Kaitlyn Dever Recalls Filming 'The Last of Us' Right After Her Mom Passed Away & the Encouraging Words Her Dad Told Her
Kaitlyn Dever, Bella Ramsey and Isabela Merced hit the red carpet at the Australian premiere of The Last of Us season two held at State Theatre on Wednesday (APril 2) in Sydney.
The trio star in the upcoming second season and were joined at the event by co-stars Gabriel Luna, Jeffrey Wright and Young Mazino.
Also stepping out were fellow HBO stars from The White Lotus – Patrick Schwarzenegger, Leslie Bibb, Natasha Rothwell and Morgana O’Reilly, as well as Dune: Prophecy‘s Josh Heuston and Westworld‘s Luke Hemsworth.
Earlier in the week, the stars from The Last of Us and The White Lotus stepped out for a photo call to celebrate the launch of MAX in Australia!
In a new interview on Therapuss with Jake Shane, Kaitlyn opened up about filming The Last of Us and having to go to set shortly after her mom passed away early last year.
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“I really, it was such a cool experience. It really was. It was such a privilege to get to kind of step into this new world that is so deeply loved who are fans of the game,” she said on the podcast. “Then there is a whole group of people who are fans of the show who haven’t played the game. So, it really is so massive and that’s the first time I have ever really done something like that and to get to be a part of that is really cool.”
“My dad is a really big fan of the video game. He loves the video game so much, so getting to take on the role of Abby, he was so stoked that I got this part,” Kaitlyn continued, before talking about her late mother. “To be quite honest on this podcast here. It come into my life at a really crazy insane time. I had lost my mom back in February of last year and I was, I had already started prep on the show before my mom had passed and then she passed away, and then I had to go and shoot right after. It was such a whirlwind.”
“I remember talking to my dad about having to go to work after something so catastrophic and my dad was like, ‘I don’t think there’s a group of people that could have been better to carry you through that time.’ It truly was, it really felt like I was being carried through in such a gentle and beautiful way and I don’t know what that would have been like should it have been another job truly,” Kaitlyn said. “I loved the group of people that I got to work with Craig Mazin is amazing, Neil Druckmann is incredible, Bella [Ramsey] is so sweet, and Pedro [Pascal], I really connected with him in a really big way. He’s everything you want him to be and more. I mean truly what a special human being.”
The Last of Us is set to premiere in less than two weeks, on Sunday, April 13th on HBO and streaming on MAX. Check out the trailer here!
Browse through the gallery to see more photos from the Australian premiere of The Last of Us season two…