‘Yellowjackets’ Cast Breaks Down Filming Shauna’s ‘Difficult’ Onscreen Stillbirth Episode, Discuss ‘Intense’ Process

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Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 2 of Yellowjackets. The Yellowjackets cast opened up about how the group came together to film Shauna (Sophie Nélisse)’s emotional stillbirth episode.Samantha Hanratty recalled being “worried” about how not only the cast — but the crew — would handle the difficult subject matter. “[They’re] people that people might not always advocate for as much as they do for the actors,” the actress, 27, who plays young Misty, exclusively told Us Weekly at PaleyFest. “I was more worried about [how] you never know what somebody’s gone through.

And [the crew is] stuck on set having to go through this. So, my whole thing was making sure that everybody was in a safe space.”During the episode, which aired on Friday, May 5, Shauna went into labor while the group remained stranded in the Canadian wilderness.

Misty used her medical knowledge to help Shauna deliver the baby — which is what the Showtimes series initially led the viewers to believe happened.Shauna’s memories about the first days of motherhood — and a shocking moment where her friends seemingly ate her baby — were revealed to be hallucinations.

The high school student regained consciousness only to find out that her infant didn’t survive.According to Hanratty, the show relied on experts to help film such a heavy story line. “Everybody was OK.