Melanie Lynskey learned a thing or two from her best friend, Natasha Lyonne — and used it to get one of her most memorable roles.
The “Yellowjackets” actor was honored with the Precious Gem Award at the 42nd annual Miami Film Festival on Saturday. During a career retrospective after accepting the award, she opened up about her many memorable roles, including that of Gloria in “Coyote Ugly.”
“Everybody wanted to be in that movie. It was the hot script of the moment, and I remember reading it. There were so many different drafts of it. And the draft that I got, I think was a pass that was done by Kevin Smith. It was quite dark,” she said during the Q&A. “And I was like, ‘Oh, this is fun.’ I basically went into the audition room and did kind of an impression of Natasha Lyonne.”
At the time, Lynskey told the team she didn’t have money for a…
