The first season of The Last of Us managed to get critical acclaim for how it adapted the first game, and the second season is ready to bring audiences to the world of TLOU Part II. With the second game infamous for garnering The Last Jedi-level of toxic reactions though, it looks like the production is keeping its eye out for the live-action version of Abby.
Talking to Happy Sad Confused podcast (via IGN), Isabela Merced (the live-action Dina) has confirmed that Kaitlyn Dever, who is playing Abby in the series, had to have extra security because the crew knew about the fandom’s toxicity toward Abby.
Merced explained, “There’s so many strange people in this world because there are people that actually genuinely hate Abby, who is not a real person. Just a reminder: Not a real person… Kaitlyn had to be extra secured by security when it came to the filming of this.”
For context, Laura Bailey, who had played Abby in the game, also faced severe harassment and death threats when The Last of Us Part II came out. Not to mention there was just waves of memes about how Abby was terrible and how everyone involved with the game didn’t understand the franchise.
So far, these toxic fans have mostly just been relegated to the internet, but you can never be too sure whether there would be a new Mark Chapman just waiting to avenge their favorite make-believe video game character.
We don’t know when HBO is ready to give us a new look at Season 2, but fans are hopeful we get another great season.
The Last of Us Season 2 is expected to premiere on Max sometime next year.
