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Upgrading the Bloater: How ‘The Last of Us’ Made a New 600-Pound Monster for the Flamethrower Battle
How 'The Last of Us' made the bloater for the Jackson flamethrower battle with Tommy.
The biggest and baddest infected monster from “The Last of Us” made his triumphant return from Season 1 in the fiery Jackson battle Sunday night and went toe-to-toe with Tommy (Gabriel Luna), who wielded a sputtering flamethrower. It was important that we saw a progression of his burn, that it was realistic, interesting and that we as the audience believed that the flames worked and it wasn’t a coincidence that the bloater just suddenly died.” After his debut in Season 1, the bloater became an unexpected “sex icon” and “big daddy mushroom,” as explained by stunt performer Adam Basil, and was the inspiration for many memes.
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