Kaitlyn Dever on Joining 'The Last of Us' Season 2: "This Was Always Meant to Be in My Life" | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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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.

Kaitlyn Dever on Joining 'The Last of Us' Season 2: "This Was Always Meant to Be in My Life" | THR Video

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