Why was Joel had to die at the end of us, according to the co -author Neil Drukmann

This article contains the spoilers of “The Price”, the penultimate episode of the second season of “The Last of Us”. Stop reading now if you don’t see it – The spoilers are waiting!

It is impossible to imagine a world where Joel Miller, the 2013 original novel “The Last of Us” and TV -adaptation HBO 2023 (played by Troy Miller and Pedro Pascal, respectively), survived. What I mean by this is that in both the game and the show, Joel is a kind of He has For death To lead the narration of his alternative daughter Eli, which was filmed by Ashley Johnson in the original games and Bella Ramsey at the exhibition. According to the creator of the game and the co -man Neil Drogman, there, there, there, there He is A world where Joel may remain. However, as explained to Alan Sibenwal to Traded stoneHe and his participation in the participation of Craig Mazin eventually decided against Joel Naja from a retaliatory attack by Abe Anderson (Kaitlin Diver).

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“Yes, because we are discussing everything,” Druckmann told Sepinwall when he asked the latter if they were considering saving both Abe and Joel’s death for a later season. “We have even discussed what if we didn’t kill Joel, just to interrogate her. Because everything should be on the table. Motivating it.

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Therefore, as he asked Sepinwall, what came out of a discussion about no Joel killed? Do you remember Druckmann any details? “I don’t, because that was a very short conversation that had no effect on us,” Drukman explained. “Because we knew that we were exploring something, as you know, we will not get much out of this, and we did not.”

Neil Drukman went up to the director of the “PRICE” director – on the occasion of the second time he did this on “The Last of Us” after the first season episode “The Except” no They called any of Joel’s scenes in the flashback before Filming his death on the screenThis means that Pedro Pascal an act You should return to the series’s group to redirect its role the last time. “We shot Pedro for the episode (2), then went to work on a different project,” Druckmann revealed. When Sepinwall asked if it was different when Pascal returned, his answer was measured:

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“Yes, although you are in the day to the day, you will not feel it. But certainly, with our approaching the end, you can feel this separation from the next way. Then on the last day, specifically, it became really emotional when we finished the last shot and attached us for a period of time and we just hugged and talked and talked.”

Not only that, but Druckmann knew very well that the final shift with Joel and Eli in the TV series-who were filmed So Beautifully by both Pascal and Bella Ramsey, there will be a clear realistic chemist and a sweet relationship as well-it will be really difficult, because of the work they already put in their roles. “I knew because of their chemistry, because of what they had brought and the extent of this pace,” said Drogmann, speaking to the fact that Joel from Pascal and Ramsey Eli has beat the masses all over the world.

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“It was necessary to be painful to tell this story.” “If they do not have a chemistry, I would be concerned about how we narrated this story. So for me, it was more than a question about, this story could be complete, and that story can live on its own. This is how we made the first game. But we put in some changes, and the adjustments continue to the open story.

clearly, Joel dies (at the hands of Abe in the second season, Episode 2, “Through the Valley”)For this reason, we only saw it through the flashback in the “price”, and they live on many previous birthdays of Eli and draw up and down in their relationship. Nile Drukman said that filming this episode with both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey was always intense, especially because of the real affection between the two and their joint understanding of Joel and Eli (and their relationship).

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“It is joy. They are very talented,” Druckmann flow. “They now understand these characters a lot. I am in such a unique situation, because I lived with these characters and these scenes for a long time, and that I can reconsider them in these scenes that mean many fans, but also for me personally … I was very tense. I wanted to make sure that these series were only their sequence. They were surprised by what they were putting in front of the camera.”

In addition, Druckmann pointed out, the work outside the introduction of the movement-which was used for “the last of us” games-allowed a specific level of emotion. “There are certain moments in live work where you have happy incidents, just as you cannot plan something.” “When they are in the space capsule, Joel Eli asks how he did, and then you see that he has this beautiful smile on his face, turns, and sees the sparkle of tears in his pain. Do not see him crying;

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The conclusion of the second season of “The Last of Us” is broadcast on May 25, 2025, 9 pm on HBO Max and HBO.