The video game adaptation The Last of Us is one of the biggest series of 2023 and will be with us for a few more years. The 2nd season has received the green light a long time ago. Now that the strike by screenwriters and actors in Hollywood has ended, pre-production for the new episodes can now begin.
Fans of the original have one question in particular when it comes to season 2: Who plays Abby? Rumors about the cast have been circulating for months. It looks like Kaitlyn Dever was able to prevail against the competition. The casting is not official yetbut there is a lot of evidence that seems to confirm it.
Kaitlyn Dever is most likely playing Abby and fans are worried about her
After well-known and traditionally well-informed insiders such as Daniel Richtman and Jeff Sneider have linked Devers’ name to the role of Abbey in the second season of The Last of Us, there is striking movements on her Instagram profile. Several people from The Last of Us environment have recently started following the actress.
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Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the creative minds behind The Last of Us, clicked “follow” on Dever’s Instagram profile. Ellie actress Bella Ramsey has also joined the two, not to mention official The Last of Us account. Apparently Dever is involved in Season 2 in some way.
This can actually just be the Abby casting. Based on her appearance, Dever definitely fits the character from the game. In the sci-fi thriller No One Will Save You she was recently able to prove that she too has what it takes in terms of acting for such an important role. But many fans are worried.
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The big fear: Bullying, death threats and more. Abby is a controversial character who does terrible things. In the video game she was portrayed by Laura Bailey, who died shortly after the release of a unbelievable wave of hate comments exposed, as Forbes summarizes in a detailed report.
What Laura Bailey experienced in The Last of Us Part II must not be repeated with Kaitlyn Dever
Some people who played The Last of Us Part II didn’t want and/or couldn’t choose between the Actions of a character in a fictional story and the work of a professional actress. They projected their rejection onto Bailey and pressured her with insulting and disturbing messages. Even though she wasn’t even involved in the script of The Last of Us, Bailey and her family faced threats of violence.
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If Kaitlyn Dever has truly been cast as Abby, we must protect her at all costs.
Despite all the toxic and misogynistic reactions found many defenders, who sided with the actress. And now they’re worried about Dever.
The second season of The Last of Us is still a long way off. But fans already want it to raise awareness of the problem, so that the horror that Bailey experienced is not repeated by another actress. Just because a fictional character does something evil doesn’t mean that the creatives behind the project share that sentiment. Media competence is the crucial term.
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