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“It was incredibly moving”, He said to the edge of crying Pedro Pascal To the renowned actress Bella Ramseywith whom he starred in a shocking scene of the new season of The last Of Us.
HBO Max published on Monday, April 21, the emotional meeting between both Hollywood stars to show its reaction to the dramatic experience they lived on the recording set of the second season of the series.
In the second episode of the adaptation of the video game, it can be seen that Joel (Pedro Pascal) is killed by Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), While Ellie (Bella Ramsey) observes everything with horror.
Pedro Pascal, recognized for appearing in numerous outstanding productions such as Game Of Thrones, He almost let go of crying In her talk with Bella when she remembered the brutal scene in which her character died ruthlessly.
“It was very hard. I did not expect everyone to approach around …,” said the actor referring to his experience, when his voice was suddenly cut, but Ramsey immediately approached him to hug him. “It was really sad”Ellie’s interpreter told him as a comfort.
Pascal, who will soon be seen on the big screen playing Mr. Fantanstic in the new Marvel tape, said in an interview for Entertainment Weekly what He always knew that Joel was convictedbecause he was never in plans to move away from the original story of the video game at that time in history.
-“It is not that they said: ‘Hey, we kill you at the beginning of season 2 ′, but there was always an understanding that it would remain faithful to the original material in a specific way and that the obligation, say, practice and exclusive would be for season 1 ″, added the famous actor.
As fans know well The Last Of UsAbby’s character has undertaken a revenge mission against Joel, who killed his father by rescuing Ellie from the fireflies (as seen at the end of the first season). But when Abby accidentally runs with Joel during an siege of those infected in the last episode, and is even rescued by him, his thirst for blood does not decrease and hits him with a golf stick before advising him the deadly blow against Ellie, whom he looks terrified.
Regarding that heartbreaking scene, Bella Ramsey said she already knew that Joel was going to die. “I was afraid to get to that moment. And I cried, really, I solved disconsolately. It was the first time I cried reading a text, ”said the actress who also had a brief participation in Game of Thrones.
The impact that this scene produced on the mood of the actors was so great that, according to Entertainment Weeklyin the recording set they referred to the second episode as “the event”, “the moment of Joel and Abby” or “the scene.” Ramsey even declared that the aforementioned events were “words of fear that nobody wants to pronounce … something too big to talk about it.”
Pascal recalls that when he finally appeared with his outfit and death makeup, everyone got serious on the set. “I had never experienced anything like To that day when I entered the set completely makeup and, as soon as someone saw me, the atmosphere ended. This type of shock and anguish … It was strange to be at the receiving end of that. ”
Regarding the production of that scene, the cooking of the video game, Craig Mazin, told the prosthesis designer, Barrie Gower, that Joel’s worn and mistreated makeup was “the most important thing” of the season. “Don’t ruin it,” Mazin said.
The death of the protagonist of the series The Last Of Us It is something that both the cast and the CREW spurred for a long time, especially during the press tour of the second season. This crucial element largely defines the future of history and the series in general that is available on the Max streaming platform.
