After it was announced she will be portraying the character Abby in the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us, actress Kaitlyn Dever was awarded the Medal of Honor for her bravery in taking on the role.
“I’m really excited to join the cast, especially with incredible actors like Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay,” Dever said in a statement. “But I’m not quite sure why I’m also getting this much, uh… sympathy from people? People have told me I’m so brave for taking the role, but I haven’t even gotten a script yet. Not sure what the big deal.”
Active fans of The Last of Us Part II were shocked act the actor’s seeming enthusiasm at taking on the role.
“Wow, she seems really excited!” said TLOU fan Spencer Buchman. “Maybe… too excited? Does she know how divisive the source material was? Someone tell her to stay far, far away from the Internet after the premiere of episode 3.”
The White House said the nation was very eager to award the nation’s greatest honor to Dever for her bravery.
“I’m not sure she has any idea how brave her actions even are,” a White House spokesperson said. “Taking on a role like Abby takes quite a lot of courage. When Laura Bailey was in the role in 2020, it would have been hard to predict how weird and awful people would have been to her. With hindsight, though, we know exactly how badly fans will treat the next person to portray Abby. Congratulations Kaitlyn, and good luck to you when season 2 begins to release.”
At press time, Last of Us fans were beginning to draft the worst insults and death threats they could possibly think of when the inevitable anger-inducing episode premieres.
