What Happened to Eve on 'Last Man Standing'? She's a Rising Star in Hollywood

What happened to Eve on 'Last Man Standing'? Here's how actress Kaitlyn Dever become certainly one of Hollywood's freshest younger stars.

Allison Cacich - Author

When the Tim Allen sitcom Last Man Standing was saved from cancellation by means of Fox after airing on ABC for six seasons, the major community switch caused some sudden casting changes.

One actress who saved her position is Kaitlyn Dever, who plays Mike and Vanessa Baxter’s youngest daughter Eve on the comedy. But the 24-year-old was MIA for the majority of Seasons 7, 8, and 9, leading viewers to wonder if she had to step away from the sequence permanently.

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What happened to Eve on 'Last Man Standing'?

It’s easy: Kaitlyn happens to be one of Hollywood’s hottest young stars this present day, so she's too busy juggling multiple tasks to appear in all 22 episodes of Last Man Standing.

The Justified alum committed to shooting a number of movies, as well as a new Netflix collection, after ABC failed to renew Last Man Standing, meaning her agenda was already complete when Fox picked up the show. She was subsequently bumped from a series common to a routine personality.

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The step again from network TV has been incredibly rewarding for the Arizona local. She starred along Hugh Jackman in 2018’s The Front Runner and Timothée Chalamet in the biopic Beautiful Boy. She was additionally the co-lead in Olivia Wilde’s significantly acclaimed indie movie Booksmart. 

But Kaitlyn’s most notable position to date is for the 2019 miniseries Unbelievable, in which she performed a sexual attack survivor. Her paintings in the eight-episode true crime drama earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance via an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television in addition to a Critics’ Choice Award nomination.

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'Last Man Standing' manufacturers predicted Kaitlyn Dever’s meteoric upward thrust.

The actress’ success hasn’t come as a marvel to those who’ve watched her develop up on set. "She’s a star, and we’ve always known that," Last Man Standing executive manufacturer Kevin Abbott instructed TVLine.

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"She’s a phenomenal talent, and nobody deserves all of these accolades more than she does. She’s just so gifted and such a wonderful, genuine person," he added. "We like to get her on for a few episodes each season because she’s a part of our family, and she works really hard to do that."

But enthusiasts who have been hoping to see Eve go back from the Air Force Academy someday quickly will likely be disenchanted to pay attention that her appearance in the Season Eight premiere was once her closing for at least the next 13 episodes. "She hasn’t been back unfortunately, but everyone talks to her," Kevin published.

In an interview with IndieWire, Kaitlyn stated she had to combat teeth and nail for any phase that represented a significant departure from her previous paintings. In reference to Booksmart, she explained, "No one wanted to give me this kind of opportunity, and by that I mean a leading role in a really big comedy type film.

"It’s in reality a type of scripts that you just suppose, 'This is the kind of factor that I’m going to have to audition five times for and in reality, really fight for it to get those people to need me for this position.'"

We’re so happy that she came out swinging. New episodes of Last Man Standing air Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on Fox. 

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