Yellowjackets Star Defends Jackie In Debate Over Her & Shauna's Actions
WARNING: The article contains spoilers for Yellowjackets season 1
Yellowjackets star Ella Purnell defends the actions of her character, comparing what she did to fellow teammate Shauna across the series. Purnell stars as Jackie, the soccer team captain, alongside Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Sammi Hanratty, Ben Scott, and Jack Depew as the younger 1996 versions of the main cast. After season 1 received huge critical praise, Yellowjackets season 2 was confirmed at Showtime in December 2021.
Divided between 1996 and 2021, Yellowjackets follows a New Jersey high school soccer team forced to survive in the Canadian wilderness after their plane crashes in the earlier timeline, with the series also following the survivors in the present day. Jackie Taylor (Purnell) is the popular and successful captain of the team, who slowly begins to fall apart across Yellowjackets season 1. Following the crash, Jackie struggles to adjust to the new dynamics she and her fellow survivors resort to in order to survive, ultimately resulting in her falling out with them and perishing in the wilderness. Despite Jackie's unfortunate fate and the events leading up to it, Purnell defends her character's actions throughout the series.
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Speaking to ET Canada, Purnell opened up about Jackie's arc throughout the series, her fate, and her deteriorating relationship with her Yellowjackets teammates. In the interview, Purnell admitted that Jackie wasn't likable when compared to other Yellowjackets characters, especially as the series revealed more about her true self. However, Purnell insisted that when compared to what Shauna (Nélisse), who is seen as
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