“There’s so many strange people in this world, because there are people that actually genuinely hate Abby, who is not a real person,” Isabela Merced, who plays Dina, said during an August 2024 appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “Kaitlyn had to be extra secured by security when it came to the filming of this.”

Kaitlyn Dever stepping into the brutal, emotionally charged role of Abby in  The Last of Us   Season 2 was not your typical Hollywood casting story. In fact, there wasn’t even an audition. According to Dever,