Yep, Disney had enough apparently.
Great casting choices for both Joel and Ellie. Got the stamp of approval from OG Ellie:
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Pedro Pascal has been cast as Joel in HBO's The Last of Us TV series
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Yep, Disney had enough apparently.
Great casting choices for both Joel and Ellie. Got the stamp of approval from OG Ellie:
Now a few questions after seeing news which I am estatic about...
Who should play Tommy?
Who should play sarah?
Also since Nicolaj isnt Joel can we have him as Wolverine now..
Who should play Tommy?
Who should play sarah?
Also since Nicolaj isnt Joel can we have him as Wolverine now..
There was one way this show would finally make me care about Joel (yes I never cared for him while playing the games, sorry not sorry), and they fucking did it, they fucking used the Pedro Pascal card on me and I'm absolutely here for it!
Also Bella Ramsey is a pretty cool choice for Ellie as well, loved her in GoT!
I'm not getting even more excited for this show :D
Also Bella Ramsey is a pretty cool choice for Ellie as well, loved her in GoT!
I'm not getting even more excited for this show :D
I just watched The Mandalorian for the first time. Perfect casting. He's gonna pull off the sincere dadness for the ultimate sadness.
*Goes back a few months to see my casting prediction for Joel*
Dang, close but no cigar. Still wanna see Joel stunner a bloater :D
Dang, close but no cigar. Still wanna see Joel stunner a bloater :D
With right make up, Ali plays any age you want. He was excellent in True Detective where he played three differently aged versions of the character (30's, 40's, 70's).
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"The Nutty Professor" and "Amadeus" were inspirations for the creation of the old age makeup for Ali's tour de force performance.
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Only thing that is going to suck is that no one is going to buy that Joel is going to have to protect Lady Mormont... Maybe they'll switch the story and she's protecting Joel lol.
Edit: also Pedro: Double Tap avoids headaches.
Edit: also Pedro: Double Tap avoids headaches.
Oh good god I didn't think about that, he's going to be heartbreaking.
Now give me Boyd Holbrook for Tommy (yeah, I did that thing where they're both blond and I'd like to see it, sue me).
It's true that Tommy's part for a first season would be pretty small (assuming one season=one game), but I'd love to see what he could do with the character in the second one. Good mix of dramatic, familiar and aggressive later on.
It's true that Tommy's part for a first season would be pretty small (assuming one season=one game), but I'd love to see what he could do with the character in the second one. Good mix of dramatic, familiar and aggressive later on.
That got me thinking. I wonder if they do a one season per game or try to expand the world with one season per like actual seasons of the year.
Though I could see it getting old fast but somehow I can trust Neil and the crew to keep it fresh.
That's perfect casting. Different enough from the game to be refreshing and it's own thing, but with such a great actor that you know will nail the character. Love Pascal.
Dang I was hoping
He'll play "Joe" in season 2. A bearded southern man who defends a midwestern settlement against the infected with his teenaged companion "Nellie". Abby finds him in episode 1 of season 2.
I hope so! I've been trying to not get my hopes up too much. I'd love to see Brown reprising Bill -- he looks the part, he's got a history with HBO, I don't know how they could do much better. C'mon, Mazin/Druckmann/HBO!
It's true that if Neil had any regrets or wanted to further build the world and/or other characters, the fact that he's involved makes it so they could actually establish stuff in the series, make that canon and then bring it to future games.
I'd like that, having new characters introduced in the series and then having them appear in the next game. Not sure it's viable as using actors as face models should be much more expensive than just getting fashion models, but who knows.
To be honest, The Mandalorian is mostly shot on studio stages, and location shots (so far) have been in California, and both seasons already used doubles when Pascal was occupied with other work.
My joke was rather related to rumors that Pedro was not satisfied by the "Always On" helmet situation :p
I've only seen him in GOT and Narcos and he is fantastic in both.
Oberyn in particular, he was perfect.
Oberyn in particular, he was perfect.
I wonder what will go into production first, Mando S3 for TLoU? I mean they're just going into production on TBoBF right? So Mando is probably a ways off. So they can probably do all the production on TLoU and then he can jump straight onto Mando where needed.
Is there a reason why the voice actress (and face model) of Ellie isn't hired? I guess age, but does it really matter in the context of a post apocalyptic world? What Ellie had witnessed would fuck her up, be it at 15yo or.. 25yo. I dont get it. Hope this is more of a mini series where they just tell the story in a tight manner. I really hope its not turning into a bloated 6 season deal.
Wait what... mhh then just digitally de-age her for S1 , then have her be a 40yo kicking ass in S2 :D
