Hollywood star Kaitlyn Dever knew what she was getting into when accepting the role of Abigail “Abby” Anderson, and would not be the first woman to receive abuse from unhinged “fans” for portraying the role. HBO is aware of the extreme toxicity in some parts of the video game community concerning the character, assigning Dever additional security during filming. The Abby actress was recently asked about the almost-certain wave of awfulness headed her way.
Speaking to ScreenRant, Dever said she wants to do right by true fans, and bring to life the complex character in the way creator Neil Druckmann and showrunner Craig Mazin imagined. Abby’s muscles are less relevant in this iteration, and there are almost certain to be other creative changes made along the way. Asked whether she pays attention to how audiences are anticipating her portrayal, Dever said:
“Well, it’s hard not to see those things on the internet. It’s hard not to stop myself from looking at it every once in a while, especially going into this, for sure. And I want to do this character justice and make the fans proud by bringing her to life in this kind of way. But my main focus was just the collaboration between Neil and Craig, and making sure I was really getting to the core of who she is and what drives her and her emotional state; her anger and her frustration and her grief and all of that. I wanted to make sure that that was what I was focusing most of my energy on.”
Are you looking forward to the return of HBO’s The Last of Us, and the undeniable ratcheting up of stakes in Season 2? With Druckmann recently dousing our hopes for a third entry in TLoU video game franchise, there’s a real chance the TV series will be the last look we get at Naughty Dog’s captivating universe. Let us know what you think of all this in the comments section below.
[source screenrant.com]
