HBO’s The Last of Us has finally arrived after a lengthy production, and series star Gabriel Luna is reflected on when he first joined the project. In the series, based on the hit video game of the same name, Luna plays Tommy, the brother of Pedro Pascal’s Joel Miller. Both characters were included in the original video game, as was Bella Ramsey’s Ellie, one of the series leads alongside Pascal.
In a interview (via ComicBook.com), Luna spoke about how he had some familiarity with the character after briefly playing the game several years ago. The actor went on to explain how he was informed that The Last of Us series creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin wanted him for the role of Tommy a while later, something he couldn’t have predicted when he originally tried out the video game.
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When he knew that he was in consideration to join HBO’s big-budget series adaptation of the popular video game, Luna immediately started his preparations to play Tommy. Ahead of meeting with the show’s creators, he revisited the game, playing The Last of Us to take in everything he could about the character. The actor also says that playing the game as preparation for the series had only made him that much more ready.
The season premiere of The Last of Us can be streamed on HBO Max. New episodes will debut on HBO and HBO Max on Sundays. The series stars Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Merle Dandridge, Nick Offerman, and Melanie Lysnkey.
