Parker Posey on Channeling '70s Horror Icons in 'Tales of the Walking Dead' (Exclusive)

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universe, thanks to the episodic anthology spinoff. The actress, famous for her roles in,, and most recently, appears in “Blair/Gina,” a perversely funny departure from the typical stories told in the zombie franchise that takes advantage of Parker’s expert comedic timing and extremely dry humor. “There’s nothing funnier than mean people who are just, like, hateful… and angry people who can’t deal with themselves,” Posey tells ET about the episode written by Kari Drake, who previously served as a producer on Netflix’s reboot of, which starred the actress as Dr.

Smith.In the second standalone installment of, Posey stars as Blair opposite Jillian Bell as Gina, two co-workers who find themselves stuck in a time loop, as they relive the beginning of the zombie outbreak in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2010.

Despite how much they hate each other, they realize the only way to survive -- and live out the time loop longer is to work together. “I really love this idea that two people share the same psychological thing,” says Posey, who found herself channeling her own, recent personal traumas into the character. “I’m like, ‘If we can get people screaming in their homes and just, like, laughing, we’ve done our job.’ Because there’s been a lot of trauma and grief.”  When it comes to Blair, the actress liked how “she’s kind of this monster and then we see the layers come off and the reasons why she can’t contain herself,” Posey says, explaining that the two women are “two sides of the same coin.

So, there is this dance between the two of them.” She adds that “this drama that they’re living through together is bonding them for life.”Not only is Blair deliciously vile and mean only on a level Posey can bring to life onscreen, she spends the.