Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby isn’t muscular in The Last of Us season 2 because it wasn’t “essential” for the show’s story: “There is no gameplay, there is merely observation”

If you’ve already sat down and watched The Last of Us season 2 opening, you might have noticed that the character of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) is more slight in stature than her game counterpart.

While Abby lacks a physical threat (something that certainly made her stand out in The Last of Us Part 2) co-showrunner Craig Mazin reveals that the muscularity of the character is something that was discussed during the lead-up to the second season. However, a nugget of wisdom from fellow showrunner Neil Druckmann ultimately put paid to the notion of Abby needing serious traps and biceps for her character still to work.