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The Video Game Version of Abby Anderson Thinks HBO Made a Wise Choice
Laura Bailey reflects on the backlash to that scene in The Last of Us Part 2.
For Bailey — who faced an overwhelming, toxic backlash from a contingent of reactionary gamers for her role The Last of Us Part II — adding scenes that brace the audience for Joel’s death is a wise choice. In the weeks following the original video game’s release, Bailey revealed she had been targeted by an overwhelming wave of attacks, including death threats against her newborn son. But The Last of Us Part II’s story goes on for many more hours, and some players — even those who played the whole game — just seemed to stop, emotionally, at ‘She killed Joel!’ The amount of people who only get to ‘I hate Abby’… that’s what Ellie is going through as well.
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