minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe Last of Us Season 2 debuted on HBO this past Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Heading into the episode, fans were focused on Bella Ramsey\u2019s Ellie and Pedro Pascal\u2019s Joel and what state these characters would be in after their zombie-based adventure that comprised Season 1.<\/p>\n
Coming out of the premiere, however?<\/p>\n
All the buzz is centered on Kaitlyn Dever as Abby.<\/p>\n<\/noscript>Kaitlyn Dever as Abby on The Last of Us. (HBO)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nViewers met Abby as soon as the season premiered, as she and other new characters were both mourning the Fireflies Joel killed on last year\u2019s finale\u2026 and plotting their revenge.<\/p>\n
Or at least this is what Abby was doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we kill him, we kill him slowly,\u201d the seemingly vicious young woman said to her friends of Joel.<\/p>\n
The episode then concluded with this same group coming up on Jackson, Wyoming five years after the events that wrapped up the first season, having finally tracked Joel and company down.<\/p>\nPedro Pascal as Joel with Bella Ramsey as Ellie in The Last of Us season one. (HBO)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cShe\u2019s heartbroken, she\u2019s sad, she\u2019s lost and she\u2019s trying to pick up the pieces,\u201d Dever told The Hollywood Reporter of Abby, adding in a post-premiere interview:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she walks into a room, she comes through with this intense strength. It\u2019s what makes her scary and intimidating. But it\u2019s all because of how much pain she\u2019s gone through.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Last of Us, meanwhile, is based on a video game.<\/p>\n
Therefore, those who have played it are familiar with Abby, a former Firefly soldier who is just overflowing with muscles in the game.<\/p>\n
In the game, Abby\u2019s size makes her an intimidating physical threat to both Joel and Ellie\u2026 and Dever\u2019s frame and stature led to some complaints about her casting after the premiere aired.<\/p>\nWelcome to The Last of Us, Kaitlyn Dever. (HBO)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cAbby on the HBO Last of us is not jacked enough for me. She should at least bench 225 and have 16 inch arms,\u201d wrote one critic on social media, while another agreed as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201chow tf are you gonna cast the role of abby anderson for the last of us and not cast a bitch with arms built like a mack truck?? whatever\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The drama\u2019s showrunners, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, addressed these concerns in an interview back in February.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would\u2019ve struggled to find someone as good as Kaitlyn to play this role,\u201d Druckmann told Entertainment Weekly, before saying that in the game, Abby is \u201calmost like a brute in the way she can physically manhandle certain things.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t play as big of a role in this version of the story because there\u2019s not as much violent action moment to moment. It\u2019s more about the drama. I\u2019m not saying there\u2019s no action here. It\u2019s just, again, different priorities and how you approach it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Added Mazin:<\/p>\n
\u201cI personally think that there is an amazing opportunity here to delve into someone who is perhaps physically more vulnerable than the Abby in the game, but whose spirit is stronger. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then the question is, \u2018Where does her formidable nature come from and how does it manifest?\u2019 That\u2019s something that will be explored now and later.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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