‘Yellowjackets’ Stars Melanie Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse on Feeling ‘Relaxed’ in Dark Shauna and Pushing Back Against Double Standards: ‘People Delight in Men as Villains’

The first time they ever met, Melanie Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse immediately agreed that Shauna, the character they both play (at different ages) on Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” was anything but the wallflower housewife audiences see at first.

“We both were very sure about the fact that she’s comfortable putting herself in these roles as the housewife and the best friend, and this ‘don’t look at me too much’ mentality,” says Lynskey. “But when it comes down to it, she’s very aware of her own power in a way that almost frightens her. In Season 3, I feel like that’s finally come to fruition in the craziest of ways, but it

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