Season 2 of The Final of Us has formally kicked off — and with a bang, as anticipated. The standard principal gamers made their epic return for the primary episode, together with Emmy-nominated stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. However Season 2 has already launched new characters as properly. By the top of episode 201, we have already met Cat, who has ties to Ellie. Cat is performed by rising star Noah Lamanna (Dream State of affairs), and MovieWeb not too long ago caught up with them to study extra about how the second installment of HBO’s beloved post-apocalyptic sequence begins.
“201 begins us off with an actual form of kick-jump into the motion, a number of violence, a number of intrigue, because the present does so properly,” Lamanna informed us. “It leaves you slightly hungry for… slightly little bit of context into understanding a bit extra about Cat’s character and about what their relationship was and, you realize, why it is sort of uncomfortable now, and the place that is going to go. So I feel it leaves you with some attention-grabbing questions.”

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With many questions swirling certainly, Lamanna additionally teased what’s to return with the remainder of the extremely anticipated second season:
“There’s quite a bit that I am excited to see. Every thing is clearly very lock-and-key with this present, and so there’s really a lot that I do not know. So I am actually excited to simply watch the second season as a viewer myself, form of with the added bonus of now, you realize, seeing all my buddies doing superb work on the present, additionally. However I feel simply the dimensions of this season, you realize — in the event you had been impressed by the dimensions of the primary season, put together to be doubly impressed by the dimensions of this season. It is fairly unimaginable.”
Working with Bella Ramsey
Given what we have seen within the first episode of Season 2, Lamanna’s character Cat has sturdy ties to Ellie, and so they have some standout moments collectively on display screen. Lamanna shared with us what it was like working with the Recreation of Thrones actor and the remainder of The Final of Us solid as properly. “Bella is so pretty, so grounded, so right down to Earth. For somebody who has had such huge success at such a younger age, I am undecided how they do it, however they’re very, very cool and chill and welcoming,” stated Lamanna. “The entire solid was extremely welcoming and supportive. It was identical to a extremely constructive working surroundings.”
It is no surprise the sequence has already been renewed for a 3rd installment. Within the meantime, season 2 of The Final of Us is now streaming on Max, with new episodes airing each Sunday on HBO. Watch it via the hyperlink beneath:
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