*WARNING: Spoilers for Yellowjackets season 2 below*
The Yellowjackets teens descended into cannibalism in grippingly grim scenes in the second episode of season two – which left many of the cast vomiting off camera.
The Showtime series follows a girls’ high school football team who become stranded when their plane crashes in mysterious woods on the way to a tournament in 1996 – focusing on their attempts to survive during their wait to be rescued, while present day flashforwards confirm that not everyone in the team manages to stay alive.
Show bosses , suggesting that the youngsters resort to cannibalism, magic and murder in the wilderness.
Viewers didn’t have to wait all that long for things to take a turn, as the second episode of season two showed the gang eating what was left of Jackie Taylor’s (Ella Purnell) body, after she froze to death at the end of the first series.
Spilling the beans on action, the cast insisted that the body was actually made up of ‘jackfruit and rice paper rolls’, which actually sounds like a treat.
‘It was disgusting… but also kind of delicious. That’s all I’m going to say about that,’ Scream 6 actress Jasmin Savoy Brown, who plays teenage Taissa, enthused.
‘She was made of jackfruit and rice paper rolls, so we nicknamed her Jackie-fruit,’ Courtney Eaton, aka young Lottie, said.
‘It was an interesting day to film. I think we freaked out our crew a little bit. I gagged, (Samantha Hanratty) threw up. But yeah, it’s a weird one. I hope the fans like it, I know they kind of want it.’
Young Shauna Shipman star Sophie Nelisse added to : ‘Eating her was absolutely disgusting, even though jackfruit is actually quite delicious.
‘It was just, [I] couldn’t wrap my head around what I was doing, and all I could see was this weird skin. And it felt so realistic. I gagged in the scene a few times. I could barely get through it.’
That sounds like the opposite of appetizing…
Cannibalism has been suggested by bosses since the show first premiered in 2021, with those in charge revealing that there would be gritty moments ahead.
The footage was interjected with scenes of the Yellowjackets dressed to the nines in beautiful Grecian gowns, surrounded by an actual feast of fruit and meat on a table covered with candles, adding another layer to the depravity.
Executive producer Jonathan Lisco shed light on the action what the mood was line on set with the young cast, admitting it was a very jovial atmosphere.
‘There were so many jaw-dropped reactions to the script when it came out, and I think it’s because they couldn’t believe we were going there so early in the season,’ he told Deadline. ‘We felt we were ready to do it. We’re also not in the business of manipulating the audience for something they already know is coming.
‘It didn’t feel satisfying to introduce this concept of ritual cannibalism in the pilot and then make the audience wait to see when they actually cross that Rubicon.
‘The cast was very into it – but then they realized what it actually entails. It was like art imitating life and vice versa, because when we started to talk about it, there was a lot of humor. In the same way that the Yellowjackets were using the Greco-Roman feast as a protective mechanism, the cast had to use humor as a protective mechanism when they started to anticipate actually playing the scene.
‘The cast is just laughing their butts off – and yet also vibrating. You could feel the energy: “Oh my God, are we really going to do this?” Some of them are nervous. We all bet on who’s going to throw up first – obviously just jovially. If anybody was really uncomfortable, we would have stopped and we would have dealt with it. But everybody was ready to go.’
Yellowjackets airs on Showtime on Sundays at 9pm.
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