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The Last of Us Part 2's Dina and Alien: Romulus have an unexpected connection


Alien: Romulus and The Last of Us have a bit of an unexpected connection.

Watch on YouTube"Fun fact: I was playing [The Last of Us Part 2] while writing [Alien: Romulus]," Álvarez shared on social media platform X over the weekend. The director went on to state that a year later, he found out that Merced had also been cast as Dina in HBO's adaptation of the game, completing an unexpected and rather serendipitous circle. At the start of this month, HBO released a new teaser for the upcoming season, giving us our first look at Kaitlyn Dever as The Last of Us' Abby, as well as more from Joel, Ellie, Dina and Catherine O'Hara's yet-to-be-named character.

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