Kaitlyn Dever chats with THR at 'The Last of Us' season 2 premiere and talks about what it was like joining the cast after having a long history with the game. She also describes the instant connection she had with Pedro Pascal.
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00:00Congratulations on this.
00:01Thank you so much.
00:02Actor originally auditioning to be Ellie, I mean, did you kind of think this chapter was over?
00:06Or were you, how did you feel when they came to you with Abby?
00:09I mean, well, when this was originally, like, it was like 10 plus years ago.
00:14Yeah, that it was going to potentially be a movie.
00:16I didn't even audition.
00:18It was only just like meetings I was having with Neil and I was going to Naughty Dog
00:23and he was showing me all like how the game was created
00:25and definitely giving me spoilers for game two years before it came out.
00:29I had to carry a lot of weight.
00:32It's been rough these last 10 years, I have to say.
00:36No, I always thought about it as this thing that I bonded a lot with my dad
00:43and we played the game together and, you know, I had those few months
00:48where I was talking to Neil about potentially playing Ellie.
00:51But then as movie making goes, you know, it went away for a while
00:55and then I was really excited to see it as a show
00:58and Bella did such an amazing job and the two of them,
01:03like Bella and Pedro do something so magical in the first season
01:06that I was honestly just a fan.
01:08And so when it came back around into my life, it almost felt like,
01:11oh, this was always meant to be in my life just in a different way
01:14and that felt really cool.
01:17How did Bella and Pedro kind of welcome you into this world?
01:20I mean, both of them were so sweet and welcoming.
01:26I didn't get to work much with Bella, but Pedro,
01:30I had a pretty significant amount of scene work with him
01:34and he was always like, we were just making fun of each other instantly.
01:40He was just like someone that you just like,
01:43he just felt like my best friend as soon as I met him, which was always nice.
01:47How do you kind of get in and out of this mindset with kind of all this dark material?
01:51Honestly, like bubble baths, man.
01:53Bubble baths and gossip girl.
02:01Thank you so much.