Melanie Lynskey has revealed her husband made a secret appearance on The Last of Us as a stuntman.
The actress, 45, appeared in a two-episode guest role as Kathleen, the leader of a group of revolutionaries in Kansas City on the show.
His story ends with a big gunfight, as the survivors are attacked by a herd of Clickers, the show’s name for the terrifying ancient humans who are now infected with a parasitic fungus and track their victims through sound.
But it turns out that Melanie’s real husband, actor Jason was one of those clickers – and she even shot him during a scene in episode five.
According to the actress, it has always been Jason’s “lifetime dream” to be a stuntman.
Speaking on Jimmy Fallon, she said: ‘He was a stuntman. He trained with the stuntmen. And he just did all these amazing stunts.
“It’s like his lifelong dream, he put his makeup on and he got off the ground and was falling. I shot him once!
Fallon then shared a behind-the-scenes photo of the couple, with Ritter in full clicker makeup, to which Melanie replied “so romantic.”
The married actors previously worked together when Jason guest-starred on Melanie’s Hulu true-crime series Candy, in which she starred with Jessica Biel.
Jason is also set to have a little-known guest role in the upcoming season of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which will release its second season next week (March 24).
It comes after Melanie called out model Adrianne Curry for saying her body type was not that of a ‘post-apocalyptic warlord’.
Adrianne, 40, winner of the first season of America’s Next Top Model in 2003, shared an image of Lynskey from a magazine photoshoot, adding, “Her body says a life of luxury…not a post-apocalyptic warlord”. Where is Linda Hamilton when you need her? referencing Hamilton’s portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator franchise.
While Adrianne eventually deleted the tweet, Melanie took to Twitter to defend herself.
First, she made it clear to her 167,000 Twitter followers that Adrianne’s selected photo was not from The Last of Us, adding that she didn’t need to be “muscled” to be an overlord. .
“First off, this is a photo from my cover shoot for InStyle magazine, not a photo from HBO’s The Last Of Us,” Lynskey began.
“And I play a person who meticulously planned and executed a FEDRA overthrow. I’m supposed to be SMART, ma’am. I don’t have to be muscular. That’s what henchmen are for,” she concluded.
While Curry deleted the original tweet, she continued to defend it to many other people who called her out.
“She edited my tweet where I said she had a perfect hourglass frame that I didn’t associate with warriors. Actors who criticize characters as personal attacks are mind-blowing,’ Curry said.
Curry responded to another fan, adding, “I’m not allowed to say that I didn’t find the fictional character believable due to her soft voice, short stature and curvy figure.” Fictitious. Not true.’
She also said in another tweet, “Then Jason Mamoa will find my critique of his portrayal of AQUAMAN and put me in my shoes with a strongly worded tweet about why he IS the perfect Arthur Curry.”
While Curry continued to defend her since-deleted tweet, Lynskey explained in several tweets why she was thrilled to be working on The Last Of Us.
“Besides working with creative geniuses that I respect and admire (Neil & Craig), the thing that got me most excited about #TheLastOfUs is that my cast suggested the possibility of a future in which people start listening to the person with the best ideas, she began.
‘Not the coolest or toughest person. The organizer. The person who knows where everything is. The person who does the planning. The person who can multitask. The one who is decisive,” she added.
“Women, and especially women in leadership positions, are under constant scrutiny. His voice is too high. His voice is too quiet. She pays too much attention to her appearance. She doesn’t pay enough attention to her appearance. She’s too angry. She’s not mad enough,” Lynskey continued.
“I was excited to play a woman who had, in a desperate and tragic time, jumped into a role that she never expected to have and no one else had expected to. she did, and then she really fucked herself,’ she added.
“I wanted her to look like she had a pad on her at all times. I wanted her to be feminine and soft-spoken, and everything we were told was “weak”. Because honestly, f**k that,” Lynskey proclaimed.
“I understand that some people are angry that I’m not the typical cast for this role. It’s exciting for me. Aside from the moments after the call to action, when you feel like ‘Being in someone else’s body, the most exciting part of my job is subverting expectations,’ she added.