Melanie Lynskey discovered a factor or two from her finest buddy, Natasha Lyonne — and used it to get one in all her most memorable roles.

The “Yellowjackets” actor was honored with the Valuable Gem Award on the forty second annual Miami Movie Competition on Saturday. Throughout a profession retrospective after accepting the award, she opened up about her many memorable roles, together with that of Gloria in “Coyote Ugly.”

“All people wished to be in that film. It was the recent script of the second, and I keep in mind studying it. There have been so many alternative drafts of it. And the draft that I acquired, I feel was a move that was achieved by Kevin Smith. It was fairly darkish,” she mentioned in the course of the Q&A. “And I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is enjoyable.’ I mainly went into the audition room and did sort of an impression of Natasha Lyonne.”

On the time, Lynskey advised the group she didn’t have cash for a dialect coach — however when she landed the function, they offered one. Sadly, she ended up having to do this New Jersey accent all on her personal.

“There was a sound drawback and none of my strains recorded, and I needed to re-record each single line I did in that film, and they didn’t get me a dialect coach for once I needed to re-record all of the strains,” she mentioned with amusing.

Lynskey additionally revealed she didn’t know the right way to drive earlier than touchdown the a part of Gloria. “I needed to study to drive for ‘Coyote Ugly,’” she mentioned. “I didn’t lie. No person requested me! However then I used to be like, ‘Oh, by the best way, I don’t know the right way to drive.’ They mentioned, ‘You’re 21.’”

Three years after “Coyote Ugly,” Lynskey landed the function of Rose in “Two and a Half Males.” Excited to be on an American sitcom, she’d gone on to do seem in a whopping 63 episodes.

“I went and did one thing sort of unusual within the audition, and so they have been tremendous into it,” Lynskey recalled. “She was written as being fairly horny and threatening. And I used to be like, what if she simply actually doesn’t know there’s an issue? She’s so candy and also you’d meet her within the grocery retailer and [say,] ‘She’s lovely.’ And he or she’s like, ‘I’ll lower you into items.’”

The writers appreciated her take, and through Season 1, the visitor star function shortly was a sequence common.

“Actually, it was a tough determination, as a result of it was not what I used to be anticipating. I had no cash, and I appreciated everybody I labored with. I actually, actually appreciated them, and it was so enjoyable,” she mentioned.

Nevertheless it was not possible to take another jobs. By Season 5, she was capable of get out of her contract. “That was why I turned recurring, so I may come and go. Individuals have been renegotiating to get raises, and I used to be like, how about I renegotiate for much less cash? Actually, somebody was like, you would develop into a millionaire. I used to be like, No, I get it. I do. That sounds nice, however I additionally noticed the trail that was happening… It was not, financially, the best selection, however for my life, it was your best option.”