Pedro Pascal Confirms Future 'The Last of Us' Plotline 'Will Stay True to the Game'
etonline.comThe Last of UsPedro Pascal is opening up about his future on HBO's . In a new cover story interview for , the actor addresses something of an open secret that surrounds the zombie apocalypse series.
Based on the two-part video game of the same name, Pascal's character, Joel, could be facing a fate that leaves viewers with — according to writer Dave Holmes -- «a show with a lot less Joel in it.» Pascal has not played the game or watched the scene in question, but he is keenly aware of it.
Asked whether he thinks a future season of will follow the same storyline, Pascal says in a video interview that, «It will stay true to the game, like entirely.
I think.»Meanwhile, series creator Craig Mazin is stopping short of offering a confirmation. «This should be fairly obvious to anyone by now, but I don't fear killing characters,» he says. «But the important thing to note is that neither Neil [Druckmann, who co-created and exec-produces the series with Mazin] nor I feel constrained by the source material.»Clarifying that he has no real information about where series writers are taking the second season, Pascal adds, «It wouldn't make sense to follow the first game so faithfully only to stray severely from the path.… So, yeah, that's my honest answer.» Bella Ramsey, who stars opposite Pascal as Ellie in, says of the plot event, «I don't know that I'm emotionally ready for it.»The co-stars have built a delightful bond while working together on set, with Pascal taking on a surrogate father figure role. «I've learned from him to be kinder to myself, which is a thing he's not very good at, in terms of the pressure he puts on himself,» says Ramsey.
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