In addition to popular characters from the game template such as Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel (Pedro Pascal), The Last of Us also introduces completely new characters. Melanie Lynskey’s first appearance as revolutionary Kathleen however, caused condescending criticism of her body. Lynskey then put her prominent critic in her place with good arguments.
The Last of Us Fan: Melanie Lynskey’s Body Has Too Much ‘Luxury’ For A Warlord
In the fourth episode, Kathleen emerges as a hardened warlord leading a revolution against the show world’s military government, FEDRA. In response to a PR image for the performance, America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry took to Twitter and commented that Lynskey’s body was a witness “of luxury life, not of [Dasein] a post-apocalyptic warlord“. Obviously she would have preferred the look of Linda Hamilton from the Terminator series. Lynskey didn’t let the attack sit down.
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First of all, this is an image from an InStyle photo shoot and not from The Last of Us. I also play a character who precisely planned and executed FEDRA’s fall. So I have to be smart, not muscular. There are henchmen for that.
A short time later she discussed that Kathleen should “feminine“to be, a”softly voice“possess and”embody all the things they want to sell us as ‘weak’. That’s nonsense.“
Unfortunately, Lynskey isn’t the first cast member to come under fire for her looks. Star Bella Ramsey has also had to hear from some viewers that how little she supposedly fits the role of Ellie.
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The end times series The Last of Us is the live action adaptation of one of the most critically acclaimed video games of the last 10 years. Is the series with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey worth it for fans of the template? And how does it affect non-gamers?
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