Overview

• Kaitlyn Dever shared that Andrew Garfield’s openness about his mother’s death served as a model for coping with her own loss.
• Dever’s mother passed away from breast cancer shortly before she began filming The Last of Us Season 2 in early 2025.
• She filmed emotionally intense scenes for the HBO series just days after her mother’s funeral, drawing on her personal grief to inform her performance.
• Garfield’s 2021 Stephen Colbert interview, where he described grief as unexpressed love, became a source of comfort and guidance for Dever.
• The Last of Us Season 2, which explores themes of loss and revenge, premiered in April 2025, with Dever portraying the character Abby.