The Last Of Us

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The Last of Usseason 2 actor Isabela Merced address the backlash to time of year 2 . Merced is slated to play Dina , a character fromThe Last of Us : Part IIvideo game , in the sophomore time of year of the hit HBO show . She joinsThe Last of Usseason 2 lead castthat include returning actors Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal , along with new maven Kaitlyn Dever , Jeffrey Wright , Catherine O’Hara , and Young Mazino .

Speaking withJosh Horowitzon theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast , Merced name and address the contestation surroundingThe Last of Usseason 2 .

On the podcast , Horowitz prompts Merced to speak about all the vitriol online that has been spurred already byThe Last of Usseason 2 . In response , Merced question " why are you mad?“in reply to this kind of hate - make full recoil . The Dina player indicate out that " the showrunner and the creator of the video game , " Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann , collaborated to makeThe Last of Us . The actor says that this kind of rhetoric " really pisses [ her ] off . " see out the full quote from Merced below :

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What throw me is like , the showrunner and the creator of the video game , they play together to make this . So , if you care what the guy made , and he ’s making more of it , why are mad ? You know what I signify . I do n’t know , I ’m too opinionative to be on Twitter , it really make me off , because I see this stuff , and it makes me desire to go Cardi B on them .

The Last of Us Season 2 Backlash Explained

The Casting Has Caused Controversy

Though Horowitz keeps it vague when addressingThe Last of Usseason 2 backlash , themajority of the dissent has palisade the casting . These debates have been primarily aimed at the three young female characters who will be central to time of year 2 . Some people have learn issue with the fact thatRamsey will return to their Ellie roledespite the character being aged up five eld ( from 14 to 19 ) . In reality , Ramsey is 20 eld old , but the actor ’s young appearance has led some to think that they should have been recast .

Hopefully , the season 2 performances from Dever , Ramsey , and Merced will be strong enough to squelch some of the unnecessary backlash .

Dever and Merced ’s casting as Abby and Dina , respectively , has also caused some audiences to be concerned . As Horowitz and Merced saucer in more detail in the next segment of the podcast , Abby herself was controversial inThe Last of Us : Part IIvideo game . For the show , some believe Dever ’s visual aspect is different from Abby in the game , who is a notably potent young char . As for Dina , the fiber in the biz is of Judaic / Israeli heritage , while Merced is Peruvian - American .

Dina (Isabela Merced) holding a flashlight in The Last of Us Season 2

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These tilt will make it such that some mass will already have a vendetta againstThe Last of Usseason 2 going into its 2025 spillage . Merced makes a good point , however , that Naughty Dog ’s Druckmann works on the show himself , so these decisionsdid not just number as a result of Mazin blindly overriding the game ’s canyon . Horowitz also expressed a desire for multitude to just " let the great worker represent . " Hopefully , the time of year 2 performances from Dever , Ramsey , and Merced will be strong enough to squash some of the unneeded recoil .

Source : Josh Horowitz / YouTube

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The Last of Us is a post - apocalyptical dramatic event series set up two decades after a global catastrophe . It follows Joel , a veteran subsister , who is task with escort Ellie , a teenage female child , across a desolate United States , transform into a harrowing journeying of survival and companionship .

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Ellie wanders through an abandoned building with a gun in The Last Of Us season 2

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