The Last Of Us Season 2 Is Already Preparing For Abby Backlash

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Isabela Merced, the actor playing Dina in season two of HBO’sThe Last of Us, has revealed that Kaitlyn Dever had to be “extra secured” to portray Abby Anderson.

After the runaway success of the first season of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us, it was inevitable that asecond season going through the events of The Last of Us Part 2 was going to be made. Of course, as exciting as that is, it’s also inevitable that awhole new group of people are going to get real upset about what happens to some of its characters.

With audiences somehow getting even more attached to Pedro Pascal’s Joel than they were to the game version,there was a lot of worry for whoever was going to end up playing Abby Anderson in the show. That wasrecently revealed to be Kaitlyn Dever, who is best known for her work on Booksmart, Unbelievable, and Dopesick.

HBO Is Already Preparing For Abby Backlash In The Last Of Us Season 2

Ever since it was confirmed that Dever would be playing Abby in The Last of Us Season 2, rational fans have been concerned about the inevitable uproar that’s going to come when we see what she does to Joel in the show. As it turns out, though, it seems that HBO is well aware of that happening and is already preparing for it.

This was confirmed by Isabela Merced in a recent interview with Josh Horowitz for Happy Sad Confused, where the two discussed Merced’s time on the show and her work with Dever and Bella Ramsey, who plays Ellie. At one point, Horowitz says that he’s concerned about the reception that Dever is going to get for playing Abby, which is something that Merced shares.

Jocelyn Mettler, the face model for Abby in The Last of Us Part 2,revealed in an interview last year that she still gets death threats from angry “fans”.

Merced even confirms that Dever had to be “extra secured” by security when filming for The Last of Us Season 2 because of how much hate her character has received from the game alone. It’s likely that Dever has been informed of what’s going to happen, although Merced says that she “does not get phased by things” and hopefully won’t be too affected.

In an ideal world, people would know not to get upset at actors playing fictional characters, but the response to The Last of Us Part 2 proves that isn’t always the case. Here’s hoping that everyone is a little more rational this time around when that golf club scene comes swinging in.