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[Draugoth]

Florence Pugh is reportedly HBO's top choice to play Abby in the upcoming second season of its breakout drama series, The Last of Us.

According to trusted scooper MyTimeToShineHello on X (formerly Twitter), before the SAG-AFTRA strike began, Florence Pugh got an offer to play Abby in The Last of Us Season 2. This comes less than a month after The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mazin hinted that "maybe" the right person had been found for the part but that the strikes had halted negotiations. "Things were in process," Mazin explained.

"Look, Abby was the first role that we wanted to tackle. We’ve got a pretty good track record of making major cast announcements and people going, 'Really?' which will probably continue."

 

[Represent.]

She was my number 1 choice too, she would fucking kill it. Hope its her.

 

[FunkMiller]

Yep, an easy bit of casting there. I'd imagine she'll do it if they offer her enough (when the strikes are over).

 

[Roberts]

She played a wrestler in Fighting With My Family so why not. She’s great anyways.

 

[Pelta88]

Pugh is a phenomenal talent.

 

[mansoor1980]

she extremely hot , great choice

 

[F0rneus]

I love me some Florence Pugh and I want her cast for one reason. She's a major star, so the Abby hate brigade won't be able to say much, and if they try to roidrage against her, they'll get mutilated online.

 

[bitbydeath]

Great if true but I wouldn’t trust this “leaker”.
They’ve been “leaking” both games and movies almost everyday, seems extremely unlikely they’d be in such a position with such a wide range of information.

 

[Duchess]

Definitely give Midsommar a watch if you like a good horror. It's pretty messed up, and Pugh is great in it.

(please don't post spoilers)

 

[Zuzu]

I love Florence Pugh. Her and Anya Taylor Joy are great young talent in the new generation of actresses

 

[Lord Panda]

Pugh is puny though. A roided up psychotic Sophie Turner would be better.

 

[mitch1971]

I love myself a bit of Florence...

 

[8BiTw0LF]

She needs to head to the gym - fast.. or get some of those hollywood vitamins.

 

[F0rneus]

Great if true but I wouldn’t trust this “leaker”.
They’ve been “leaking” both games and movies almost everyday, seems extremely unlikely they’d be in such a position with such a wide range of information.

They have a solid record.

 

[killatopak]

She's the perfect Abby!

Abby exists in season 2?

Sorry Joel, you're gonna be part of a Starfield type discussion thread and it won't be pretty. This time it won't be gamers who will participate. Unless they ungolf Joel, I fear for this actress. It would be like looking at Joffrey Lannister.

 

[Represent.]

Shannon Berry also considered, Most likely one of these 2

 

[Hudo]

Is she a good golfer?

 

[Pop]

That one scene would be great now with this casting

 

[miklonus]

I love me some Florence Pugh and I want her cast for one reason. She's a major star, so the Abby hate brigade won't be able to say much, and if they try to roidrage against her, they'll get mutilated online.

LOL! When the fuck has that ever stopped anybody? Bigger "stars" than her get hate all the time.

 

[lh032]

which golf club brand sponsor going to appear in season 2?

 

[Heisenberg007]

Shannon Berry looks like a better fit - because you also gotta make it comparable to make her and Bella Ramsey's fights work.

But I have complete faith in Neil and Craig that they will cast the perfect person for it. The season 1 castings were on point.

 

[Banjo64]

Florence Pugh is reportedly HBO's top choice to play Abby in the upcoming second season of its breakout drama series, The Last of Us.

According to trusted scooper MyTimeToShineHello on X (formerly Twitter), before the SAG-AFTRA strike began, Florence Pugh got an offer to play Abby in The Last of Us Season 2. This comes less than a month after The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mazin hinted that "maybe" the right person had been found for the part but that the strikes had halted negotiations. "Things were in process," Mazin explained.

Bitch about to go on the Bane regime.

 

[miklonus]

Pugh is puny though. A roided up psychotic Sophie Turner would be better.

Sophie height-wise is good. But only height-wise. Pugh is chu...thick, but she's short. She's stocky because she's short. That's what most people don't realize.

