No nearer to being picked up on Hollywood's radar.....

In spite of having five completed films, one of which was featured in the 82nd Academy Award nominations, Melanie Lynskey still retains the position of a working actress, getting nothing but supporting roles that have no chance of her getting properly noticed on Hollywood's radar. The first leading lady role since 'Heavenly Creatures', that of Ginger Whiteacre in 'The Informant', got absolutely no attention whatsoever, lowering the possibility of her profile being raised to the extent that she ought to get an A-list role in a major Hollywood movie. She has resigned herself to being kept in that position by movie executives, but her mindset has been forged by external circumstances. She has no choice but not to think that way, and it is wrong, on every level, for Melanie to be pigeonholed in that way and to be manipulated by casting directors to lower her goals. I also feel that her new agent is letting her down by not taking steps to improve her chances at getting career-building publicity, by means of hiring a publicist on Lynskey's behalf. Seeing Mel's name in big letters near the top of the film poster is still something I want to see, and I will never give up on wishing for this to happen. She is an A-List film leading lady in the making, and Hollywood executives should acknowledge this fully.