In Praise of Melanie Lynskey

And National Treasure 3, whatever it may be.

We have been afloat on a raft of nepo babies lately, thanks to Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere (and Vogue and Ryan Murphy with the assist), and Vogue’s previous nepo cover subject Gracie Abrams, and Cruz Beckham having a band, and Apple Martin¹ getting an acting job with Nancy Meyers, Keen Ruffalo being a chip off Mark’s block in Sterling Point, Ben Stiller’s daughter popping up on And Just Like That, Ewan McGregor’s child turning out to be on We Were Liars (in fairness, the only good actor therein)… Surely Carys Douglas — daughter of Michael and Cathy Zeta — cannot be far behind, as she just did a play in Brooklyn. And, as discussed when we covered the Don’t Say Good Luck premiere on Go Fug Yourself, Adam and Jackie Sandler are fervently producing projects either for, or including, their daughters Sadie and Sunny. That one landed on Netflix recently, so I curled up with it one night to see if their efforts are in vain. Fair warning: Sad mom stuff ensues; skip to the end if you’re not up fo…