of prolonged starvation. But arguably no one is having a more difficult time than Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), who ended season 1 casting her best friend, Jackie (Ella Purnell), out of the cabin, where she froze to death in her sleep. Now, over the course of season 2, Shauna has resorted to cannibalism and risked her life giving birth to her baby boy, only to learn he was stillborn. Afterwards, in order to release some of Shauna's pain, Lottie (Courtney Eaton) lets Shauna beat her to a pulp. "She becomes ice cold," Nélisse tells ELLE.com "At this point, she's lost so much that she's completely shut off from her emotions..."

But it's Shauna's arc that creates an essential setup for episode 8, one of the most chilling of the show so far. With emotions—and hunger levels—higher than ever, the girls randomly choose one of their own to kill and eat in order to survive. But the planned execution turns into a full-out hunt when the chosen one, Natalie (Sophie Thatcher), runs away. "I remember before one of those scenes at the lake, we all got into a little huddle, and we started yelling and howling together to get in the mood," Nélisse says. "I don't want to say it comes naturally, but it kind of does."

Here, the actor discusses what it was like to film those harrowing scenes—and why Shauna was chosen as the executioner.">

Sophie Nélisse Says This Week's 'Yellowjackets' Has 'One of the Scariest Scenes' in the Show

None of the teens in Yellowjackets are having a particularly good time. Our favorite '90s soccer team is still stranded in the wilderness, knee-deep in winter, and starting to experience the effects of prolonged starvation. But arguably no one is having a more difficult time than Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), who ended season 1 casting her best friend, Jackie (Ella Purnell), out of the cabin, where she froze to death in her sleep. Now, over the course of season 2, Shauna has resorted to cannibalism and risked her life giving birth to her baby boy, only to learn he was stillborn. Afterwards, in order to release some of Shauna's pain, Lottie (Courtney Eaton) lets Shauna beat her to a pulp. "She becomes ice cold," Nélisse tells ELLE.com "At this point, she's lost so much that she's completely shut off from her emotions..."

But it's Shauna's arc that creates an essential setup for episode 8, one of the most chilling of the show so far. With emotions—and hunger levels—higher than ever, the girls randomly choose one of their own to kill and eat in order to survive. But the planned execution turns into a full-out hunt when the chosen one, Natalie (Sophie Thatcher), runs away. "I remember before one of those scenes at the lake, we all got into a little huddle, and we started yelling and howling together to get in the mood," Nélisse says. "I don't want to say it comes naturally, but it kind of does."

Here, the actor discusses what it was like to film those harrowing scenes—and why Shauna was chosen as the executioner.

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