Why The Last Of Us Season 2 Made This Major Change To Abby
Kaitlyn Dever joins the cast for HBO's The Last of Us Season 2, stepping into the role of Abby. In the video game, Abby has big muscles, but in the show, she won't. Showrunners Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin have now explained why they wanted to go this way for the TV show adaptation.
Druckmann told Entertainment Weekly that part of it came down simply to casting. "We would've struggled to find someone as good as Kaitlyn to play this role," he said. He also pointed out how the game and the TV show were never aiming to offer the same kind of experience.
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