Change in Joel’s age between the game and the series of The Last of Us surprises and generates debates among fans
In episode 2 of the second season of The Last of Usthe death of Joel (Pedro Pascal, Fantastic Four: First Steps) Deeply marked fans of the series – but a specific detail also generated great curiosity: the age of the character at the time of his death.
According to the HBO adaptation timeline, Joel It was presented in 2003, about to turn 36 when the Cordyceps fungus outbreak drastically changed his life. Twenty years later, in 2023, he met Ellie (Bella Ramsey, game of Thrones)already about 55 or 56 years. As the second season has been five years after the first, Joel was 61 years old when he was killed by Abby (Kaitlyn DeM, No one will save you).
In the franchise games, however, the chronology is a little different. In The Last of Us, Joel was 32 years old at the beginning of history in 2013. When he assumed the mission of taking Ellie Safety, he was between 51 and 52 years old. In The Last of Us Part IIset in 2038, Joel dies at 56 – not the New Year, as shown in the series.
This age difference between the versions caught the attention of viewers, who discuss the changes made in television adaptation.
What is the story of The Last of Us?
Based on the eponymous video game game, The Last of Us is located about twenty years after the destruction of modern civilization and presents Joela gross survivor, hired to smuggle Ellie, A 14 -year -old girl out of an oppressive quarantine zone.
However, what would just be another job for Joel ends up turning into a dangerous journey and, to survive, both the smuggler and the girl, will need to learn to trust each other.
In the second season of the series, inspired by the plot of The Last of Us: Part II, 2020 game, Paschal and Ramsey win the company of Kaitlyn Duty, Catherine O’Hara(Ghosts still have fun: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), Jeffrey Wright (What if …?), Isabela Merced (Madame Teia), Young Mazino (Bullshit), Danny Ramirez (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Taty Gabrielle (Uncharted: Outside the map), Ariela Barer (Fugitives) and Spencer Lord (Riverdale).
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