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The Last Of Us Season 2 Star Had To Be "Extra-Secured" During Filming Due To Security Risks

One actor got some beefed up security.

screenrant.com

• Kaitlyn Dever's Abby needed extra security while filming The Last of Us season 2 due to the controversial nature of her character.
• Abby is a divisive character due to one specific plot point from the video game.
• Dever's casting has already proved somewhat controversial due to her physical differences from how Abby is portrayed in The Last of Us Part II.

Abby remains a controversial character from the games, and as Merced explains, this makes Dever herself a target. To head off any potential threats, it was ensured that the actor had some extra protection. Check out Merced's comment below:

“There are people that actually genuinely hate Abby, who is not a real person. Just a reminder, not a real person. And so Kaitlyn had to be extra secured by security when it came to the filming of this.”

 

[bitbydeath]

On set?
Sounds like even the film crew hate her.

 

[adamsapple]

On set?
Sounds like even the film crew hate her.

Probably primarily for outdoor shooting.

You know how crazy some 'fans' can get.

 

[John Bilbo]

That's crazy. Do not let Alec Baldwin on the set.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Not saying there arent fucking weirdos out there but also Im saying this is just PR/marketing.

 

[tommib]

A testament to the writing of Druckman, that people believe ABBY IS REAL.

 

[DenchDeckard]

This can't be true?

Great marketing either way.

 

[Ammogeddon]

On set?
Sounds like even the film crew hate her.

My thoughts too, just some BS spin as usual.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

PR Stunt

 

[analog_future]

Alright which one of you snuck on set?

 

[rm082e]

Speaks to how well written that character was and how well Laura Bailey performed. I absolutely hated Aby, and I absolutely loved that Naughty Dog did what they did in TLOU2. I really enjoyed how uncomfortable they made me feel with that game.

 

[SlimySnake]

oh thats absolute nonsense.

 

[tommib]

Alright which one of you snuck on set?

Banjo64

 

[Chuck Berry]

DOUBT

Clever way to build hype

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

Laura Bailey (Abby in TLOU 2) got a lot of death threats, including ones directed at her child...

I'm not surprised this needed to be done.

Will something happen? Most likely not.
Because even the daddy-issues-having people that are crazy enough to send death threats, know that killing or assaulting someone over them playing the role of a fictional character that killed their super innocent, and completely good Mr. Joel (Aka, their only father figure), is not worth the jail time...

But, better safe then sorry.

 

[Loomy]

There are indeed crazy people out there who cannot separate fiction from reality. This does seem, excessive. Publicizing it, especially if they're still filming seems like a mistake.

I don't think it's a PR move, given how it was put out there, and this person will probably get a talking to about not saying that kind of stuff in interviews while they're still working.

 

[adamsapple]

Alright which one of you snuck on set?

 

[FoxMcChief]

My bad guys.

 

[ViperZombie]

PR bullshit, straight out of the Disney Star Wars playbook.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Yeah sure that totally happened xD

 

[AJUMP23]

This smells of PR or manager leak to generate heat or conversation around their client.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Any look at similar bat-shit crazy things that happen on a daily basis JUST in gaming news alone with death threats over every little thing beyond what's going on around the world makes this easily believable. People are just that fucking nuts.

 

[adamsapple]

This smells of PR or manager leak to generate heat or conversation around their client.

It's a quote from Isabela Merced, Dina's actress.

 

[tusharngf]

Is she a good actress?

 

[mayham2199]

Not saying there arent fucking weirdos out there but also Im saying this is just PR/marketing.

Could easily see this being some sort of marketing thing. People did get crazy about this game though so I could also believe it's true.

 

[Punished Miku]

I dont blame them honestly.

Is she a good actress?

Yeah

 

[rodrigolfp]

Naught Dog: "Hurry, lets make a character that almost everyone will hate instead of a character that almost would do the opposite."

Logic.

 

[gow3isben]

I call bullshit

 

[adamsapple]

Is she a good actress?

