According to Comicbook, the upcoming second season of Max’s The Last of Us has recently added new cast members for the series. The cast members have been added to portray the characters from the video game the series is based on. The new additions include Danny Ramirez (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Ariela Barer (Runaways), Tati Gabrielle (The Owl House), and Spencer Lord (The Good Doctor).
According to Comicbook, below is breakdown of the characters the actors will be playing, per Variety:
Ramirez will be playing Manny, “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.”
Barer will be playing Mel, “a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.”
Gabrielle is playing Nora, “a military medic struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past.”
Lord is listed to appear in the series as Owen, “a gentle soul trapped in a warrior’s body, condemned to fight an enemy he refuses to hate.”
Below are images of the actors next to the characters they will portray.
According to Variety, the official description of the series is as follows: “The story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”
Season one of The Last of Us is available to stream on Max and Hulu. The second season of the series is scheduled to premiere in Spring 2025 and will continue the journey of Joel and Ellie.