The Last of Us star Melanie Lynskey calls out model Adrianne Curry trends now

HBO's The Last Of Us introduced a new character named Kathleen in the show's fourth episode that aired Sunday night, played by Melanie Lynskey, though the character had one famous detractor: model Adrianne Curry.

Lynskey, 45, plays the leader of a group of revolutionaries in Kansas City in the fourth episode, entitled Please Hold to My Hand, where Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) come across this vindictive leader.

Curry, 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 life of luxury... not post apocalyptic warlord. Where's Linda Hamilton when you need her?' referring to Hamilton's portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator franchise.

While Curry ultimately deleted the tweet, Lynskey took to Twitter on Wednesday to defend herself from Curry.

First, she made it clear to her 167K Twitter followers that the photo Curry selected was not from The Last of Us, adding she didn't need to be 'muscly' to be an overlord. 

'Firstly- this is a photo from my cover shoot for InStyle magazine, not a still from HBO’s The Last Of Us,' Lynskey began. 

'And I’m playing a person who meticulously planned & executed an overthrow of FEDRA. I am supposed to be SMART, ma’am. I don’t need to be muscly. That’s what henchmen are for,' she concluded.

While Curry deleted the original tweet, she continued to defend it to many others who called her out.

'She edited out my tweet where I said she had a perfect hour glass frame that I did not associate with warriors. Actors taking character criticism as personal attacks is mind blowing,' Curry said.

Curry responded to another fan adding, 'I’m not allowed to say I didn’t find the fictional character believable due to her soft voice, small stature and curvy frame. Fictional. Not real.'

She also said in another tweet, 'Next up, Jason Mamoa will find my criticism of his portrayal of AQUAMAN and will put me in my place with a strongly worded tweet on why he IS the perfect Arthur Curry.'

While Curry continued to defend her since-deleted tweet, Lynskey opened up in several tweets about why she was thrilled to work on The Last Of Us.

'Other than getting to work with creative geniuses who I respect and admire (Neil & Craig) the thing that excited me most about doing#TheLastOfUs is that my casting suggested the possibility of a future in which people start listening to the person with the best ideas,' she began.