HBO expands The Last of Us Season 2 cast with Mel, Owen, and Nora

HBO and Naughty Dog filled several more The Last of Us Season 2 cast spots, including Nora, Mel, Owen, and several other Washington Liberation Front members. Danny Ramirez (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) will play Manny; Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) plays Nora; Spencer Lord (Riverdale) plays Abby’s former lover Owen; and Ariela Barer (Runaways) will play Mel (thanks, Variety). These four join Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, another Washington Liberation Front member who’s a friend to most of them in the story, and Isabela Merced as Ellie’s love interest Dina. Bella Ramsey returns as Ellie, and Pedro Pascal will reprise his role as Joel. HBO’s official descriptions call Mel “a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism,” a reference to the situation in Seattle, where two factions clash in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and retribution. Manny, meanwhile, is a “loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear t