Intergalactic Star Tati Gabrielle has been ‘Coached' about Online Gamer Backlash
Tati Gabrielle may have played Nora in the latest episode of The Last of Us , but online gamer fans know that she's going to be starring in Neil Druckmann's next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet .
With The Last of Us Part II getting so much backlash online and actresses like Laura Bailey (Abby) getting harassed on social media, Gabrielle confirms that she has been 'coached' by Druckmann about what to expect, starring as a POC lead in a AAA video game.
She tells Entertainment Weekly:
'Neil's been bootcamp-ing me… I know Troy's experience, I know Ashley's experience…I know Laura Bailey's experience.
'I got a lot of love, but there was a lot of hate over me being a woman, me being a woman of color, me having my head shaved, all these things that I didn't even actually initially see — I'm out of the social media zeitgeist for that reason — but once I did, Neil was like, 'Ignore it. No matter what, me and you, we're going to make something beautiful. We're going to make something that we're proud of.''
We don't know exactly what Gabrielle's character Jordan is going to be like in Intergalactic yet, but we know that anyone who isn't a straight, white, male protagonist is sure to draw online grifters like a moth to a flame. You bet they're going to be sicking thousands of 'anti-woke' people at anyone who makes games that 'isn't for them.'
If anything, it does look like Druckmann has learned from the experience of TLOU Part II and is ready to protect Gabrielle from any backlash she may receive. Let's just hope that Naughty Dog—heck the entire PlayStation and Sony team—have more systems in place to fight off any possible toxic backlash.
No release date has been set for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet , but fans are expecting it to come to PS5 in the next few years.
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