Ironically, the Yellowjackets and Last of Us star is currently up for two Emmys.
Three-time Emmy nomineeMelanie Lynskeywasn’t always known for her scene-stealing TV roles.
“But not really.
Melanie Lynskey.Dave Benett/Getty
I also was not sure about doing television at that time.”
Lynskey continued, “It was very early in my career.
I had a very old-school agent who was like, ‘TV?
That’s for has-beens!’
and I was like, ‘I don’t think it is anymore.’
Certainly now things have really changed, but I just wasn’t super into it at the time.”
Her first TV role wouldn’t come until 2002 but for a while,Buffywas a contender.
The first time around, Lynskey passed on the opportunity.
or what it was, but we stayed in touch after that," Lynskey explained.
For the pilot, the role went instead to actress Riff Regan.
When time came for a recast, Lynskey was still in touch with Whedon.
Interested, she brought the project back to her agent.
“And then, it became this whole thing of, ‘Well, now you have to audition.’
Then: ‘Oh, they didn’t like what you were wearing.’
It was a whole process.
And then I didn’t get it!”
That’s a very interesting dynamic."
