The success of Yellowjackets has been a real surprise, the series has amassed more than 5 million weekly viewers and received seven Emmy nominations and already a third season is announced.

This series, very strange, is between drama, horror, the supernatural, and even gore. Sophie Nélisse plays Shauna, one of the players of the New Jersey soccer team whose plane crashed in 1996 and who survives, with others, in the wild forest, for 19 months. At the same time, we follow, 25 years later, the lives of these women, forever marked by this tragedy.

When the second season begins, it is winter, they are hungry, hunting in the forest does not give anything, the tension rises, and the young girls sink over the episodes. “That’s what fascinates viewers, because they wonder how far they can go. Will they eat each other? When do we lose the card? At what point do we no longer live within the norms of society and revert to the wild state? asks Sophie Nélisse. “In the series, the coach brings us back to reality, but we are so hungry that anything is possible… Honestly, I couldn’t survive in the forest for long… or maybe I’ll be the first to eat someone else ! I would be too hungry! “, she says, laughing.

Shauna, the character played by Sophie Nélisse, is pregnant, as seen in the trailer, but the fans of the series are so intense that they are launching theories on the web. “The fans know more than me! Are we going to eat the baby? That’s the question they’re asking and I can’t divulge anything at all! “, she says.

In Yellowjackets, we explore the harshness of human relationships in extreme conditions, those of survival, where violence is very present. “It’s rare to see women who are so violent with each other, and that’s what we explore even more in this second season. The rivalry, the clans that form, the ferocity and aggressiveness between the young women. And what is beautiful is to see this feminine force as much in its greatest darkness as in its beauty. We’re in solidarity, but we’re also going to betray each other… just as much, there are scenes of mutual aid, then scenes of extreme violence… yes, it’s gore, I shot scenes that I I find it hard to watch,” she confesses.

It is also about the social hierarchy which is different when you find yourself lost in nature. “The hierarchy is not related to the money or the popularity of the person, but rather to his instinct for survival. We will bet on the person who will be able to make us survive, and that evolves over the season. »

Sophie Nélisse confides that she is very rational and was surprised by the supernatural side of the series.

In addition to Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Mélanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood and François Arnaud are added to the cast. This second season was shot in Vancouver, almost entirely in the studio, a very different experience from the first which was shot in the middle of the forest, in this same region. “The cabin scenes were shot in the studio and the ironic thing is that we were very hot, when we must be cold in the middle of winter! We must have been tense with the cold, but we were sweating! explains Sophie Nélisse.

An experience that pleased her since in the evening, she returned to an apartment she shared with actress Courtney Eaton who became her friend. “In the forest, we were staying in a small, not very comfortable hotel, in the middle of nowhere, while there, I felt like I had created a life for myself in Vancouver for six months. I started doing pottery, I also did Pilates, it was really nice to live in the city. »

Sophie Nélisse will reunite with the Yellowjackets team this week in Los Angeles for promotion and the series premiere.

On the film side, Sophie Nélisse plays in Louise Archambault’s film Irena’s Vow, where she plays a nurse who risked her life to save Jews during World War II. “We shot in Poland a few months ago. It is so important to shoot films like this, where it is about the Second World War, while right next to it there is the war in Ukraine. »

Sophie Nélisse wants to expand her artistic circle, she writes a screenplay in her spare time. “I write, I would also like to produce a film, it is important for me to continue to learn, to cultivate myself, to perhaps take classes one day. Acting is the most unpredictable thing, it can stop anytime, I’m aware of that,” she said.

“In the industry, I am inspired by Kate Winslet, for her performances as an actress, by Jake Gyllenhal, for her diverse films, and by Denis Villeneuve, for all his films. One of my biggest dreams is to shoot with Denis Villeneuve. »

The young actress will celebrate her 23rd birthday at the end of the month and considers that the year which has just passed has been very busy. “It’s great, everything that happens to me, but it’s also a lonely life, sometimes I feel like I have no anchor. There’s anxiety associated with not always knowing what’s coming, and living between two cities. In Montreal I live with my mother, my sister, and my brother who lives just above, we are very solid as a family and that is what I miss the most when I am abroad. At the same time, I love my job, I am pampered, you have to learn to have a balance in this way of life. »