The Last Of Us Season 2 Better Make Abby Ripped, God Dammit
The She-Hulk Fiasco
In an Entertainment Weekly interview, She-Hulk executive producer Kat Coiro responded to rumours that “Marvel requested She-Hulk’s muscles be made smaller,” saying that She-Hulk didn’t need to be all that big, actually.I should piss myself when She-Hulk is in the vincinity. Like this is laughable. Just as laughable as when it happened with Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel.
— Clarkisha Kent (@IWriteAllDay_) May 18, 2022
Y’all are really afraid of MUSCLES
We honestly talked about strength more than aesthetics. We studied musculature and we studied women athletes who were incredibly strong. We really leaned towards Olympians rather than bodybuilders. That’s where a lot of our body references came from, very strong Olympic athletes. So she doesn’t have a bodybuilder’s physique, but she absolutely has a very strong physique that can justify the actions that she does in the show. I think people expected a bodybuilder and for her to have these big, massive muscles but she looks more like Olympians.Unfortunately, until recently, one of the few examples of a muscular woman in modern media was MMA-fighter-turned-actor Gina Carano as Cara Dune on The Mandalorian. Her arms were absolutely gigantic, exploding out from her chest armour with purpose. She dwarfed every other person sharing a scene with her. Sadly, Carano came out as a transphobe and a covid pandemic anti-masker, so she got the boot, and I worried I’d never see someone built like her on TV or in movies again.
Mandalorian muscle mommies
It’s certainly not a far stretch. Though Abby is voiced by Laura Bailey and has the face of actor Jocelyn Mettler, her body double is CrossFit athlete and former collegiate swimmer Colleen Fotsch, who looks like she could pick me (a pretty muscular woman) up with one arm and wield me like a baseball bat. Fotsch, who did not respond to Kotaku’s request for comment, has a litany of YouTube videos showing off workout routines — and considering she’s currently a data analyst by trade, she’s proof that women can be muscle mommies while also living fulfilled NARP (non-athletic regular people) lives. Casting an actor who is athletically inclined and already ripped up like a bad report card as Abby in The Last of Us season two makes a ton of sense — though I find myself longing to see a wild bulk-up of an actor not already built like a brick shithouse. But also, I just want to see more muscular women in movies and television, guys. I don’t really care how they get there, I just want them there, muscles rippling like coiled snakes under their skin. The Last of Us fans think the series has found its Abby in actor Shannon Berry, known for her role as Dot in The Wilds series. Berry certainly looks like Abby, and if she is indeed our future antagonist, I look forward to seeing her forearms as they wield the golf club that [REDACTED].Okay, we officially need @thekatyo cast as Abby in #TheLastOfUs season 2. #TheMandolarian pic.twitter.com/gnbC3GCKep
— Nerd Chronic (@NerdChronic) March 15, 2023
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