Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star Catherine O’Hara has signed on to hitch HBO’s subsequent season of The Final of Us.
Per Selection, the actor shall be showing within the sophomore outing for the post-apocalyptic drama. Her casting comes weeks after different actors had been locked in for main season two roles, akin to Kaitlyn Dever as Abby and Isabela Merced as Dina. However not like them, her function is being stored totally beneath wraps at time of writing.
However that hasn’t stopped Final of Us followers from speculating on what character O’Hara shall be. Since season two is adapting 2020’s The Final of Us Half II, meaning the present will introduce audiences to an enemy faction referred to as the Seraphites (or Scars). They consider the Cordyceps an infection was an intentional punishment for humanity’s sins—particularly expertise and bodily pleasure—and in flip would pave the best way for our redemption. Their unnamed chief died previous to the occasions of the sport, however the Seraphites understandably maintain her in excessive regard, to the purpose that they started calling her “the Prophet” and have fought the Contaminated (and the militaristic Washington Liberation Entrance, or Wolves) sans firearms. In-game artwork exhibits her as an older girl with shoulder size hair, which makes O’Hara a potentail lifeless ringer for the half.
The first season of HBO’s adaptation widened the scope of the video games to incorporate views not beforehand seen, like a short vignette of an Indonesian scientist who learns of the an infection days earlier than the outbreak and the delivery of Bella Ramsey’s Ellie. With that in thoughts, it is smart that the present sketch out who the Seraphites and WLF are to offer audiences a greater concept of the place they’re coming from, since there’s key characters from each side of the battle that act as protagonists in The Final of Us Half II. Whether or not O’Hara is enjoying the Seraphite Chief or another person, it’s probably stated particular person will present up in some unspecified time in the future within the present.
The Final of Us season two is anticipated to reach on HBO and Max in 2025.
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