The Last of Us: What made Pedro Pascal fall in love with the role of Joel?

At the beginning of 2023, HBO will launch The Last of Uswhich promises to be one of the main series of the year and will also be available on HBO Max. The cast has big names, among them is Pedro Pascalinterpreter of the protagonist, Joel.

The production is based on the 2013 homonymous game designed by Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley. During a round table held with Rolling Stone Brazil and other media outlets, Easter spoke about the series, in addition to commenting on what made him fall in love with the franchise and the role of Joel.

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It is worth remembering how the series of The Last of Us was created for television by Druckmann and Craig Mazinresponsible for the miniseries Craig Mazin. “Craig he’s an amazing screenwriter. And because I didn’t know the game when I got the first scripts – I read them before I even saw the game,” he said. Pedro Pascal. “So the first thing that compelled me was what I was seeing on the page: these incredible characters, these incredible circumstances, this incredible world.”

That’s where it started with me. For any actor to find something great right away on the page is really the big dream. The doors kept opening in terms of my understanding of what the context of the source material was in terms of the story, its effect, its impact on the industry and on people.

Pedro pascal also pointed to other elements responsible for making the franchise memorable: “It’s people’s personal relationship with the experience of the game, the characters and everything. It was just a world that continued to open up and expand, understanding even more its influence and also the unfolding of the story really exciting with each incredible script that Craig and Neil would deliver.”

When you’re lost in the darkness, look for the light.#The Last of Us premieres January 15 on @hbomax. pic.twitter.com/1NUP3FPA2i

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More about The Last of Us series

As with the games, the series of The Last of Us shows humanity in the midst of a fungus pandemic Cordyceps, responsible for turning people into zombies and ending society as we know it today. So, 20 years after the outbreak, we follow Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), brought together by desperate circumstances, who must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey as they cross the United States.

Besides Easter and ramseythe cast also includes Gabriel Luna (tommy miller), Merle Dandridge (Marlene), Anna Torv (Tess), Nick Offerman (Bill), between others. The series premiere takes place on January 15, 2023.