While Pedro Pascal is excellent as Joel Miller what’s left of usIt turns out that HBO has another actor in mind.
Series executive Craig Mazin revealed during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that Matthew McConaughey was initially in talks to play the lead role. What’s left of us.
“I talked to Matthew. I can’t say it’s a drama. [de conversations]. It was more like “Hey, here’s something we can talk about”.explains Craig Mazin, who oversaw the series with his colleague Neil Druckmann, who is the director of the series and creator of the video game.
“Pedro was on our list from the very beginning”added about the emerging actor. Game of Thrones. We were told she was unavailable, then while she was a little hesitant I got a call from her rep and she said “You know, she might be available”.
The Last of Us is inspired by the video game of the same name released in 2013. The series follows two apocalyptic survivors – Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) – an unlikely duo working together to survive an epidemic. .the mushroom that took the life (and consciousness) of most of humanity.
The series, which also starred Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlett, Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Jeffrey Pierce and Anna Torv, has been a huge critical and commercial success since its January 2023 debut.
Pedro Pascal, 48, appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in February, revealing that he forgot he had gotten the lead role in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series after Neil Druckmann called before he took an Ambien (a strong sleeping pill editor’s note). to tell him the news.
“After I got Ambien I got a call saying I got the job so I guess I was excited but I can’t remember”remembered the actor. “I woke up in the morning and the first thing that came to my mind was, ‘Oh my God, I really want this job.
A prominent figure in Hollywood today, the Chilean actor is expected to appear in the sequel to Gladiator in 2024.
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Source: Programme Television
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