Isabela Merced Is Ready to Prove Dina Haters Wrong in The Last of Us Season 2

When The Last of Us returns to HBO for its second season, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) will continue to evade the infected and face more drama spiraling from the end of The Last of Us season one. But the duo are set to get some moments of reprieve amid the misery. Ellie in particular gets to have her story expand once they reach Joel’s brother’s compound and she meets Dina (Superman’s Isabela Merced). The romance between Ellie and Dina has ruffled the feathers of some game players since its introduction in The Last of Us Part II. And in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Merced discussed how the potential backlash doesn’t faze her or game creator Craig Mazin, who included it as normalized story canon to the game. “I mean, it’s kind of my truth, so I don’t see it as a thing even,” Merced said, and really she speaks from a place of a younger generation not really caring about heteronormative labeling as season two of the hit show premieres. “The game was made so lo ... Read full article.