‘The Last of Us’ Director Mark Mylod on Filming That Death Scene With ‘Tears Running Down My Face’ and Why Changes to the Game Were Made
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max.
Director Mark Mylod was brought to tears filming the heart-breaking final moments of Sunday night’s episode of “The Last of Us.”
Gamers who have played “The Last of Us Part II” have long known Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) fate, but that didn’t make watching his torture and death at the hands of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) any easier. As in the game, Abby bludgeons Joel to death with a golf club as Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is forced to watch helplessly. However, Mylod expands the moment by giving Dever’s Abby a bone-chilling monologue about her five-year quest for revenge after Joel killed her dad in the Season 1 finale’s hospital shootout. The episode also shows Ramsey’s Ellie weeping and embracing Joel’s dead body before she rides back to the Jackson settlement,...
Director Mark Mylod was brought to tears filming the heart-breaking final moments of Sunday night’s episode of “The Last of Us.”
Gamers who have played “The Last of Us Part II” have long known Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) fate, but that didn’t make watching his torture and death at the hands of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) any easier. As in the game, Abby bludgeons Joel to death with a golf club as Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is forced to watch helplessly. However, Mylod expands the moment by giving Dever’s Abby a bone-chilling monologue about her five-year quest for revenge after Joel killed her dad in the Season 1 finale’s hospital shootout. The episode also shows Ramsey’s Ellie weeping and embracing Joel’s dead body before she rides back to the Jackson settlement,...
- 4/21/2025
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
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