Melanie Lynskey

In response to criticism about how her body type doesn't work for her character in The Last of Us, Melanie Lynskey detailed why she loves the role, saying, ...

And for letting me be on THE MOST AMAZING SHOW." I wanted her to be feminine, and soft-voiced, and all the things that we've been told are 'weak'. Other than the moments after action is called, when you feel like you're actually in someone else's body, the most exciting part of my job is subverting expectations." Ok rant over and thank you all so very much." Melanie said on Twitter, "I'm so grateful to Craig and Neil for creating a truly new character. The person who is doing the planning. And I'm playing a person who meticulously planned & executed an overthrow of FEDRA." Melanie is playing Kathleen, the leader of a group in Kansas City who are now running the QZ after overthrowing FEDRA. She's starred in amazing films like Heavenly Creatures, Coyote Ugly, and But I'm a Cheerleader, and now she's receiving much-deserved critical acclaim for her work on [Yellowjackets](https://buzzfeed.com/tag/yellowjackets). Melanie also said, "I wanted her to look like she should have a notepad on her at all times. The person who can multitask. She made her debut in

Melanie Lynskey got lots of support for calling out a body shaming comment by Adrianne Curry on Twitter, who criticized her body type.

“That's 100% what I'm here for,” commented [Jeffrey Pierce](https://twitter.com/pierce_jeffrey/status/1623469418599571464), the actor who plays her literal henchman on The Last of Us. [InStyle](https://twitter.com/InStyle/status/1623409584554516481). “Firstly- this is a photo from my cover shoot for InStyle magazine, not a still from HBO’s The Last of Us,” Lynskey's tweet began. “We're the henchmen,” tweeted Where is Linda Hamilton when you need her?” For context, Lynskey plays the leader of a brutal resistance movement on The Last of Us. On Twitter, Adrianne Curry commented on a photo of Lynskey, “Her body says life of luxury…

Melanie Lynskey is clapping back at Adrianne Curry for comments the "America's Top Model" winner made about her appearance in "The Last of Us."

[while shooting "Yellowjackets"](https://www.today.com/popculture/yellowjackets-star-melanie-lynskey-reveals-body-shamed-set-rcna12383) a member of the production team suggested she should get a trainer, but her fellow cast members backed her up. "I’m also grateful because the love and support I receive from you all is so overwhelming and powerful," she concluded her thread. In her second thread, she continues, "I understand that some people are mad that I’m not the typical casting for this role. In "The Last of Us," a mutated fungus has turned most humans into violent zombies; much of the story takes place decades after the initial chaos, when law and order has either broken down or taken over. The person who is doing the planning. [As she posted later in a separate tweet thread](https://twitter.com/melanielynskey/status/1623410648536461314), her character was about more than being able to beat someone up.

'You could have just… not tweeted it,' the actor wrote on Twitter.

'You could have just… not tweeted it,' the actor wrote on Twitter.

Adrianne Curry deletes Twitter account amid backlash after body-shaming 'The Last of Us' star Melanie Lynskey.

[The Last of Us star Melanie Lynskey shuts down criticism of her body on the show: 'I don't need to be muscly'](https://ew.com/tv/the-last-of-us-melanie-lynskey-shuts-down-criticism-of-look-in-show/) [Who is Kathleen in The Last of Us? [shared in a screenshot by Lynskey](https://twitter.com/melanielynskey/status/1623401604534902784), Curry wrote, "Her body says life of luxury… Curry said she would stay off Twitter until Lynskey's fans "stop berating me for not finding her feminine stature suitable for warlord status." I survived," she wrote. LOL." I don't need to be muscly.

“And I'm playing a person who meticulously planned & executed an overthrow of FEDRA. I am supposed to be SMART, ma'am. I don't need to be muscly. That's what ...

“I know how committed the fandom is,” she told I wanted her to be feminine, and soft-voiced, and all the things that we’ve been told are ‘weak.’ Because honestly, f**k that.” As for Lynskey, she has handled the entire situation with class, using her time to thank all the people involved in The Last of Us, and her inclusion therein. “Saying a person is miscast and stating that their voice, height and body add to it shouldn’t be an insult,” she posted. She also tweeted that she doesn’t like the idea of women leading the charge in emergency situations like an apocalypse. The person who is doing the planning. She even used it to remind us that maybe, when society collapses, we shouldn’t listen to people just because they have Terminator bodies. And apparently, she needs all her sci-fi actors to look like a character in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. “I don’t generally buy woman warlords in post societal collapse scenarios,” she tweeted. She steals every scene she’s in, whether she’s opposite George Clooney in Up In The Air or even Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci in Yellowjackets. I don’t need to be muscly. I am supposed to be SMART, ma’am.