6 Things You Didn’t Know About 'The Last of Us'

2. The cast is very familiar

A lot of the faces on the show will be familiar to you. Take Pedro Pascal, for example, who stars as Joel. He’s currently also starring on The Mandalorian – so he’s basically the king of television right now. You probably know him best for playing the prince Oberyn Martell of Dorne in Game of Thrones, but he’s been acting for years on shows including The Good Wife and Law & Order. Bella Ramsey, who stars as Ellie, is also from the Game of Thrones world, where she starred as Lady Lyanna Mormont.

Some of the other notable stars including Australians Anna Torv as Tess and Murray Bartlett of The White Lotus season one fame as Frank, Nick Offerman from Parks and Recreation as Bill, Nico Parker, who aside from being Thandiwe Newton’s daughter was the star of Dumbo, who played Joel’s daughter Sarah in the first episode, and Storm Reid who starred in Euphoria as Gia plays Riley.

4. The original actor who voiced Tommy in the video game is in the show

The actors who voiced the characters in the video games are still part of The Last Of Us family, even if they’re not playing the same roles that they played in the original game. Jeffrey Pierce, who plays Tommy in the game, makes a cameo in the series in episode four and five as Perry, the right-hand man to Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey), who has staged a coup against FEDRA in Kansas City.

Some of the other voice actors are still involved in the series too. The original Joel, Troy Baker, is the host of the official The Last Of Us podcast, which offers a lot of tidbits about the series and a great behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show. Troy has also just made his debut in the show, in episode eight as James, a cynical member of a cult that Ellie stumbles upon.

6. A second season is coming

HBO have confirmed that a season two of The Last Of Us is in the works, and will follow the action of The Last Of Us Part 2, which was released in 2020. For those who don’t want to be spoiled on the forthcoming plot of the television show, we highly recommend that you don’t read ahead on what happens in part two of the video game. Suffice to say, some fans had a strong reaction to where the video game went.

That’s not to say that the second series of the show will follow those same lines. As we have already experienced in season one, the creators of the show are not against taking the storyline in new directions. See for example episode three, which is one of the best episodes of television we’ve seen, in which the storyline of Bill and Frank was expanded to include their beautiful love story. We may very well see more of that in the second season of the show.

Just don’t expect any more episodes beyond season two. Creator Craig Mazin has said that he wants this to be a contained story that finishes up where the game ends in season two. So we’ll be bidding farewell to the world of The Last Of Us next season, one way or another.