‘The Last of Us’ Star Melanie Lynskey Responds to Criticism of Her Casting | THR News - video Dailymotion

The actress, who plays Kathleen on the HBO series, addressed a social media post that stated: "Her body says life of luxury."

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00:00Melanie Linsky is responding to criticism of her casting in the HBO series The Last of Us.

00:05Linsky plays Kathleen, a leader of a Kansas City-based revolutionary movement in the adaptation

00:10of the popular video game. She took to Twitter on Wednesday to address a post from America's

00:15Next Top Model winner, Adrienne Curry. Curry said of Linsky, in a sense, deleted tweet,

00:20her body says life of luxury, not post-apocalyptic warlord. Curry also referenced the Terminator

00:25franchise, writing, where's Linda Hamilton when you need her? This led Linsky to post

00:29a screenshot of Curry's tweet, which was underneath a photo of the actress from an

00:33InStyle magazine shoot. Linsky said,

00:36The Yellow Jacket star later posted a separate Twitter thread in which she praised The Last of

00:55Us series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, for encouraging her to embody a character who

01:00wasn't necessarily, quote, the coolest or the toughest person, but is the one with the best

01:05ideas amid the devastating world depicted on the show. Things have gone great. Haven't you heard?

01:12Kansas City is free. Linsky added,

01:14I understand that some people are mad that I'm not the typical casting for this role.

01:19That's thrilling to me. Other than the moments after action is called, when you feel like you're

01:23actually in someone else's body, the most exciting part of my job is subverting expectations.

01:28Although her original post was deleted, Curry appeared to double down on her statement with

01:32numerous tweets responding to Linsky's messages. For more on this story, go to THR.com.

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