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""We don't react to the fear of the audience, meaning our own fear of how they might react to it," Druckmann reinforces. "We keep asking, 'What's the best choice for this story, for these characters?' And that's the choice we make."

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From a story standpoint, there are different priorities for the show, Druckmann notes. While the game saw Abby maneuver like Joel "in the way she can physically manhandle certain things," that element doesn't play as big of a role in this version. "There's not as much violent action moment to moment," he says. "It's more about the drama. I'm not saying there's no action here. It's just, again, different priorities and how you approach it." More importantly, "Kaitlyn has the spirit of the game in her," he continues. "What I always loved about the idea was that you are going to continually be challenged as you were in season 1\. When you try to pick a hero, it's tough because we're human beings, we're not heroes. For every heroic act, there's someone who suffers on the other side who may see you reasonably as a villain. When you look at Kaitlyn, there's just something in her eyes where, even no matter what she's experiencing, you connect. It was important that we found somebody that we could connect to the way we connect to Bella."

Mazin adds, "I personally think that there is an amazing opportunity here to delve into someone who is perhaps physically more vulnerable than the Abby in the game, but whose spirit is stronger. And then the question is, 'Where does her formidable nature come from and how does it manifest?' That's something that will be explored now and later."

"A big part of the theme of the second game is about perspective, how someone's hero could be someone else's villain and vice versa. It's weird to talk about a story where its structure could be a spoiler," Druckmann acknowledges. "I don't even know if it's worth mentioning where we landed because I think that's part of the fun for people familiar with the game to see how we approached that challenge in the show. I will just say that we gave it a lot of thought and tried different things. There are some deviations of where we place things." At the very least, "We certainly are going to mess around with time the way it was in the source material, but as Neil said, we messed around in ways that we felt were appropriate for the show," Mazin says. "When I say 'messed around,' I mean scientifically determined in a narrative way what we thought would be most impactful."

Which ones the dyke in the trailer? It's not clear

I agree with this dude. Ellie casting was the worst thing about this show. I liked ellie in the game, found her extremely annoying in the tv show. Thats important for the story, I wouldnt have minded if Joel left her in the hospital. I am not sympathetic with his final decision. I am now rating the finale lower.

Some key takeaways from that article:

-Season 2 will be much more violent
-The show will very likely go beyond season 3
-All 7 episodes this season are very dense with a lot of action and drama, none of the episodes will be slow paced or filler
-There will be deviations to how the story plays out

It’s also wild to learn that Mazin was already pitching ideas for season 2 while TLOU2 was still in game production

Bro is really passionate about this show, and I’m really hype to see what he cooked up . I think this season is going to be something special

Been playing the game recently it’s so flawless to me

From that photo… Tommy has a kid in this adaption?

You forgot that Maria was revealed to be pregnant?

Sounds like you’re overdue for a rewatch

Oh that happened huh?

How is her extreme physique not an important part of her character?!
It’s key to her iconography

Did this mf not make the game?
He saying it’s a lesser version on wax at this point…

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Why Kaitlyn Dever as Abby didn't need to bulk up for The Last of Us: 'That doesn't play as big of a role'

"We value performance over anything else," Druckmann tells Entertainment Weekly as part of an exclusive season 2 interview. "We need someone to really capture the essence of those characters.... We don't value as much, 'Do they look exactly like the character with their eyebrows or their nose or their body?' Whatever it is. It's not nowhere on the priority list, but it's below a bunch of other things that we consider."

“We would've struggled to find someone as good as Kaitlyn to play this role,” Druckmann explains. “In the game, you have to play both characters Ellie and Abby and we need them to play differently. We needed Ellie to feel smaller and kind of maneuver around, and Abby was meant to play more like Joel in that she's almost like a brute in the way she can physically manhandle certain things. That doesn't play as big of a role in this version of the story because there's not as much violent action moment to moment. It's more about the drama. I'm not saying there's no action here. It's just, again, different priorities and how you approach it.”

“I personally think that there is an amazing opportunity here to delve into someone who is perhaps physically more vulnerable than the Abby in the game, but whose spirit is stronger,” Mazin adds. “And then the question is, ‘Where does her formidable nature come from and how does it manifest?’ That's something that will be explored now and later.”

Ight imma read l8r

Nice posters i f*** with em

The release date i predicted in OP was right