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2020's
The
Last
of
Us
Part
II
is
a
revenge
story
built
around
two
sides:
that
of
Ellie
(as
played
in
the
show
by
Bella
Ramsey)
and
newcomer
Abby
(Kaitlyn
Dever).
Both
women
have
their
own
respective
supporting
casts,
and
the
HBO
adaptation
has
mainly
cast
the
folks
in
Ellie’s
social
circle
like
Dina
and
Jesse.
According to Variety, HBO’s managed to lock down four actors who’ll play the people in Abby’s friend group. Top Gun: Maverick’s Danny Ramirez will play Manny, described as a“loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.” Spencer Lord (Riverdale) is Owen, Abby’s ex who’s “condemned to fight an enemy he refuses to hate.”
Rounding out the quartet are Ariela Barer (Runaways) as young doctor Mel and Tati Gabrielle (Mortal Kombat II) as Nora, a fellow medic “struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past.” In the game, Ellie travels across Seattle to get revenge on all four characters, and eventually Abby. Even with whatever changes are in store, that’ll likely remain the same with the show; it’ll just also flesh out those characters, similar to what it’s already done with Bill. At the moment, there’s two other people on Abby’s “side” is casting is still secret: Yara and Lev, a pair of siblings she meets in her travels.
The Last of Us season two is expected to drop on HBO sometime in 2025.
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