The Last of Us 2 sparked a wave of hate, death threats, and harassment from the game’s team. And unfortunately, history may repeat itself with the series’ second season.
Season 2 of The Last of Us will air in 2025, as confirmed by the first trailer, which promises something heavy. A 24-second teaser in which we see Bella Ramsey (Ellie), Pedro Pascal (Joel), Isaac Dixon (Jeffrey Wright), Isabela Merced (Dina) as well as Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), the new character in this sequel that provoked strong reactions on the web, sometimes very worrying. Faced with the hatred of some, the series made a strong decision to prevent the worst.
An actress from season 2 of The Last of Us in danger?
The first trailer for the second season of The Last of Us has a surprise for those with sharp eyes. In these excerpts, we can get our first very furtive look at the character of Abby, played by Kaitlyn Dever (Incredible, Hunted…). An essential addition to the sequel to the Naughty Dog series, it has received overwhelming reviews, but not for good reasons. This went far beyond negative opinions, with some Internet users issuing death threats and engaging in a wave of casual harassment. Transphobia, homophobia and anti-Semitism (against Neil Druckmann), nothing was spared the TLOU2 teams.
Laura Bailey, who voices Abby in the game, even spoke with emotion about the threats directed at her son, who was born during the conception of the title. An outburst of hatred that could have gone wrong, but fortunately words were not followed by actions. Could the phenomenon reoccur in The Last of Us series? This is a significant possibility and the production wants to avoid any incident. In the series Happy Sad Confused, actress Isabela Merced, who plays Dina, revealed that Kaitlyn Dever was under high protection.
« There are people who really hate Abby, who doesn’t exist. As a reminder, this is not a real person. That’s why Kaitlyn had to be specially protected by security personnel during filming » explained Isabela Merced before adding that “Kaitlyn is such a cool person who doesn’t let things get to her”In any case, it is sad to see that the production of The Last of Us series is forced to take such precautions.
Source: Broadcast Happy Sad Confused by Josh Horowitz.
