I was going to open this article with “Kaitlyn Dever w🦹ouldꦑn’t have been my first choice for Abby in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Last of Us…”, but then I’m not sure who would have. The only real answer is ‘168澳洲幸运5开奖网:not Florence Pugh’, not because I don’t like her (quite the opposite), but because she always felt like a foolish, resemblance-driven fancast and with Pugh already dedicating time to the MCU, I don’t want a HBO show also g✤etting in the way of roles like Lady Macbeth, Midsommar🀅, or The Wonder.
It’s nothing against Dever to say she wouldn’t have been my first choice. I suppose 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:I expected it to be Shannon Berry, but the biggest surprise with Dever is that she was everyone’s pick for Ellie. As I believe I already mentioned, I don’t like fancasts - not only do they 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:lean ꦚtoo heavily on appearances and fame, they also tend to rely on popular ‘faves’ rather than thos🐠e best for the role. Once they reach critical mass, they can also take you out of the moment, like John Krasinski as Mr Fantastic.
Kaitlyn Dever’s No One Wi෴ll Save You Is A Solid Audition For Abby On The Last Of Us
Kaitlyn Dever… action star?
All this is to say that Dever was such an obvious choice as Ellie that she circled around to being a bad choice - which mak♌es casting her as Abby a stroke of genius. People often think of Ellie and Abby as opposites, but they’re more like complimentary colours. They may be diametrically positioned, but they come together as one.
Both grow into strong, independent women under the nurturing care of a father figure (in Abby’s case, her actual father), who is taken away by violent, self-righteous means. Both are driven into isolation by their pain, and cope through extreme violence. Both are willing to kill for what they love. But deeper than that, they both share a basic human weakness - Abby is scared of heights while Ellie doesn’t learn how to swim until deep in her teens. They both l🌠ove deeply, and are fiercely loyal to an in-built morality before any set of rules. They even both have an encounter with a wild animal as a coඣre memory; Ellie the giraffe, and Abby the zebra.
The reason the structure of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Last of Us Part 2 works so well is that you’re not playing as a ‘good guy’ then a ‘bad guy’. We assume Ellie is the ‘good guy’ because we’ve been with her since the start, and we’re angry about Joel too, so her vengeance feels justified. Then, just as we start to doubt her, we’re placed in Abby&rsqu♔o;s shoes. We hate her at first for killing Joel, then grow to sympathise with her, and realise she and Ellie are not so different after all.
This is what makes Dever such a great pick as Abby. Sure, a significant portion of viewers are experienci🗹ng t𝄹he story for the first time, with no idea of what’s to come. But many are fans of the game who have been around these online conversations who see Dever and think Ellie. As my colleague’s article above tells you, she’s a solid pick for the role in any case, but the baggage she comes with deepens the relationship between her and Ellie, and allows her to connect with the audience more without gaming’s ability to let you play as her.
It’s using the immersion-breaking, fourth wall, Krasinski-as-Mr-Fantastic technique for the power of good. It’s 🎃a shrewd move that not only locks down an incredibly talented performer for possibly the most challenging role in the show, but it already makes the link in viewers’ minds between Ellie and Abby. Even those who didn’t keep up with the fan casts will see more resemblance between Ramsay and Dever than they would have with Berry or Pugh holding the golf club.
Kaitlyn Dever would not have been my first choice for Abby, but only becaඣuse she seems so suited to the role of Ellie. However, when we consider how similar those roles are, being a good pick for one makes you ideal for the other. Deꦆver even goes a step further and, for a lot of viewers, ties the two characters together in their minds after years of being the internet’s first choice.
She’s a surprising selection in some ways, but nevertheless a great one. Good luck, Kaitlyn. I hope the internet is kinder to you 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:than it was to the original Abby.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网: The Last Of Us Was Not Snubbed
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