The Last of Us season two star Isabela Merced talked about her first day of filming and praised co-star Kaitlyn Dever.
Merced plays Dina, Bella Ramsey’s Ellie’s love interest, in the second season of the video game adaptation.
“Caitlin is up there with one of the most talented actors I have ever worked with,” Merced said. deadline. “I have very little experience, but we had one day of filming for the role of Dina. And I have to say, we kind of ate.”
The Madame Web star also praised series co-creator Craig Mazin. “I was a big fan of the second game, I played it over the weekend,” Merced added. “And then I wondered, how is this going to be televised? And Craig Mazin is one of the most brilliant people – a genius, in fact, I think. I’m sure if they did a test they would find this to be true. And he just has a way of bringing these characters to life that no one could ever come up with in such a short period of time. I love him. He is awesome”.
Dever plays Abby in the second season of The Last of Us, who is one of the main characters in the second game.
“I met Kaitlyn one time in the stupidest place at a gala,” Ramsey told us about his and Dever’s first meeting. “I met Caitlin there very briefly while we were waiting for our cars. I knew they were talking to her about casting at that point, so it was just quiet, like, ‘Hey,’ and shared numbers and stuff.”
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