Kaitlyn Dever Turns Heads With See-Through Dress At 'The Last Of Us' Premiere

After briefly getting consideration to play Ellie, the protagonist of the video game The Last Of Us, for a previously-planned film adaptation, actress Kaitlyn Dever is now joining the cast of the HBO show as a different character for Season 2. And she looked stunning at the premiere on Monday.

Dever spoke about her previous connection to The Last Of Us during the Season 2 premiere.

“I didn’t even audition. It was only just like meetings I was having with [creator] Neil [Druckmann]. I was going to [Druckmann’s video game company] Naughty Dog and he was showing me how the game was created and definitely giving me spoilers for game years before it came out; I had to carry a lot of weight, it’s been rough these last 10 years, I have to say,” Dever told The Hollywood Reporter. 

“I always thought about it as this thing that I bonded a lot with my dad and we played the game together. I had those few months where I was talking to Neil about potentially playing Ellie, but then, as moviemaking goes, that went away for a while.”

The project then pivoted, and Bella Ramsey was cast for the role instead. But now, she's excited to be joining the cast in a different way, playing the character of Abby.

“I was really excited to see it as a show and Bella did such an amazing job and the two of them, Bella and Pedro, do something so magical in the first season that I was honestly just a fan. So when it came back around into my life, it almost felt like, ‘Oh, this was always meant to be in my life, just in a different way,’ and that felt really cool,” Dever said.

Dever joined the rest of the cast at Monday's premiere, where she looked stunning in a long lace gown from Carolina Herrera that was visibly see-through but also classy and sophisticated.

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 24: Kaitlyn Dever attends the Los Angeles premiere of HBO Original Series "The Last Of Us" Season 2 at TCL Chinese Theater on March 24, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/WireImage)

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The second season of The Last of Us will premiere on HBO on April 13, with the second season of the show beginning the Sunday after Season 3 of The White Lotus concludes.