'We've Not Seen The Last of Joel,' Says The Last of Us Actor

The Last of Us video crippled histrion Troy Baker has said there's much to travel for his quality Joel, perchance including "more games."

Baker, who played Joel successful Naughty Dog's The Last of Us and its sequel, made the remark portion discussing the character's interaction with fans — thing an assemblage wider than video games has enjoyed with Pedro Pascal's portrayal of the quality successful HBO's The Last of Us TV series.

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Alas, with Joel present dormant successful the games and the TV show, you'd deliberation that would apt beryllium it for the flannel-wearing hunk — but not so, said Baker, who likened the quality to 1 perchance portrayed by galore actors implicit time.

"I anticipation that Pedro is not the past idiosyncratic to play Joel," Baker said, speaking to Eurogamer. "I privation to spot this quality beryllium proliferated and iterated connected successful aggregate mediums, whether it beryllium TV, film, much games, comic books. I spot radical that cosplay arsenic [Joel] each the time... helium made an impact."

Baker's remark comes blistery connected the heels of remarks by franchise creator Neil Druckmann that suggested a 3rd The Last of Us crippled volition yet get made — adjacent if it is inactive immoderate clip off. Indeed, a erstwhile workfellow of Druckmann's precocious shared an eye-opening crippled thought that the creator had erstwhile planned, which could seemingly play a ample part.

Surely, immoderate aboriginal crippled featuring Ellie would besides see astatine slightest 1 flashback to her clip with Joel, arsenic a send-off to the bid and Baker's archetypal instrumentality connected the character. Some benignant of cameo for Pascal successful HBO's last play of The Last of Us besides feels inevitable.

"I decidedly cognize we've not seen the past of Joel, whether that beryllium Naughty Dog oregon idiosyncratic else," Baker concluded. Exactly erstwhile Joel whitethorn adjacent appear, however, remains to beryllium seen.

For his part, Druckmann has ne'er ruled retired making a 3rd section of the saga, and Naughty Dog's authoritative Grounded 2: Making The Last of Us Part 2 documentary adjacent ends with Druckmann stating that helium feels "there's 1 much section to this story" for Naughty Dog to tell. In the meantime, the workplace is engaged gathering Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which Druckmann is directing. The developer besides has a 2nd crippled successful accumulation that's being directed by Shaun Escayg, who antecedently helmed Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, which is not believed to beryllium The Last of Us related. All of that apt means The Last of Us 3 won't motorboat until sometime successful the 2030s.

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