In spring this year, the celebrated video game adaptation The Last of Us returns with the long -awaited 2nd season. Above all, fans of the game template were excited to see who the figure of the new Abby would represent in the original version of the Last of Us Part II by Laura Bailey.
We’ll tell you (first spoiler -free) What the game and series character is all about and go into more detail in the spoiler part why it is so unpopular among some Tlou fans.
Abby: The vengeful muscle package from The Last of Us 2 explains
Abigail “Abby” Anderson is one of the playable characters of the Games The Last of Us Part II. She is muscular, aggressive, member of the paramilitary Washington Liberation Front (WLF) and on Revenge for the murder of her father out of. Above all, however, it is Joel (in the series: Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) to antagonistically and was designed in such a way that Abby should be loathed before you feel into her and also admit a perspective and a redemption ARC.
Superficial criticism was hailing from the usual gamer suspects alone because Abby is not conventional attractive and Traditionally masculine trains carries. Apart from that, it cost some overcoming to make friends with a other character than the central duo from the original game. Abby is just an antagonist who has to play yourself to explore a multifaceted character.
While Abby is being followed in the course of the game, she proves to be Protector From two needy siblings who escaped a dangerous cult: Lev is a former member of the seraphite sect he had to leave because he is trans, Yara is his older sister.
Since Tlou2 is adapted with several seasons and the siblings will probably only appear in season 3, there are no casting information for them.
Who plays Abby in the Last of US series from HBO?
US actress Kaitlyn Dever was selected in the Abby role for the 2nd season of Craig Mazin’s HBO series. She was already planned for a film version of the game before the series project and was finally recommended by the showrunner. Fans of the figure, however, were skeptical, because while game ABBBY appears extremely muscular and masculine, the verver is mainly known from more feminine-connoted roles in films such as Booksmart and Rosaline.
Showrunner Mazin told Entertainment Weekly this year about Abby and the casting:
I personally think that there is a great opportunity to deal with someone who may be physically vulnerable than the Abby in the game, but whose mind is stronger. And then the question is: ‘Where does her impressive nature come from and how does she manifest itself?’ This is something that will be researched now and later. According to the last assessments by the HBO program manager, The Last of Us’s series adaptation is overall Four seasons come.
Danger, We are now talking about an early but drastic story point from the beginning of The Last of Us 2, which will have a strong impact on the plot of the 2nd season. Last chance not to read on …
Here we go: Do you remember how we thought above that Abby was a playable figure in Tlou2? That is also true. However, this is not in addition to Ellie and Joel, but instead of Joel. But it gets much worse. Abby is not only the one who replaces Joel more or less in the game – she is also the one who kills him at the beginning of the second part in front of Ellie.
The reason is revenge. Abby’s father was none other than Dr. Jerry Anderson, the chief physician of the Fireflies, who could have saved the world from the dangerous Cordyceps mushrooms with Ellies brain cells. Joel shot him during his murderous foray to rescue Ellies in the operating room. A scene that could also be seen in the 1st season finale of the series.
For Ellie, after the murder of Joel, a her own revenge misses, which takes place, while partly in the shoes of her target person Abby.
Look here the latest trailer for The Last of Us 2:
The Last of Us – S02 Trailer 2 (English) HD
Whether you hate Abby and the game is writing down, probably depends on how to consume games and series: just fires the characters you like and is sour when something negative happens to you? Or is you more happy about an intelligent story that can sometimes hurt if, for example, she has something about revenge cycles, perspectives and complicated human nature?
Let’s hope that Kaitlyn Dever at least Threats of murder It is spared when it is your turn to make herself unpopular at new The Last of US fans. The game actress is exactly what happened (via Forbes).
When is The Last of Us Season 2 finally starting?
The 2nd Season by The Last of Us Staffel 2 runs on April 14, 2025 at Sky and WoW. Seven new episodes then start a week-just one day after the US premiere on HBO.