‘The Last of Us’ Season 2: Cast, Plot, News and More

The first season of The Last of Us was a bona fide TV phenomenon – a video game adaptation that defied skeptics by winning over both existing fans And who had no prior knowledge of it, and made Bela Ramsey and Pedro Pascal overnight superstars. Now, another Hollywood insider is all set to join their ranks for another installment of the show and thus, take her career to a whole new level: Booksmartof Caitlin Dever.

The 27-year-old actor, who also had a phenomenal performance on Netflix. Unbelievable in 2019 and Emmy was nominated for its turn in 2021 Dopeseek, is set to play Abby, a ruthless soldier who is part of a Seattle-based militia group. in The Last of Us Part II

A video game sequel on which the second season of the series will be based, Abby is one of the two playable central characters, along with Ellie, the lead of the first installation.

The first season ends with Joel (Pascal) saving Eli (Ramsey) from surgeons who were preparing to operate on him in hopes of developing a cure for cordyceps, and then lying to him about what happened. If the show follows the play’s structure, it should open with Joel telling his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) the truth about his recovery to Ellie. Then, we jump forward four years to see Joel, Ellie, Tommy and co living together in Wyoming. It is then that Joel and Tommy, while on patrol, come across a stranger named Abby and save her from an infected mob. He is part of the Washington Liberation Front and, unknown to them, is seeking revenge that will have a profound effect on them all.

To The last line, Dever emerged as the frontrunner for the part shortly after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike in November, and soon closed the deal. “Our casting process for season two is the same as season one: we look for world-class actors who embody the spirit of the characters in the source material,” series creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckman told the publication. “Nothing is more important than talent, and we are thrilled to have an artist as acclaimed as Kaitlyn join Pedro, Bella and the rest of our family.”

Also joining the ensemble as filming begins in Vancouver next month? BeefYoung Mazzino as Jesse is described as “a pillar of his community who puts everyone else’s needs before his own, sometimes at terrible cost” and Madam Webb

Isabella Merced as Dina, Jesse’s ex and Eli’s new girlfriend who is “a freewheeling spirit whose devotion to Eli will be tested by the brutality of the world they live in.” “I can’t wait for that storyline,” Ramsay told Brit. Vogue The last summer of Eli and Deanna’s relationship, in their cover interview for the July 2023 issue. Neither can we.