The Last of Us TV Show Finds a Way to Include Some Game Stars Anyway

While HBO’s tackle The Last of Us will hew as near the video games because it must, some modifications have meant that the method of adaptation requires just a few character tweaks. But whereas some characters and the voices behind them are making their means over immediately, others are getting some new stars… and new roles for the actors changing them.

Deadline reviews that Merle Dandrige, Jeffrey Pierce, Murray Bartlett, and Con O’Neill have all been solid within the community’s adaptation of the beloved PlayStation 4 recreation from Naughty Dog. Dandrige and Pierce are acquainted names to followers of the video games, having performed Fireflies resistance chief Marlene and Joel Miller’s brother Tommy, respectively, in each The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II. But whereas Dandridge will reprise her function as Marlene, Pierce will now play a brand new recurring character referred to as Perry, described as “a rebel in a quarantine zone.” This is as a result of Tommy Miller is now performed by Agents of SHIELD’s Gabriel Luna within the present, taking part in the brother of Joel, portrayed by The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal.

Bartlett and O’Neill will play two minor characters from the unique recreation, Frank and Bill, respectively. Encountered by Joel and Ellie (Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey) in Lincoln, Massachusetts as prior associates of Joel, Frank and Bill are described for the present as “two post-pandemic survivalists living alone in their own isolated town.” In the sport, it’s closely implied that Frank and Bill are queer, and had been former companions earlier than angrily drifting aside because the fungal apocalypse continued, a reality ultimately clarified by recreation director Neil Druckmann on the franchise’s accompanying podcast series.

Currently in manufacturing, The Last of Us is at present anticipated to hit HBO someday in 2022.

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