Kaitlyn Dever‘s position on the upcoming sophomore season of HBO‘s The Last of Us is seemingly already making some waves.
Season 2 co-star Isabela Merced claimed that Dever wanted safety on the set of the video game-based drama from individuals who “genuinely hate” her character Abby Anderson, a soldier who finally ends up at odds with Ellie (performed by Bella Ramsey).
“There’s so many unusual individuals on this world as a result of there are individuals that really genuinely hate Abby, who is just not an actual particular person,” stated Merced on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “Kaitlyn needed to be additional secured by safety when it got here to the filming of this.”
Along with Abby’s position as an antagonist to Ellie and Joel (Pedro Pascal), some online game followers have additionally expressed hatred towards the character over her appears and false hypothesis that she is transgender. Others have complained that Dever is just not muscular sufficient to play the half.
“What confuses me is the showrunner and creator of the online game, they work collectively to make this, so for those who like what the man made and he’s making extra of it, why are you mad? I’m too opinionated to be on Twitter. I see these things on Twitter, and it makes me wish to go Cardi B on them.”
Abby Anderson in The Final of Us online game.
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Merced, who performs Ellie’s companion and co-conspirator Dina on Season 2, went on to defend Dever, whose mom died of breast cancer in February.
“Kaitlyn is such a cool one who doesn’t get phased by issues,” she stated. “She actually had her head in the appropriate place, and likewise goes by way of quite a bit personally proper now. It’s devastating to see, but in addition give her the rattling Emmy, actually. I’m so excited for individuals to see how extremely nicely Bella and Kaitlyn did on this.”
Along with Dever and Merced, Season 2 newcomers additionally embrace Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Wright, Danny Ramirez, Tati Gabrielle, Younger Mazino, Ariela Barer and Spencer Lord. The season is ready to premiere on Max in 2025.
