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Kaitlyn Dever on Joining 'The Last of Us' Season 2: "This Was Always Meant to Be in My Life" | THR Video
The Hollywood Reporter
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3/25/2025
Kaitlyn Dever chats with THR at 'The Last of Us' season 2 premiere and talks about what it was like joining the cast after having a long history with the game. She also describes the instant connection she had with Pedro Pascal.
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Congratulations on this.
00:01
Thank you so much.
00:02
Actor originally auditioning to be Ellie, I mean, did you kind of think this chapter was over?
00:06
Or were you, how did you feel when they came to you with Abby?
00:09
I mean, well, when this was originally, like, it was like 10 plus years ago.
00:14
Yeah, that it was going to potentially be a movie.
00:16
I didn't even audition.
00:18
It was only just like meetings I was having with Neil and I was going to Naughty Dog
00:23
and he was showing me all like how the game was created
00:25
and definitely giving me spoilers for game two years before it came out.
00:29
I had to carry a lot of weight.
00:32
It's been rough these last 10 years, I have to say.
00:36
No, I always thought about it as this thing that I bonded a lot with my dad
00:43
and we played the game together and, you know, I had those few months
00:48
where I was talking to Neil about potentially playing Ellie.
00:51
But then as movie making goes, you know, it went away for a while
00:55
and then I was really excited to see it as a show
00:58
and Bella did such an amazing job and the two of them,
01:03
like Bella and Pedro do something so magical in the first season
01:06
that I was honestly just a fan.
01:08
And so when it came back around into my life, it almost felt like,
01:11
oh, this was always meant to be in my life just in a different way
01:14
and that felt really cool.
01:17
How did Bella and Pedro kind of welcome you into this world?
01:20
I mean, both of them were so sweet and welcoming.
01:26
I didn't get to work much with Bella, but Pedro,
01:30
I had a pretty significant amount of scene work with him
01:34
and he was always like, we were just making fun of each other instantly.
01:40
He was just like someone that you just like,
01:43
he just felt like my best friend as soon as I met him, which was always nice.
01:47
How do you kind of get in and out of this mindset with kind of all this dark material?
01:51
Honestly, like bubble baths, man.
01:53
Bubble baths and gossip girl.
02:01
Thank you so much.
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