The Last of Us Actress Kaitlyn Dever Reveals How Andrew Garfield Helped Her Get Over Her Mother’s Death
The Last of Us star Kaitlyn Dever opened up about her heartbreak before delivering her opening line in the Pedro Pascal-starrer show. The actress played the role of Abby in season 2, and in her first scene, she finds the body of her father lying lifeless on the floor after Pascal’s character shoots him in the head. While in a conversation with a media portal, the actress revealed that she shot the scene a couple of days after burying her mother. Dever’s mother had been suffering from cancer for the past 14 years and passed away just days before her big break in the popular series. Talking to GQ, Dever shared that her experience of delivering the line and being present on the sets that replicated her mother’s death was “gut-wrenching.” Recalling her first shot, Kaitlyn stated, “I had just experienced [that]. Even though death is part of the human experience, we are not meant to be used to grief and watching your best friend die.” She added, “So that was a crazy line to repeat …






