Actress Kaitlyn Dever allegedly required extra security when filming “The Last of Us” because of how much fans hate her character. It was announced in January that Dever, 27, would be joining the second season of the popular HBO show based on a video game of the same name. Also coming aboard the series would be Isabela Merced, 23.
Merced was cast to play a love interest to Bella Ramsey’s character Ellie, whereas Dever signed on to play Abby, an antagonist to both Ellie and Joel, as played by Pablo Pascal. The video game version of “The Last of Us” – which pre-dates the show – already had a large following before the HBO series aired, and fans apparently have very strong opinions about Dever’s character. In fact, they loathe her.
Some of these die-hard Abby haters allegedly couldn’t separate the “Booksmart” actress from her role on the show. In a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s “ Happy Sad Confused ” podcast, Merced revealed that Dever “had to be extra secured by security when it came to the filming of [season 2]” because of fans’ hatred for her character. Merced added that “there are “so many strange people” who “genuinely hate Abby,” even though she is just a fictional character.
She continued, “Just a reminder, [she’s] not a real person.” “Katilyn’s such a cool person who does not get phased by things, really has her head in the right place, and also is going through a lot right now personally,” the actress said, all.