Kaitlyn Dever Dalt with a family tragedy shortly before filming Joel’s death scene For Sunday night’s episode or “The Last of Us”.
“To be as honest as possible. I will only say that my days before this scene were horrible,” said the 28 -year -old actress, who plays Abby in the HBO series, in a new interview with Weekly entertainment.
“I lost my mother two or three weeks before filming this scene, and my mother’s funeral was three days before I did my first day,” Dever recalled. “So I was classified or in a fog. I was stunned.”
Dever’s mother, Kathy, died in February 2024 after a 14 -year battle against breast cancer.
Emmy nominated confirmed to EW that his first scene for season 2 was when Abby brutally murders Joel (Pedro Pascal) As revenge for him killing his father in season 1.
The Craig Mazin series co -creator explained in the interview how they attended to Dever while regretting his mother.
“We said: ‘Take your time. Take all the time you need,'” said Mazzin, 54. “While I care extraordinarily the program, it is a television program. I will not interrupt someone’s grieving process by his own father, especially [with] A show that is in part of the grieving process. “
After the program changed the session schedule as a courtesy of Dever, the actress had “minimal” requests that Mazzin said they were “easy to honor” when the time comes to film the scene Abby and Joel.
“Due to the circumstances of my life, I could really do my normal routine as an actor, which was really interesting because I was a child worried about that,” said Ew. “Usually, if I have a monologue like that, I am memorizing it three weeks before doing so.”
“He had a different approach, and I think he really served the character in many ways,” he continued. “I could order or … I don’t know, just let it go and not think too much because words on the page are so powerful anyway.”
Dever recalled that the cast met in Beteges to receive notes as a group, instead of individually, director Mark Mylod, who won an Emmy for Helming Episode of Logan’s death (Brian Cox) in “succession”.
“It made us feel that we were a team and doing this together,” Dever said. “I had never experienced that before.”
Dever shared the news of his mother’s death with a Instagram heartbreaking tribute February 21, 2024.
“My mom. My life. My Everything. Not only I have the words,” he wrote. “Nothing I will say that is equivalent to the gifts you have given me in my life, the unlimited joy you brought, the deep, endless and unconditional love that you gave me our family and.”
The actress “Dopesick” continued: “Your love was like the sun, he warmed me when I needed it more and made me smile when I was always sad. They were everyone’s favorites. You are my favorite. The sweetest of the word.
“The Last of Us” is broadcast on Sunday at 9 pm et HBO and Max.
