HBO Has Cast Abby In The Last Of Us Season 2 – Here’s The Reactions From Two Women Who Played Her
gameranx.comAbby Anderson is one of the most divisive and definitely interesting characters in the The Last Of Us mythos. Naughty Dog has seen it fit to make players both see her kill characters you love, and then make you play as her. And now, we know who will be playing her on-screen on HBO.
As shared by the official HBO Max Twitter account, 27 year old Kaitlyn Dever, who has been acting since she was 13, has been given the role. Her breakout role was as Loretta McCready in the FX show Justified, and she has slowly made her way up in her career to be the lead star of her most recent project, the Hulu original sci-fi horror film No One Will Save You, which just debuted last year.
As you can imagine, she’s racked up quite the filmography already. In fact, she did motion capture for Nathan Drake’s daughter Cassie in Uncharted 4: At Thief’s End.
Kaitlyn’s casting has already received some interesting reactions online, from the people who should have a say in the matter, namely, the people who played her. Laura Bailey, who was Abby’s voice actor, congratulated Kaitlyn on Twitter, saying:
“Huge congrats, Kaitlyn! So excited to see Abby’s evolution in your performance! Let me know if you want a workout buddy. “
In the meantime, bodybuilder and cosplayer Claire Max, shared a lengthier thread talking about how Kaitlyn would have to adjust to play Abby. Before we get to that, here’s your reminder that Claire did this impressively physique-accurate Abby cosplay, so she knows all about duplicating Abby’s likeness:
“BuT sHe’S uNrEaLiStIc” #TLOU2 pic.twitter.com/5S2coKnhBs
Here’s what Claire said about the casting:
“I think she’ll be amazing – no mistakes have been made thus far with the casting on this show.
Do I wish she was jacked? Yeah; of
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