I think Pugh would be perfect casting, and I really mean perfect casting, if it weren't for her height.

 

[Tarnpanzer]

Pugh is way too pretty to play Abby.

Spoiler: x

 

[Laieon]

Collectively, Florence Pugh and Pedro Pascal are going to be in seemingly everything.

 

[Kilau]

That one scene would be great now with this casting

Florence Ploughed

 

[Nihilum]

Everyone knows it should be Terry Crews

 

[tmlDan]

Sophie height-wise is good. But only height-wise. Pugh is chu...thick, but she's short. She's stocky because she's short. That's what most people don't realize.

I think Pugh would be perfect casting, and I really mean perfect casting, if it weren't for her height.

in the game I don't believe Abby was significantly taller than Ellie and Bella is quite short. To make the power dynamic more realistic since Ellie actually stood a chance in the games, she would need to be relatively the same height/slightly taller like Florence is. Berry is 5'7, it would be hard to believe a buff 5'7 would have a hard time with a Bella, Ellie, at 5'1 lol

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[Spukc]

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Hope she does the same HGH infused steroid cycle that male stars get to do for their roles.

 

[VolticArchangel]

She was my number 1 choice too, she would fucking kill it. Hope its her.

him*

 

[ManaByte]

Is she a good golfer?

I can not wait to see the social media reactions from those who never played the game.

 

[elcapitano]

She needs to head to the gym - fast.. or get some of those hollywood vitamins.

Not really. I'd argue with the stature of Bella that Abby needs to be smaller than the game to suit.

Anyway I doubt Florence Pugh takes the role. Will probably be scheduling conflicts or something.

 

[AmuroChan]

I can not wait to see the social media reactions from those who never played the game.

I cannot wait to see Pedro Pascal's reaction since he also didn't play the game. He probably thinks he's there 'til the end of the show.

 

[Kilau]

I cannot wait to see Pedro Pascal's reaction since he also didn't play the game. He probably thinks he's there 'til the end of the show.

 

[OverHeat]

This going to be good!!!

 

[BouncyFrag]

I cannot wait to see Pedro Pascal's reaction since he also didn't play the game. He probably thinks he's there 'til the end of the show.

 

[StueyDuck]

I thought they were just putting a wig on the rock

Jokes aside (I actually love the last of us part 2 but hey you see that kids, it's called having some fun and a sense of humor)

I have gotten a little bored of her body of work lately (no pun intended for oppenheimer). She's becoming very generic Hollywood actress.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Pew pew pew

Better start those golf lessons, Florence

 

[VulcanRaven]

Florence Pugh would be perfect for the role but I have a feeling that she didn't accept it. She probably has many other things like Marvel movies after the strike.

 

[mortal]

Assuming she gets in shape, that’s pretty good casting.

 

[Madflavor]

Show Joel is about 1/10th of the killer that Game Joel was, so I think I can digest what happens a bit better in the show version when it happens.

 

[Badlucktroll]

They should get that female bodybuilder that was in that movie the cell to play abby

 

[F0rneus]

LOL! When the fuck has that ever stopped anybody? Bigger "stars" than her get hate all the time.

The Last Us Part 2's Laura Bailey Getting Death Threats Over Abby Role

The actress who plays Abby in the The Last of Us Part 2, Laura Bailey, posted some screenshots of messages she’s been getting which include violent threats against herself and her family.

www.forbes.com

You think that this would roll against Florence Pugh? LOL!

 

[The artful mincer]

This going to be good!!!

Damnit! Was gonna make a joke about this1

 

[nightmare-slain]

I don't want her to do it. She's better than that.

Poor girl will need to put up with stupid fucking gamers for the rest of her life.

 

[Soodanim]

I don't want her to do it. She's better than that.

Poor girl will need to put up with stupid fucking gamers for the rest of her life.

You could write diss tracks for people that say mean things about Florence

 

[TonyK]

Personally, I think she is the best choice possible.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Not sure how to feel about it but bless Nolan for communist titties.