The Last of Us HBO Season 2 Announces Castings for Manny, Owen, Mel, and Nora | Push Square

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HBO's TV adaptation of The Last of Us recently began filming for season two, which will of course delve into the plot of the second game. The Last of Us: Part II had a larger cast, with quite a few side characters filling out the wider picture, and this will be reflected in the show. A whole bunch of these characters have now been cast.

Owen will be played by Spencer Lord, known for his roles in Riverdale, Heartland, and Family Law. Ariela Barer will portray Mel, Owen's partner; she's featured in the likes of Atypical, Runaways, and How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

The character Manny is being taken up by Danny Ramirez, who appeared in Top Gun: Maverick and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Tati Gabrielle (Uncharted, The 100) will be Nora. All four of these characters are members of the WLF, a militia group to which Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) also belongs.

The new cast members join season one's old guard, with Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, and Gabriel Luna as Tommy. Are you excited for the second season of The Last of Us? Discuss in the comments section below.

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I had hoped the tv show would run concurrent timelines for Ellie and Abbey and the season end sometime during day 2 but since it’s the game makers running it seems like it’s going to follow the game as Yara and Lev haven’t been cast yet, (Ian Alexander should be Lev, unless they’re too old, but they did a good job playing basically the same character in season 3 of STD) which means the season almost certainly ends the first time in the theater, which means I don’t want to watch the following season,