Melanie Lynskey reveals husband Jason Ritter made appearance in The Last Of Us as a ‘stunt person’

Melanie Lynskey has revealed that her husband made a secret appearance on The Last of Us as a stunt person.

The actress, 45, appeared in a two-episode guest role as Kathleen, the leader of a group of revolutionaries in Kansas City in the series.

Her story ends in a big shootout, as the survivors are attacked by a herd of clickers, the show’s name for the terrifying former humans who are now infected by a parasitic fungus, and track their victims through sound.

But as it turns out, Melanie’s real-life husband actor Jason was one of those clickers – and she even fired at him during a scene in episode five.

According to the actress it has always been a ‘life-long dream’ of Jason’s to be a stunt performer.

Speaking on Jimmy Fallon, she said: ‘He was a stunt person. He trained with the stunt people. And he just did all these amazing stunts. 

‘It’s like his lifelong dream he got put in the makeup and he came out of the ground and was falling over. I shot him once!’

Fallon then shared a photo of the pair behind the scenes, with Ritter in full clicker makeup, to which Melanie replied, ‘so romantic’.

The married actors have previously worked together when Jason made a guest star appearance in Melanie’s Hulu true-crime series Candy, which she starred in with Jessica Biel.

Jason is also set to have a little-known guest role in the upcoming season of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which releases its second season next week (March 24).

It comes after Melanie called out model Adrianne Curry for saying her body type wasn’t one 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 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 Adrianne ultimately deleted the tweet, Melanie took to Twitter to defend herself.

‘Romantic’: Melanie, 45, appeared in a two-episode guest role as the leader of a group of revolutionaries in Kansas City in the series where Joel ( Pedro Pascal ) and Ellie ( Bella Ramsey ) come across this vindictive leader – and even ‘shot’ her husband

Tense: Her story ends in a big shoot-out, as the survivors are attacked by a herd of clickers the show’s name for the terrifying former humans who are now controlled by a parasitic fungus that was mutated by global warming 

First, she made it clear to her 167,000 Twitter followers that the photo Adrianne 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.’

Action: Melanie’s real-life husband actor Jason was one of those clickers – and she even fired at him during a scene in episode five

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.

‘Not the coolest or the toughest person. The organiser. The person who knows where everything is. The person who is doing the planning. The person who can multitask. The one who’s decisive,’ she added.

‘Women, and especially women in leadership positions, are scrutinized incessantly. Her voice is too shrill. Her voice is too quiet. She pays too much attention to how she looks. She doesn’t pay enough attention to how she looks. She’s too angry. She’s not angry enough,’ Lynskey continued.

‘I was excited at the idea of playing a woman who had, in a desperate and tragic time, jumped into a role she had never planned on having and nobody else had planned on her having, and then she actually got s**t done,’ she added.

‘I wanted her to look like she should have a notepad on her at all times. I wanted her to be feminine, and soft-voiced, and all the things that we’ve been told are ‘weak’. Because honestly, f**k that,’ Lynskey proclaimed.

‘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 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,’ she added.