Melanie Lynskey Says She Was Body Shamed on Yellowjackets Set and Her Co-Stars Came To Her Defense
"It was really important to me for [Shauna] to not ever comment on my body, to not have me putting a dress on and being like, ‘I wish I looked a bit better,'" she said.
"I did find it important that this character is just comfortable and sexual and not thinking or talking about it, because I want women to be able to watch it and be like, ‘Wow, she looks like me and nobody's saying she's the fat one.'
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