The editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers for season 2, section 2 of “The last of us. “
Pedro Pascal Knew that Joel’s fate in “The Last of Us” season 2, section 2, would be devastating for the fans.
In line with the early events in Naughty Dog’s Game “The Last of US Part II” – One more time is spoilers forward – Joel is brutally killed in this week’s payment of the HBO series. He drops after his wounds after get beaten By Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), a Forms Fire Chasing Joel in Jackson, Wyoming, to Avenge the Murder of Her Father at the End of Season 1. Back in the season 1 finale, Joel killed the unarmed surgeon in cold blood, as well as the Fire Swarm Procedure that would’ve killed her, too – one meant to harness her immunity against the infection in order to find a cure.
On Sunday night’s episode, in a Mountain Lodge, close to where the city of Joel is ravaged by infected, Abby Joel strikes with a golf club and then shoots a nail in the throat.
While “The Last of US” was recently renewed for season 3It seems that Pascal will no longer be part of the franchise except for potential flashbacks-his body seen in a bag that is pulled over the now ruled, snow-covered Wyoming expansion at the end of the section by Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Dina (Isabela Mazin) and Jesse.
“It’s not as they said,” Hi, we kill you at the beginning of season 2, “Pascal told Entertainment every week In a cover story on Sunday evening about the last episode. “But it was always an understanding that it would remain believing in the source material in a specific way and that, let’s say, practical and exclusive obligation would be for season 1. It was just about how and when.”
In the meantime, Pascal added that he is “in active denial” about Joel’s outcome. “I realize this more and more as I get older, I think I slip in denying that everything is over,” he said. “I know that I am forever bound to so many members of the experience and just have to see them in different circumstances, but will never under the circumstances play Joel on ‘The Last of Us.’ And no, I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it because it makes me sad. ”
In HBO’s after-“last of us” after-show (via variety), Said Ramsey about the twist, “I knew Joel would die, but when I read it in the script, I feared to come to that bit … and I cried. I actually cried out my little heart. This is the first time I cried from reading a writing.”
When it comes to the fans’ reactions, Pascal can relate to the frustration of witnessing a favorite character dying on the screen.
“I have nothing but respect for the level of investment that people have in a video game or a TV View or movie or book, “said Pascal in the same post-show.” I experience it myself. I have thrown books all over the room because its impact is so deep on me … I think it is extremely painful for humans, and it is obviously a brilliant performance of the story. “
However, the actor will be in many other projects so that the audience can still enjoy after- “The Last of Us.” Pascal Leads “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” And also stars in “materialists”, both in theaters this summer.
