‘The Last of Us’ Star Melanie Lynskey Responds to Criticism of Her Casting

‘The Last of Us star Melanie Lynskey, who appeared on the series this Sunday as Kathleen, recently responded to the criticism that is doing rounds on the internet. She replied to a tweet that said, “Her body says the life of luxury.”

What did Melanie Lynskey reply? Who criticized her on Twitter? What happened after Melanie’s reply? Here are the answers to these questions.

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Adrianne Curry Criticised the Casting of Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey took to Twitter to finally reply to the criticism which happened after America’s Next Top Model Season 1 winner, Adrianne Curry made a tweet. It wasn’t just a regular tweet, rather it consisted of some sharp criticism against Melanie Lynskey’s characterization in ‘The Last of Us.’

This is what the tweet said, “her body says the life of luxury…not post-apocalyptic [sic] warlord.” After this, comments started pouring in where people were rather agreeing or denying Adrianne Curry. However, the tweet was later deleted.

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Melanie Went all Heartbreaking While Replying to Criticism Over Her Casting

It seems like Adrianne Curry’s tweet surely made Melanie Lynskey furious as she went to Twitter to give a heartbreaking reply. She posted a screenshot of the deleted tweet along with a picture of the star’s InStyle shoot.

Afterward, the Yellowjackets star made a separate tweet where she praised the co-creators of ‘The Last of Us’ for casting her. She appreciated the fact of casting a character who’s not “the coolest or the toughest person” but someone who has the best ideas in the devastating world of ‘The Last of Use.

She added “I understand that some people are mad that I’m not the typical casting for this role. That’s thrilling to me. Other than the moments after the 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.”

Even though Adrianne Curry didn’t make a separate tweet to reply to Melanie, she made comments on different posts.

In one such post, Curry wrote, “I said she was too soft-spoken, short and curvaceous for me to buy as a ‘warlord’ over warrior men in a group of savage humans in post-apocalyptical societal collapse.”