In line with Los Angeles Mag contributor Jeff Sneider, Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart, Expensive Evan Hansen, Remaining Guy Status) is in talks to play Abby in the second one collection of HBO’s The Remaining of Us.
Chatting with the LA Times in August, showrunner Craig Mazin published that they had discovered an actor for Abby already, however with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA moves, needed to put a pause on manufacturing. Now that each events have reached an settlement with studios, paintings can proceed, which means that HBO can solid new characters. Whether or not that is Dever or somebody else, we’re going to have to attend and spot.
I listen that Kaitlyn Dever is in talks to take on the function.
Apparently, Dever got here with regards to being solid as Ellie prior to Bella Ramsey took the function. She was once additionally a well-liked fan pick out given their putting resemblance. And as Sneider issues out, she’s one of the most 71 other people Mazin follows on Instagram. It is conceivable that, in spite of no longer casting her as Ellie, Mazin nonetheless needs Dever within the display and thinks Abby could be a excellent are compatible.
There’s a widespread fan idea as to who will play Abby, on the other hand, and it isn’t Dever. Hypothesis has been rampant for months that Shannon Berry (The Wilds, Slant, Offspring) will take the function. For one, co-creator and govt manufacturer Neil Druckmann follows them on Instagram (as reported by way of Pink News). Secondly, Berry follows Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Druckmann, and the legit The Remaining of Us account.
Many enthusiasts have been additionally fast to indicate their likeness to Abby, making them a well-liked selection. They even tweeted in 2020 that they continuously get feedback from enthusiasts pronouncing they give the impression of being so much like the nature, “OK, I have observed too many of us now say I appear to be Abby from The Remaining of Us and wow, they are roughly proper.”
There is been no legit phrase on casting for the second one collection of The Remaining of Us, so we’re going to have to attend till HBO itself places to mattress those rumours and experiences. Dever or Berry – who is it gonna be?
Within the interim, The Remaining of Us has been nominated for Easiest Adaptation at The Recreation Awards this yr. And according to Mazin’s birthday celebration of the inside track, GTA 5 actor Steven Ogg, who performed Trevor, commented, “I’ve a good looking concept for a brand new personality in Season 2…”
