The Last of Us Had to Use CGI on Abby Actor Kaitlyn Dever — Here's Why

There's been a batch of scuttlebutt astir the accomplishment of Abby successful The Last of Us Season 2, but I don't deliberation immoderate of america were talking astir histrion Kaitlyn Dever getting her look CGI'ed owed to a (shudder) spider bite.

That is precisely what happened, though. Talking to the Los Angeles Times astir her clip filming the smash-hit TV show, Dever admitted that successful 1 of her archetypal episodes with the Fireflies, the accumulation squad had to fell an "oozing" (shudder x2) wound people that had happened during her downtime.

"It’s successful the archetypal occurrence with the Fireflies," Dever said. "I had gone location for a fewer weeks and got a spider wound connected my cheek. I thought it was a pimple. It was not a pimple.

"It was a immense spider wound and... I hatred to usage this word, but it was oozing," she added. "And the CGI is amazing. You can’t adjacent archer it is there. I inactive person a scar connected my look due to the fact that they had to chopped it out."

Dever besides touched connected however she recovered the choler to execute successful that scene. Tragically, Dever's parent had died of cancer, and the ceremonial was 4 days earlier she filmed that explosive, and emotional, country with Joel and Ellie.

"I had to alert retired 3 days aft her funeral. And the 4th time was that country successful the chalet with the Fireflies. So, yeah, it’s each a blur, and it felt similar I got to acquisition it arsenic a first-time viewer. I’d spot things and go, 'Oh, yeah. Grief does a truly absorbing happening with your brain. It messes with your memory."

HBO has hailed the occurrence of The Last of Us Season 2, saying an "influx" of viewers has raised the series' planetary assemblage to implicit 90 cardinal since Season 1 ended. In the U.S., Sunday night’s Season 2 finale saw 3.7 cardinal cross-platform viewers. The Season 2 premiere occurrence enjoyed 5.3 cardinal viewers, which shows a diminution from bid opener to bid closer, but Warner Bros. said it expects the assemblage for the Season 2 finale to turn “significantly” owed to debased viewing levels implicit the Memorial Day vacation weekend.

It's besides worthy noting that the Season 1 finale acceptable an assemblage grounds of 8.2 cardinal viewers, truthful the Season 2 finale has immoderate mode to spell earlier beating that figure.

Last week, showrunner Craig Mazin indicated a 4th play is beauteous overmuch indispensable for the series. In an interview, Mazin agreed that successful bid to wrapper up The Last of Us’ communicative from the 2 Naughty Dog-developed video games successful Season 3 would mean Season 3 itself "would instrumentality forever." So, portion there's a "decent chance" Season 3 volition beryllium longer than Season 2, astatine the extremity of the day, "there’s nary mode to implicit this communicative successful a 3rd season." Mazin and Neil Druckmann besides precocious fto america successful connected a small secret: they don't yet cognize "how much, oregon alternatively however little" immoderate of our favourite characters volition beryllium around.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.