Her first TV project, 'Rose Red' is the story of a group of
people connected with the paranormal who go into a house
whose name forms the title. In amongst them is Rachel
Wheaton(Lynskey), who is accompanying her younger sister,
Annie, an Autistic with telekenetic powers.
Written by Stephen King, it centres on
the initial journey of
self-discovery as much as it does on
the terror that the house
inflicts on its guests. Although underused
in the part, Melanie
makes a good job of acting on television,
something that she
had no experience, prior to this project. It
was whilst she was
filming that she met her current beau,
Jimmi Simpson, who
played a snidey photo journalist.
In spite of the project being marred
by the tragic death of one
of the main stars, David Dukes, 'Rose
Red' proved a good first
experience of acting on TV for Mel.
