The actor Pedro Pascal has spoken in an interview about what will happen to Joel in season 2 of The Last of Us on HBO, a key situation in the Naughty Dog video game.
One of the greatest hits of 2023 It has been the first season of the The Last of Us series on HBO, considered the best adaptation of video games that has come to date. With that, season 2 is already in production hand in hand with the platform, although it has been affected by the writers’ strike, so it could take longer to arrive than necessary. Pedro Pascal is the actor in charge of playing Joel, although he has recognized that he has been unable to see the end of the series, and now he is preparing for what will happen to his character in the second season.
Of course, Major spoilers for The Last of Us Part II come below., the Naughty Dog work on which the second season of the HBO series will be based. As you well know, in the first moments of the game, Joel dies at the hands of Abby, which generates the entire plot and the story of violence and revenge that Ellie stars in in her search for the person responsible for her loss. Regarding this, Pedro Pascal was asked in an interview for Variety, although the actor doesn’t seem clear on what will actually happen.
“I think that Part II has more leeway. It seemed to me, based on the people I spoke to, that she is a different immersive experience. While there are things that need to happen for the central narrative to happen, it feels like it’s a bit more open-ended. So that means I don’t… I have no idea how they’re going to do it. […] Maybe they will, maybe they won’t!“, sentenced Pascal in the interview.
Season 3 of The Last of Us on HBO would already be in talks
While The formula that HBO will use for this second season of The Last of Us is not knownthe platform would have already started talks for a possible season 3. At the moment, it is only a possibility, since we do not know if the second installment of the series will cover all the events of The Last of Us Part II.
Besides, The Last of Us Part III has not been officially confirmedalthough there are many rumors that its production has already begun, so it could be a perfect opportunity to continue with television production.