Alison Brie Was “Really Excited” To Play Femme Fatale Supervillain Evil-Lyn In ‘Masters of the Universe’: “Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Really Done”

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Although Alison Brie fans are still mourning Zoya the Destroya, the Masters of the Universe star is enjoying her latest taste of onscreen evil.

Playing supervillain Evil-Lyn in the Travis Knight-helmed live-action feature adaptation, which premieres June 5 in theaters, the 2x Golden Globe nominee recently expressed that she “was really excited to get to play a supervillain” in the Amazon MGM Studios movie.

“I watched a bunch of the old cartoon, and she really is like a classic femme fatale character, but with a sense of humor,” she told USA Today. “Just unlike anything I’ve ever really done.”

With her breakout roles as Trudy Campbell on Mad Men and Annie Edison on Community, bringing a cartoon super vixen to life was a fun departure. “A lot of the work that I’ve done, everything is about reality,” she explained.

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