This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us.
In short, they cast Dever in the role because shes a great actor.
We value performance over anything else, Druckmann explained.
Its not nowhere on the priority list, but its below a bunch of other things that we consider.
Druckmann also went into detail about how they approached writing the character for television versus the video game.
Its more about the drama.
Im not saying theres no action here.
Its just, again, different priorities and how you approach it.
He sees Devers version of the character as a fresh way to tell the story from the game.
And then the question is, Where does her formidable nature come from and how does it manifest?
Thats something that will be explored now and later.
Druckmann added: We have a plan.
The Last of Us season 2 hits HBO and Max in April.
