The Last of Us: four new actors join the cast of season 2

The cast of season 2 of The Last of Us seems complete. The HBO series, which will return to our screens in 2025, is currently filming and has just added four new names to its cast. We now know who will play the characters of Manny, Mel, Nora and Owen.

Characters known to video game fans

Adaptation of The Last of Us: Part IIthe second season of The Last of Us will therefore feature several new characters from this video game.

Variety tells us that Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Ariela Barer (Marvel’s Runaways), Tati Gabrielle (You) and Spencer Lord (Riverdale) will thus be in the cast of this season 2 of the HBO series.

According to our colleagues, Ramirez plays Manny, a character described as “a loyal soldier whose positivity hides the pain of old wounds and the fear of letting his friends down when they need him most.”

Barer plays Mel, “a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.”

Gabrielle lends her features to Nora, “a military doctor who struggles to overcome the sins of her past”while Lord slips into Owen’s skin, “a gentle person stuck in a warrior’s body, condemned to fight an enemy he refuses to hate.”

If these descriptions may seem vague to fans of the series not initiated into video games The Last of Usthe others, who know what awaits Joel and Ellie in season 2, will have a better idea of ​​who these new characters are.

These four additions complete a cast already made up of Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, also featuring Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, and Kaitlyn Dever as Abby. We also know that Catherine O’Hara (Mom I missed the plane, Schitt’s Creek) will also be in the series in a currently unknown role.

A season 2 which is progressing well

Recently interviewed after his win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where he was named Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Joel in The Last of UsPedro Pascal gave news of the filming of season 2:

“Everything is going very well. It’s impressive to see how invested and focused the whole team is on this season 2”said the actor. “Everyone is working even harder than I could have imagined, even harder than the first season, which is almost impossible.”

Season 2 of The Last of Uscurrently filming in Vancouver, will arrive on HBO and its streaming platform Max in 2025.

In France, the series by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann was initially available to Prime Video subscribers when it was first broadcast in 2023, but it is now only offered via the paid Warner Pass option.

However, by the time season 2 is broadcast, the series will perhaps have a new address in France because with the arrival of Max in France next summer, the HBO series will certainly change a platform again.