Kaitlyn Dever, the actress portraying Abby Anderson in HBO’s second season of The Last of Us, has revealed during an interview with ScreenRant that she’s eager to do the character justice despite admitting it’s hard not to read some of the comments online about her role.
As previously reported, there’s been quite a lot of fan reaction to Dever’s casting as Abby, particularly as she was not required to bulk up for the role; Abby in the games was very muscular, making her a formidable threat to Ellie as far as raw strength goes. Dever was also required additional security on set as a result of fan reaction to the character.
Well, it’s hard not to see those things on the internet. It’s hard not to stop myself from looking at it every once in a while, especially going into this, for sure. And I want to do this character justice and make the fans proud by bringing her to life in this kind of way.
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Dever went on to say that her “main focus was just the collaboration between Neil [Druckmann] and Craig [Mazin], and making sure I was really getting to the core of who she is and what drives her and her emotional state; her anger and her frustration and her grief and all of that. I wanted to make sure that that was what I was focusing most of my energy on.
The Last of Us Season 2 will premiere on HBO on April 13, 2025, and you can see the latest trailer here.
[Source – ScreenRant via Eurogamer]