Yes, fairly good.

Watch this if you get a chance.

No One Will Save You - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

All those purple-haired whales wanna kill her because she is not buff enough. Sickening.

 

[Fake]

Here we fucking go again.

 

[Loomy]

Is she a good actress?

Kaitlyn Dever is very good, yeah.

Naught Dog: "Hurry, lets make a character that almost everyone will hate instead of a character that almost would do the opposite."

Logic.

There’s nothing wrong with writing a character people hate. If you play through Abby’s story, it’s one of the highlights of the game.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Kaitlyn Dever is very good, yeah.


There’s nothing wrong with writing a character people hate. If you play through Abby’s story, it’s one of the highlights of the game.

The thread shows one very potential reason to not make a char that people literally hate.

 

[tommib]

The thread shows one very potential reason to not make a char that people literally hate.

RIP Macbeth.

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

The thread shows one very potential reason to not make a char that people literally hate.

Artists shouldn't restrict themselves, because some people are in dire need of therapy or be in a mental hospital.

If they want to write a deplorable (Not talking about Abby) character, there's an unspoken dialogue happening between the creator and the audience, that THIS PERSON IS NOT REAL, AND THE ACTOR/ACTRESS PLAYING THEM, AREN'T THEM, AND AREN'T ENDORSEMENTS OF WHAT THE CHARACTER DOES.

If someone is so far gone, that they want real life harm to come to people who are involve with the creation of that character, the correct thing is not for the artists to go "K, let's make our villains nicer".

Is for those insane people to be on a watchlist.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Not surprised. Those kinda people are already unhinged just by the fact that they can even react like that to a fictional videogame character. Didn't the crazy fucks harass and threaten the voice actor for abby too? Proper lunatics.

 

[DryvBy]

Not saying there arent fucking weirdos out there but also Im saying this is just PR/marketing.

This 100% is marketing.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Artists shouldn't restrict themselves, because some people are in dire need of therapy or be in a mental hospital.

If they want to write a deplorable (Not talking about Abby) character, there's an unspoken dialogue happening between the creator and the audience, that THIS PERSON IS NOT REAL, AND THE ACTOR/ACTRESS PLAYING THEM, AREN'T THEM, AND AREN'T ENDORSEMENTS OF WHAT THE CHARACTER DOES.

If someone is so far gone, that they want real life harm to come to people who are involve with the creation of that character, the correct thing is not for the artists to go "K, let's make our villains nicer".

Is for those insane people to be on a watchlist.

Agree 100%, but the world we live is what it is. Now, literally for them, "deal with it".

 

[Putonahappyface]

Alright which one of you snuck on set?

 

[Loomy]

This 100% is marketing.

I doubt it’s marketing since this doesn’t come out for a while still and saying it out loud right now puts that persons safety at risk.

 

[Generic]

I still can't get over the fact people went to social media to attack the developers and voice actors of TLOU2 simply because they disliked the game.

 

[j0hnnix]

• Dever's casting has already proved somewhat controversial due to her not liking golf.

Ftfy.

 

[geary]

Take a look on social media amd you find at least 500 death threats per minute for random persons. There is a difference between death threats and shit posting.

 

[TransTrender]

Sounds fake and lame
Typical astroturfing

 

[Insane Metal]

People hate the best character in Part 2?

 

[semiconscious]

A testament to the writing of Druckman, that people believe ABBY IS REAL.

hell, i'm still not convinced that druckmann's real...

 

[TransTrender]

Lol is this from a Neil Breen film or Star Trek Discovery?

 

[MiguelItUp]

Yeah, this sounds like PR. Sets don't just allow the public to wander all up in them anyway, so I don't think they have to worry about a large number of randos running onto the set to threaten her life.

 

[Banjo64]

Banjo64

Jet fuel can’t melt Abby’s beams

 

[feynoob]

This is what happens when you can't separate fiction from reality. It produces mentally degenerate people.