Olivia Thirlby’s Very Unusual Casting Process for Hero in Y: The Last Man

Welcome back for a brand-new episode of Collider Ladies Night, sponsored by FX’s Y: The Last Man. Based on the DC Comics’ series from Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, the show traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. With the world in disarray, survivors struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better. For Olivia Thirlby’s character, Yorick’s sister Hero Brown, that means doing what she can to keep herself and her best friend Sam (Elliot Fletcher) safe while juggling the sting of the rift between her and her mother (Diane Lane) and also the weight of a very traumatic pre-event experience. With Y: The Last Man now well into its Season 1 run, Thirlby took the time to join us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night. Given how much she’s accomplished over the years, there was a lot to cover including her experience making her first feature