‘The Last of United States’ Star Melanie Lynskey Reacts To Criticism of Her Casting: “I Don’t Need to Be Muscly”

Melanie Lynskey, who marked her The Last of United States launching Sunday, is dealing with criticism of her casting on the popular HBO series.

Lynskey, who plays Kathleen in the adjustment of the zombie computer game, required to Twitter on Wednesday to react to a post from America’s Next Top Model first-season winner Adrianne Curry. In describing Lynskey, Curry composed that “her body states life of high-end … not publish apocolyptic warlord.” Curry likewise referenced the Terminator franchise in the since-deleted tweet by composing, “Where is Linda Hamilton when you require her?”

This led Lynskey, whose character is a leader of a Kansas City-based innovative motion, to post a screenshot of Curry’s tweet, which was below an image of the starlet from an InStyle shoot. “Firstly- this is a picture from my cover strive InStyle publication, not a still from HBO’s The Last Of United States,” Lynskey composed. “And I’m playing an individual who carefully prepared & & carried out a topple of FEDRA. I am expected to be SMART, ma’am. I do not require to be muscly. That’s what henchmen are for.”

The Yellowjackets star later on published a different Twitter thread in which she applauded The Last of United States series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for motivating her to embody a character who is initial to the series and wasn’t always “the coolest or the hardest individual” however is the one with the very best concepts amidst the terrible world portrayed on the program.

“I desired her to be womanly, and soft-voiced, and all the important things that we’ve been informed are ‘weak.’ Due to the fact that truthfully, fuck that,” Lynskey tweeted She likewise included, “I comprehend that some individuals seethe that I’m not the normal casting for this function. That’s thrilling to me. Aside from the minutes after action is called, when you seem like you’re really in another person’s body, the most interesting part of my task is overturning expectations.”

Although her initial post was erased, Curry appeared to double down on her declaration with various tweets reacting to Lynskey’s messages. In addition to clarifying that a various Twitter user had actually published the InStyle image, Curry composed that she had not meant to slam Lynskey however that she didn’t discover her to be the ideal casting option to make the character credible.

“I stated she was too soft spoken, brief and curvy for me to purchase as a ‘warlord’ over warrior males in a group of savage human beings in post apocalyptical social collapse,” the Surreal Life alum tweeted

Curry likewise stated that her preliminary message included what she viewed to be a compliment for Lynskey, however that it wasn’t seen in the screenshot that Lynskey published: “She cropped out what I stated about her ideal hour glass frame being the most preferable to guys. Appears rather manipulative.”

The Last of United States, which stars Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie, has actually currently been gotten for a 2nd season