Kaitlyn Dever made a big impact on The Last of Us Season 2, and she seems to be poised to have an even bigger role in The Last of Us Season 3. But the actress who portrays Abby on the show recently revealed that she needed a little CGI help in her one of her first episodes on the show.
While speaking with The Los Angeles Times, Dever noted that a spider bit her face while she was at home in-between her episodes on The Last of Us Season 2. Apparently it was so noticeable that only computer generated imagery could get rid of it in time.
“It’s in the first episode with the Fireflies,” recalled Dever. “I had gone home for a few weeks and got a spider bite on my cheek. I thought it was a pimple. It was not a pimple. It was a huge spider bite and… I hate to use this word, but it was oozing. And the CGI is amazing. You can’t even tell it is there. I still have a scar on my face because they had to cut it out.”
The Last of Us co-star Catherine O’Hara previously confirmed that Season 3 is Abby’s story, and that means Dever will have a larger presence when the show returns. In the same LA Times interview, Dever expressed a desire to do a flashback episode with Abby’s father that mirrors the one between Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel (Pedro Pascal).
HBO hasn’t set a start date for The Last of Us Season 3 to begin filming, and the fourth season hasn’t officially been ordered yet. However, The Last of Us co-showrunner Craig Mazin has shared his belief that Season 4 is “essential” to close out the series and conclude the adaptation of The Last of Us Part II.
