Two new cast members have been announced for the third season of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation.
Clea DuVall and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. will both join the show for the upcoming season, which will be told from Abby’s (played by Kaytlin Dever) perspective.
According to Deadline, DuVall will play a member of the Seraphites, though further specifics are currently unknown. The Seraphites are one of the warring factions in The Last of Us Part 2, who frequently clash (putting it mildly) with the WLF, which Abby is a member of.
DuVall has had an extensive film and TV career, with recurring roles in the likes of Better Call Saul (pictured below), Heroes and The First Lady.
Meanwhile, Lendeborg Jr. will star as WLF member Manny in The Last of Us season three. He will replace Danny Ramirez, who played Manny in season two. Ramires was unable to return to the show due to scheduling conflicts.
Other series with Lendeborg Jr. have included Wu-Tang: An American Saga and Graceland. He has also starred in Marvel films Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
As for Manny, when Ramirez was first announced to be joining The Last of Us, the showrunners described his character as “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”.
It is currently suspected that the third season of The Last of Us will be its last.
Last year, Neil Druckmann announced he was stepping back from the series after The Last of Us season two, in order to focus on Naughty Dog‘s gaming output, which includes Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Druckmann had previously worked on The Last of Us’ adaptation as a co-showrunner, director, writer and producer. While he’s returned to full-time video game development, Druckmann has since said he will remain somewhat involved in The Last of Us’ adaptation at a “very high level” to make sure it’s “as deeply faithful” as the show’s first season was.
