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The Last of Us' Gabriel Luna on Why Joel's Death Changed From Video Game
Gabriel Luna explains why The Last of Us changed Joel's death from the video game and how his character Tommy's role evolved in the HBO series
Gabriel Luna ’s Tommy was protecting the Jackson, Wyoming, compound from a hoard of Infected while Pedro Pascal ’s Joel was meeting an untimely death at the hands of Abby ( Kaitlyn Dever). “The truth is, back when we were doing the first season, I talked to [showrunner] Craig [Mazin] and [game creator] Neil [Druckmann] about it,” Luna, 42, told Esquire in an interview published on Sunday, April 20. Liane Hentscher / HBO Sunday’s episode of The Last of Us showed Joel on patrol with Ellie’s bestie Dina ( Isabela Merced) when they save Abby from a hoard of Infected.
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