Mazin explained that he and the show’s co-creator and original game developer Neil Druckmann have all of season 2 mapped out, though it’s likely that a second season would take years to complete.
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The Last of Us season 2 cast
As the central characters to the series, fan favourites Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal will return as Joel and Ellie for season 2. Pinning down other specifics for the cast of the second season gets a little trickier given that it depends on how closely the team intend to follow the storyline of the game’s sequel The Last of Us Part II.
That said, from what we’ve heard so far it looks like a few key characters from the game sequel will be making an appearance and The Last of Us season 2 team have been busy building out their cast already. These are some of the actors who will be joining the second season alongside Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey:
Isabela Merced as Dina
Isabela Merced is the latest new cast member to be announced in recent days, with the actor having starred in Dora and the Lost City of Gold as well as having a key role in the upcoming film Madame Web.
Merced will play Dina, “a free-wheeling spirit whose devotion to Ellie will be tested by the brutality of the world they inhabit.”
If you played the video game, you’ll know that Dina and Ellie share a very close and intimate relationship, with her ultimately being Ellie’s love interest.
On the casting, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann said “Dina is warm, brilliant, wild, funny, moral, dangerous and instantly lovable,” adding “You can search forever for an actor who effortlessly embodies all of those things, or you can find Isabela Merced right away. We couldn’t be prouder to have her join our family.”