Were only one episode deep in HBO’s live-action adaptation of The last of us and fans think they’ve discovered the actor who will play Abby.
In a recent tweet The Last of Us Newsa community run TLOU Fan account, uploaded a screenshot of game developer Neil Druckmann following actor Shannon Berry on Instagram. Of course, Druckmann’s successor The wilderness Actor might just be his way of passing a Hideo Kojima Show interest in actors starring in shows similar to his own work.
But give the internet an inch and they’ll go by a mile because Twitter has been gushing about how perfect Berry’s casting for Abby would be, especially considering how closely her face resembles the former Firefly and surprise co-star of The Last of Us Part II. That probably doesn’t help either Berry followed Druckmann on Instabut that’s show business, baby!
“Hey, she’s 22. Bella Ramsey is 19. Their age difference is just right for Ellie and Abby.” wrote one Twitter user.
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“God, I hope it happens. She is the perfect Abby.” wrote another.
“Whoever gets the part I really hope they don’t get the abuse that Laura Bailey did!! Neither Laura nor whoever gets the part on the show deserves it!” another observed.
“Becoming a Shannon Berry Abby Anderson Trutherin as we speak.” wrote one Twitter userwho took it a step further by making a kpop-style fancam video of the actor after someone suggested Florence Pugh would be a good Abby.
Should Abby come in TLOU (Prestige TV Edition), Abby Anderson Truthers feel the show should save its appearance for the final episode of the season in order to create a clean transition between the end of the original game and its sequel.
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Since The last of us Premiered on the streamer, fans and critics alike have heralded the HBO show as the one that has finally broken the terrible curse of video game adaptation. While I think the show blew her out of the park with its 80-minute pilot episode, I can’t help but notice the pop culture zeitgeist’s tendency to haphazardly regurgitate that award whenever a new video game adaptation comes out that isn’t dog water.
The ’95 Mortal Kombat Movie (which is good, don’t @ me), Paramount Pictures’ sound Movies and Netflix Castlevania, League of Legendsand Cyberpunk 2077 Shows have all deservedly received equal praise for their overall quality and respect for the source material. But similar to Disney, new “first LGBTQ characters‘ gamers always herald the latest video game adaptation as ‘finally the curse broken’, even though we’ve played and danced through this entire song about five times in the last two years. I suppose Recency Bias is a bitch.
Regardless, we’ll have to wait and see if the admittedly parasocial online stalking of Druckmann’s Insta episodes leads to Berry’s casting as Abby. But for now, let’s just appreciate how yoked Abby is.
