The Last of Us Season 2 Casts Kaitlyn Dever as Abby

The Last of Us season 2 has discovered its Abby in Kaitlyn Dever, confirming earlier reviews. In a tweet, HBO confirmed that the Booksmart star can be enjoying the second protagonist — some want seeing her as a villain — within the post-apocalyptic collection, posing a brand new problem to Ellie Williams (Bella Ramsey). Interestingly, Dever had a previous connection to the present when followers lobbied the studio to forged her as the 13-year-old Ellie, as a result of her facial resemblance to the in-game character and her involvement within the Uncharted 4 sport — additionally from developer Naughty Dog. However, co-creator Neil Druckmann and the group opted for a youthful actor in Ramsey, who for my part, nailed the function.

“Our casting process for season two has been identical to season one: we look for world-class actors who embody the souls of the characters in the source material,” Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin stated in a ready assertion (through Variety). “Nothing matters more than talent, and we’re thrilled to have an acclaimed performer like Kaitlyn join Pedro, Bella and the rest of our family.” Abby Anderson is a really divisive character within the Last of Us universe, drawing hatred from a piece of followers as a result of her actions in The Last of Us Part II and her muscular construct, which sparked a spate of body-shaming feedback. The outrage went thus far that Laura Bailey, the voice actor who helmed Abby, obtained loss of life threats for her function. With the backlash to the sport and the character in thoughts, one can solely hope that Dever does not need to take care of comparable hateful feedback if and when the Abby discourse is introduced up once more.

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Dever beforehand obtained reward for her performances within the Emmy-nominated Dopesick and the Hulu alien invasion film No One Will Save You, by which she performed a silent protagonist for probably the most half. In The Last of Us season 2, which adapts the occasions from the gory and polarising sequel The Last of Us Part 2, she’ll have a pivotal scene with Pedro Pascal’s Joel that leaves an enduring impression on the story. Pacal, in the meantime, has received Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel on high of his precedence checklist; each different manufacturing should work round that schedule. This may be attributed to the doubtless lesser display time for the actor within the second season, the place the main target is on the revenge arc between Ellie and Abby — the sport intercut between the 2 characters to supply differing views as they typically trod the identical paths.

Filming on The Last of Us season 2 was delayed as a result of Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strike final 12 months. The new season was greenlit merely two episodes into the debut chapter, and given the size and the formidable scope of the online game sequel, the studio has sufficient materials to adapt for a number of seasons. That’s what Mazin and Druckmann plan on doing with the story, having mapped out all the affair with a slew of deliberate new characters within the combine. Last week, The Last of Us season 1 bagged eight awards on the Creative Arts Emmys, together with an Outstanding Guest Actress award for Storm Reid and Outstanding Best Actor for Nick Offerman, who appeared in episode 3.

The Last of Us season 2 is ready to start filming within the American Spring and premieres someday in 2025 on HBO.