Since its premiere on HBO Max on January 16, The Last of Us has become one of the most applauded series on the platform. Part of her success comes from being the adaptation of a famous video game which was already celebrated in its day due to the depth of its plot, far removed from the plots to which the interactive medium had accustomed us until then.
Another of his strong points is the construction of his characters, with special mention to Joel, a father who lost his daughter and who in the end of the world must take care of another girl, Ellie. in the series of HBO Maxthe person in charge of putting himself in the shoes of Joel was Pedro Pascal, and his young companion was interpreted by Bella Ramsey.
Joel doesn’t need human connections to survive.
Peter Pascal He spoke at length about his character on a recent episode of Hot Ones, from the First We Feast YouTube channel, pointing out that Joel hides his softer side under an exterior weathered from surviving an apocalypse that took his daughter from him.
When they asked the protagonist of The Last of Us as balance the more heroic aspect of Joel with the more emotionalthe actor said it was fun to play a character who is seemingly so emotionally limited.
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“It is typical of this type of masculine archetypes… ‘don’t show your feelings‘people will see that you are weak’, ‘survival is the key’, ‘don’t let anyone in’”, Pedro Pascal explained. “Developing a human connection is not, at least in his opinion, the key to survival” .
However, Joel discovers as The Last of Us progresses that can’t live without that emotional connection. The last episode of the first season of the series will premiere on HBO Max next Monday March 13, 2023.
