We’re solely one episode deep into HBO’s live-action adaptation of The Final of Us and followers suppose they’ve found the actor who’ll play Abby.
In a current tweet, The Last of Us News, a community-run TLoU fan account, uploaded a screenshot of the sport creator, Neil Druckmann, following actor Shannon Berry on Instagram. After all, Druckmann’s following of The Wilds actor might simply be his means of pulling a Hideo Kojima by displaying curiosity in actors who star in reveals which might be much like his personal works.
However give the web an inch they usually’ll take a mile as a result of Twitter has been buzzing about how excellent Berry’s casting could be for Abby, particularly when you think about how carefully her face resembles the previous Firefly and shock co-star of The Final of Us Half II. It in all probability additionally doesn’t assist that Berry’s followed Druckmann back on Insta, however that’s present enterprise child!
“Hey, she’s 22. Bella Ramsey is nineteen. Their age distinction is spot on for Ellie and Abby,” one Twitter user wrote.
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“God, I hope it occurs. She’s the proper Abby,” wrote another.
“Whoever will get the position I actually hope they don’t get the abuse Laura Bailey did!! Neither Laura or whoever will get the position for the collection deserves it!” another observed.
“Changing into a Shannon Berry Abby Anderson truther as we converse,” wrote one Twitter user, who went the additional mile by making a Kpop-style fancam video of the actor after somebody’s suggestion that Florence Pugh could be Abby.
Ought to Abby seem in TLoU (status TV version), “Abby Anderson truthers” suppose the present ought to save her look for the ultimate episode of the season, in order to create a neat throughline between the unique sport’s ending and its sequel.
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Since The Final of Us premiered on the streamer, followers and critics alike have heralded the HBO present because the one which’s lastly damaged the horrible online game adaptation curse. Whereas I believe the present knocked it out of the park with its 80-minute pilot episode, I can’t assist however discover the popular culture zeitgeist’s tendency to haphazardly regurgitate that accolade each time a brand new online game adaptation that isn’t canine water comes out.
The ‘95 Mortal Kombat film (which is nice, don’t @ me), Paramount Photos’ Sonic movies, and Netflix’s Castlevania, League of Legends, and Cyberpunk 2077 reveals have all rightfully obtained the identical reward for his or her general high quality and respect for supply materials. However very similar to how Disney retains having new “first LGBTQ characters,” avid gamers all the time tout the newest online game adaptation hotness as lastly having “damaged the curse” regardless of us having gone by way of this entire music and dance like 5 instances over the previous two years or so. I suppose recency bias is a bitch.
Regardless, we’ll have to attend and see whether or not the web’s admittedly parasocial stalking of Druckmann’s Insta follows ends in Berry’s casting as Abby. However proper now let’s simply recognize how yoked out Abby is.