Melanie Lynskey.Photo:Leon Bennett/FilmMagic
Leon Bennett/FilmMagic
Melanie Lynskeyis having the sweetest of family reunions.
More than 20 years after the release of her movieSweet Home Alabama, the star is still connected to the actors who played her (many) kids on screen.
OnEntertainment Weekly’s recentInstagram postcelebrating the 2002 romantic comedy starringReese Witherspoon,Josh LucasandPatrick Dempsey, former child actor Colin Ford tagged Lynskey in a comment.
“@msmelanielynskey ❤️ proud to be one of your kiddos in this film. My first job!” he wrote.
“I knoooow and you were so sweet and did such a good job!” the Emmy-nominatedYellowjacketsactress responded.
She added a heart emoji and tagged Kelsey Lowenthal, anotherSweet Home Alabamachild star, who jumped in with a comment of her own: “Best memories of my life were during this set!”
“I was 21, I think, or 22, I did not have any babies at the time," Lynskey toldInStylelast year. “And I had these five children that I was wrangling. They were so sweet. I’m still in touch with two of them. And they’re very cute, very sweet kids.”
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Melanie Lynskey attends PaleyFest LA 2023.Monica Schipper/FilmMagic
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Lowenthal, who also starred in 2002’sA Haunting in Georgia,shared a follow-up comment on the Instagram post with Ford and Lynskey. “@melanielynskey imagine asweet home Alabama 2with the kids all grown up.”
Lynskey responded to her with enthusiasm: “A dream!!”
“They were both sweet and talented little kids who played my other kids, and they’ve grown into sweet and talented adults,” she wrote. “Adore them both.”
Lynskey launched her prolific career oppositeKate Winslet inHeavenly Creatures.The New Zealand-born star has since garnered almost 100 screencredits, and is currently in contention for two2023 Primetime Emmy Awards, for her leading work onYellowjacketsand as a guest star onThe Last of Us.
source: people.com
