Actress Kaitlyn Dever Faces Backlash Over The Last of Us Role

The Abby Backlash: A Storm Surrounding Kaitlyn Dever

Actress Kait­lyn Dev­er’s cast­ing as Abby in the high­ly antic­i­pat­ed sec­ond sea­son of HBO’s The Last of Us has ignit­ed a firestorm of controversy.

Her co-star, Isabela Merced, recent­ly revealed that Dev­er required addi­tion­al secu­ri­ty on set due to the over­whelm­ing neg­a­tiv­i­ty sur­round­ing her character.

Fans Turn Hostile Towards Abby

The char­ac­ter of Abby has proven to be a divi­sive fig­ure among fans of the orig­i­nal video game. Her role as an antag­o­nist to beloved pro­tag­o­nists Ellie and Joel, cou­pled with her phys­i­cal appear­ance, has led to a wave of online harass­ment and hate. False rumors about her char­ac­ter’s gen­der iden­ti­ty have fur­ther fueled the animosity.

A Stand for Kaitlyn Dever

Despite the tox­ic envi­ron­ment, Merced has praised Dev­er’s resilience. The actress has been going through a dif­fi­cult per­son­al time fol­low­ing the loss of her moth­er to breast can­cer. Merced empha­sized Dev­er’s strength and pro­fes­sion­al­ism in the face of adversity.

The Last of Us Season 2: A Highly Anticipated Sequel

As the pro­duc­tion of The Last of Us Sea­son 2 con­tin­ues, antic­i­pa­tion for the show’s return grows. With a stel­lar cast includ­ing Cather­ine O’Hara, Jef­frey Wright, and Dan­ny Ramirez, in addi­tion to return­ing favorites, fans are eager­ly await­ing the next chap­ter in this post-apoc­a­lyp­tic saga.