“Logo Text with the return of the Last of US Commons the Arrival of Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, A Central Character in Part II of the Video Game, AS A Soldier Secking Vendance. But Dever’s History with The Last of US Goes Back a Decade, As She Was Initially Eyed to Play Ellie (The Series’”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
W The return of The Last of Us Comes The Arrival of Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, A Central Character in Part II of the Video Game, AS A Soldier Secking Vengeance.
But dever’s hisisory with The Last of Us Goes Back a Decade, As She Was Initially Eyed to Play Ellie (The Series’ Lead Character, Played by Bella Ramsey) Years Ago WHEN A Film Adptation Was Being Planned For The Game.
“I didn’t Even Audition. It Was Only Just Like Meetings I Was Hving With [creator] Neil [Druckmann]. I was going to [Druckmann’s video game company] Naughty Dog and HE WAS SHOWING ME HOW THE GAME WAS CREATED AND DEFINITELY GIVING ME SPOILERS FOR GAME II Years Before It Came Out; I HAD TO CARRY A LOT OF WIGHT, IT’S BEEN ROUGH THESE LAST 10 YEARS, I HAVE TO SAY, DEVER TOLD The Hollywood Reporter at the Show’s Los Angeles Premiere On Monday. “I Always Thought ABOUT IT AS THAT THAT I BONDED A LOT WITH MY DAD AND WE PLAYED The GAME TOGETHER Moviemaking Goes, That Went Away for A While. ”
She said that after the project pivated, “I was really excited to see it as a show and bella did the Such an amazing job and the twin Fan.
Druckmann admitted that he and co-shownner craig mazin “Were Actual Really Nervous” WHEN IT CAME TO CASTING ABBY “BECAUE IT’S SUCH A PIVOTAL ROLE.”
After Mainting A Relationship with Dever Througholhout the Years, “The Idea Came Up that She Should Play Abby”, He Continued, and “We’re Never 100 Percent Sure Were Were. THEN OCENES AGANESS AGANES Bella, Against Pedro, We’re Like, Oh My God, Lightning in A Bottle Again.
Mazin Added that in Looking for Their Abby, They Need “Somebody Who Can Stand on Her Own As The Hero, As The Villain, As Somebody We LOVE, AS SOMEBODY WE’RE. have to make US connect to them in this deep way, and kaitlyn just have this Profound Nature – there’s a depth. Hug, and She’s Both at the Same Time. ”
Season Two SEES A FIVE-YEAR TIME JUMP FROM The FIRST SEASON, WITH ELLIE AND JOEL (PEDRO PASSAL) SETTLED IN A SURVIVIOR Community in Jackson, Wyoming. The Two Are in Conflict with Each Other at the Start of Season and Joel Is Seeing a Therapist, Played by Catherine O’hara.
Mazin Said they Originally Thought of Sending Joel to Therapy in Season One but Opted to Hold IT UNTIL The Second Season. “I Just Kept Thinking in a Post-Apocalyptic World, WHICH IS A BARTER ECONOMY, WHAT Wuld Be Useful and What Wuld Not Be Useful?” He Said, with A Therapist Being “Incredibly Useful. Everybody’s Whose Left Is Hurting, EveryBody.”
“The Way Catherine O’hara’s Character Integrates With The Other People in the Story, Including A Character That Has Been Referenified In The Games But Never Sees, ITe, Refere, ITe, Referency. People Tell Their Theraps, ”Mazin Continued. “You THINK THEY Always Tell Their Theraps of the Truth, But What Are The Parts They Don’t Tell Therapist? That’s Whore It Gets Interesting.”
Druckmann ALSO SPOKE About How Long He Sees the Show Going, with Part II of the Game Being Too Large to Adapt Entirely in a Season Season and A Third or Even a Fourth Season Expert.
“WE LIKE TO WORK WITH ANDING IN Mind So We Know The Final Destination, We Know Where The Story Ends and We Know Some of the Stops ALONG The WI Into The Details and We Figured Out Is Seven Episodes. “SO WHILE WEKO WEERE WE’RE GOING, I COULDNN’T TELL YOU AT this Point Until We Get Back in The Writers Room How How Many Seasons or How Many Episodes That Will. if we get to do it again. ”
The Last of Us Season Two Premieres April 13 On HBO and Max.