Nothing is going well in the post-apocalyptic universe The Last of Us. While season 2 is revealed from week to week, fans find it difficult to recover from episode 2. And for good reason: while Jackson was attacked in an action scene rich in twists and turns, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Dina (Isabela Merced) were trapped in the mountains by the group of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). Like the beginning of The Last of Us Part IIwhose season is suitable, we witness the savage assassination of Joel, our beloved daddy to everyone. A scene which follows the introduction of the character of Abby in episode 1, and which places her as the great antagonist of this season. But some remarks come back to fans of the franchise who played the game before watching the series …
The Last of Us Season 2: these details about Abby Cost Fans
It is obviously utopian to think that it is possible to adapt a video game franchise so popular without wiping some criticism of fans. And since the start of season 2, an accumulation of details concerning the character of Abby (it must be said, one of the best video game characters ever written) asticote the community. First of all its introduction from the first episode and the presence of flashbacks so early in season 2 destabilize the players: in the game, we discover Abby in a sequence that precedes the murder of Joel. We know neither his history or his motivations. The screenwriters of the series therefore decided to humanize this antagonist immediately, instead of leaving its past and its evolution revealing and immersing us in many moral dilemmas, as is the case in the game. Another detail, the physique of Kaitlyn Dever. If what it gives off at the face level is very similar to the character of Abby, in the game, the latter has an impressive musculature. In the world of video games, it was a real innovation to finally have access to a female character of action all in muscle, whose body is the main weapon, without ever being sexualized (cuckoo Lara Croft). A brute strength that characterizes the character in its own right and whose Shworunners of the series, choosing Kaitlyn Dever, with a rather fluet gabrit, decided to get out.
The Last of Us : the creators of the game and the series defend the choice of Kaitlyn Dever
Last July, Télé-Loisirs had the chance to go exclusively on the set of season 2. The opportunity to exchange with Neil Druckmann, creator of the game and showrunner of the series, and to ask him what was the selection process to Caster Kaitlyn Dever in the role of Abby: “It turns out that I have known Kaitlyn for several years. For a short period, I worked with her on a cinematographic adaptation of The Last of Us. She should have played the role of Ellie, but it never happened For a lot of reasons, and we ended up with this series. She also played in Uncharted 4 (also video game produced by Naughty Dog, the development studio of The Last of Us, editor’s note), Nathan Drake’s daughter. In the series, Abby is not identical to the one you know in the game, but it plays a very important role in history. Craig and I had the idea of contacting Kaitlyn. When you have someone so talented, you are never sure that she will agree to work with us, but it was a fan of the games“He says. “She knew the story, and we discussed our vision of this version of the character and what she would look like in the series. She was very enthusiastic, and we were delighted to have it. It is the same creative process as for season 1: namely that the visual aesthetics of the character is much less important on our list of priorities than someone who can capture the essence and mind of the character. “An opinion shared by Craig Mazin, also showrunner and director of the series:”Neither I nor Neil felt obliged to have the face and body correspond. The question was to know who will have the soul of this character? Who will succeed in the difficult work to make me understand the point of view of someone who did something that I hate, and even to be adhered to his point of view? With Kaitlyn, this is simply the case. She is incredible. Absolutely incredible.”
