“I understand that some people are mad that I’m not the typical casting for this role. That’s thrilling to me,” she continued. “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.”

This isn’t the first time Lynskey has been forced to address body-shaming within Hollywood. Last year, in an interview with Rolling Stone, she opened up about her experience working on Yellowjackets, and how a member of the production crew asked her how she planned to lose weight during filming.

“They were asking me, ‘What do you plan to do? I’m sure the producers will get you a trainer. They’d love to help you with this,’” Lynskey recalled of the comments.

“I don’t need to be muscly”: Melanie Lynskey responds following body-shaming tweet about her The Last Of Us role