Melanie Lynskey

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Last of Us: Melanie Lynskey Reveals Husband Jason Ritter Was a ... (Hollywood Reporter)

Melanie Lynskey revealed husband Jason Ritter was a clicker in her The Last of Us episode, when visiting Jimmy Fallon to promote Yellowjackets season 2.

[finale](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-last-of-us-finale-interview-1235347161/). Yellowjackets follows survivors of a plane crash, with Lynskey playing one of six known survivors in the present day. Fallon shared a photo of the pair behind the scenes, with Ritter in full clicker makeup. I love all of them.” “She’s like, ‘I think I can do it!’ She’s so talented. The married actors have previously worked together when Ritter made a guest star appearance in Lynskey’s Hulu true-crime series Candy, which she starred in with Jessica Biel. “He got put in the makeup and he came out of the ground and was falling over and doing all of these … Lynskey played Kathleen, a leader of a Kansas City-based revolutionary movement whom the show’s main characters Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsay) come upon during their cross-country journey. When talking about [Shauna](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/yellowjackets-season-2-trailer-1235346696/), in the dual-timeline Emmy-nominated series. He trained with the stunt people and he just did all these amazing stunts. [Yellowjackets](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/yellowjackets-season-2-trailer-1235346696/), [Melanie Lynskey](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/melanie-lynskey/) shared a behind-the-scenes fact about her [much-talked-about guest role on HBO’s The Last of Us.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-last-of-us-melanie-lynskey-criticism-casting-body-kathleen-1235321175/)

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The Last Of Us Melanie Lynskey Jason Ritter Easter Egg (BuzzFeed)

Melanie Lynskey said her husband, Jason Ritter, trained with The Last of Us stunt department for his hidden cameo in one of her episodes.

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Melanie Lynskey Details Jason Ritter's 'Last of Us' Cameo (IndieWire)

"Yellowjackets" star Melanie Lynskey shared that husband Jason Ritter appeared in "The Last of Us" as an infected clicker.

[He would do anything](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/06/yellowjackets-season-2-melanie-lynskey-jason-ritter-1234733417/), I think. [The Last of Us](https://www.indiewire.com/t/the-last-of-us/)” as a clicker, or an infected person. Why not?” Lynskey called the onscreen interaction “so romantic.” But they should know he would do it in a second.” “He got put in makeup and came out of the ground and was falling over and doing all these [flips].” “He was a stunt person.

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Turns out Melanie Lynskey does a killer Drew Barrymore impression (Mashable)

"Yellowjackets" star Melanie Lynskey appeared on "The Tonight Show" and showed Jimmy Fallon her Drew Barrymore impression.

"She gave me this gift when we started doing Ever After and it was just so sweet, and I was like, 'I want to get her a gift!'" Lynskey tells Fallon. And I gave them to her and she was like, 'Oh my God, if each one of these plates was to fall to the floor and smash into a thousand million pieces, each one of the pieces would scream, 'I love you, Melanie.''" "And I found at this antique market these plates with a butterfly opening at different stages, and I was like, perfect!

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Melanie Lynskey Revealed That Her Husband Jason Ritter Had a ... (Yahoo Lifestyle)

Now that HBO's hit show The Last of Us has wrapped up its last season and given everyone a major dose of Pedro Pascal withdrawal, we're learning more and more ...

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'The Last of Us' had a secret cameo by Jason Ritter, Melanie ... (Mashable)

Jason Ritter's cameo in HBO's "The Last of Us" was revealed by his wife, Melanie Lynskey, who plays resistance leader Kathleen in the show.

Lynskey revealed he played one of the horde of Infected that burst from the sinking ground [with the Bloater](https://mashable.com/article/the-last-of-us-bloater) outside the QZ, a scene in which [Kathleen is killed by the terrifying Clicker child](https://mashable.com/article/the-last-of-us-episode-5-little-girl-clicker). he got put in the makeup and he came out of the ground and was falling over." "He was a stuntperson," Lynskey said. "He trained with the stuntpeople and he just did all these amazing stunts. [Jimmy Fallon on ](https://mashable.com/category/the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon) [The Tonight Show](https://mashable.com/category/the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon) on Thursday that Ritter appeared in [episode 5](https://mashable.com/video/the-last-of-us-episode-5-trailer), in which Kathleen's militia is hunting Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Joel (Pedro Pascal), Henry (Lamar Johnson), and Sam (Keivonn Woodard) across the Kansas City QZ. [the HBO adaptation of Naughty Dog's lauded game](https://mashable.com/article/the-last-of-us-hbo-review) was revealed by none other than his wife, [Melanie Lynskey, who plays resistance leader Kathleen](https://mashable.com/article/the-last-of-us-who-is-kathleen-melanie-lynskey) in the show.

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Melanie Lynskey Jokes Husband Jason Ritter's Secret 'The Last of ... (PEOPLE.com)

Jason Ritter played a terrifying 'clicker' on HBO's The Last of Us during one of the episodes in wife Melanie Lynskey's season 1 arc.

[Yellowjackets](https://people.com/tv/yellowjackets-season-2-everything-to-know/) is gearing up for its own Ritter cameo. [The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](https://people.com/tag/the-tonight-show/). It's like his lifelong dream," she told host [Jimmy Fallon](https://people.com/tag/jimmy-fallon/), 48. [Jason Ritter](https://people.com/tag/jason-ritter/) was among [The Last of Us](https://people.com/tv/the-last-of-us-season-2-everything-to-know/) — and fans didn't even know it. [Melanie Lynskey](https://people.com/tv/melanie-lynskey-and-yellowjackets-cast-connect-very-deeply-on-marco-polo-video-chat/)'s husband made a cameo in the HBO drama series, and he looked nothing like himself. Why not?"

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Melanie Lynskey Does Spot-On Drew Barrymore Impression For ... (Today.com)

Melanie Lynskey did a perfect impression of her "Ever After" co-star Drew Barrymore and got quite the reaction out of Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show."

"That is unbelievable!" That is her." Season Two is set to premiere on March 24. They’re not all so magic, but it was a good time.” So she went to an antique market and found these beautiful plates "with a butterfly opening in different stages." "That was an unbelievable impression.

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'The Last of Us' star Melanie Lynskey reveals that her husband ... (Business Insider Africa)

HBOs The Last of Us features a number of talented guest stars during Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellies (Bella Ramsey) journey through the fungal ...

The actor joked that the moment was "so romantic." He got put in makeup and came out of the ground and was falling over and doing all these [flips]," Lynskey said. Lynskey added "I shot him once. Why not?" Kathleen is instantly memorable due to her vicious nature, as she shows no remorse in hunting Henry (Lamar Johnson) and Sam (Keivonn Woodard) after the death of her brother. He trained with the stunt people, and he just did all these amazing stunts.

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Melanie Lynskey Revealed That Her Husband Jason Ritter Had a ... (Yahoo News Canada)

Now that HBO's hit show The Last of Us has wrapped up its last season and given everyone a major dose of Pedro Pascal withdrawal, we're learning more and more ...

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Melanie Lynskey's Drew Barrymore impression is so good it ... (Yahoo! Voices)

Melanie Lynskey did a perfect impression of her "Ever After" co-star Drew Barrymore and got quite the reaction out of Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show."

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