‘The Last Of Us’ HBO Series Just Cast Another Voice Actor From The Video Game
HBO’s television adaptation of the popular video gameThe Last of Uscontinues to fill out its cast as itshambles its way through productionlike an angry Clicker. One of the latest additions is deeply familiar with the world of the games, because he played a key role in both of them.Jeffrey Pierce, who voiced the part of Tommy inThe Last of UsandThe Last of Us Part II, has been cast in the show, but he’ll be playing a different character in the series. Plus, two HBO veterans have joined up as well. Get the details below.
A New Creation
According to Deadline, actor Jeffrey Pierce will be playing a recurring character named Perry in the show, who is described as “a rebel in a quarantine zone.” If you’re wondering why Pierce won’t be reprising his role of Tommy in the show, it’s becauseGabriel Lunahasalready been castto play that part. (Brothers Joel and Tommy are white guys in the games, but they’ll be played byPedro Pascaland Luna, respectively, in the show.) Pierce’s TV character, Perry, was not featured in either game, so this will be an original character created specifically for the show.
Fun fact: actressMerle Dandridgevoiced the character of Marlene in the first game, andwill be reprising that rolein the flesh for the series.
Two HBO Veterans Are Also On Board
Deadline’s report also states thatCon O’Neill, who previously worked with showrunnerCraig MazinonChernobyl, andMurray Bartlett, who can currently be seen playing the frazzled hotel manager on Mike White’s brand new HBO seriesThe White Lotus, have also joinedThe Last of Uscast. O’Neill will play Bill, an acquaintance of Joel’s who, in the wake of the pandemic that has ravaged the globe, is now a hardcore survivalist who lives in suburbia, armed to the teeth and adept at setting traps to protect himself from encroachers. Bartlett plays Bill’s partner, Frank, who does not have any lines in the game because – spoiler alert – when our characters stumble across him, he has hanged himself. Presumably Mazin and Neil Druckmann would not hire a capable actor like Bartlett merely to play a corpse, so I think it’s safe to say that we’ll at least get to see some of Frank and Bill’s dynamic play out on screen, whether it’s in flashbacks or in real time.
I assume that no one has read this far who does not know whatThe Last of Usis, but just in case, the show is set in the aftermath of a pandemic that has infected a significant portion of humanity with a virus that turns them into zombie-like creatures. The story centers on Joel (Pascal), a smuggler who is tasked with transporting a young girl named Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across the country to a research facility where she may be able to provide a cure for the pandemic.
