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The Last of Us set photos (HBO)

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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
I didn't know that latin Nathan Fillion was in this. Might be worth watching.
 
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Such a better fit.
Better, but still not rugged enough.
 
You have to cast people who can actually act. That’s why there is rarely a 1:1 resemblance between the actors and the characters they are adapting. It just isn’t as important as talent for the final product. Why do you think so many “American” roles are actually played by British theater actors? Because you can’t just cast any old blockhead and expect it to work out. Acting is not an easy thing to do, even though internet keyboard warriors will insist it is.
 

plushyp

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Why do you think so many “American” roles are actually played by British theater actors?
The reason for that is not what you're implying but something else mentioned by Punished Miku Punished Miku in another thread:
There's actually not a lot of US based leading men in film in general. A very large portion of the leads we see that seem American in some of their most iconic roles actually have accents and are European or Australian.

Saw an article on it a while ago talking about possible causes; primarily that a lot of handsome alpha type guys are probably not going into drama club in high school in the US because of our culture or stigma surrounding theater / high school acting. Apparently that stigma is not as prominent in other countries. I'd imagine that stigma also exists for many black male teens as well, if not more so. There's a lot of tendency for black culture in the US to emphasize hyper-masculinity; generalizing of course.
 

yurinka

Member
wait so abby will appear sooner than we thought?
Yes, they confimed Henry Cavill to play Abby in season 1. :messenger_beaming:

I never watched GoT as I dont have HBO, but just curious is the actress who plays Ellie normal? She has a half-mental look to her. And a big forehead like she's Bonk's sister.

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I watched GoT. Her face doesn't look like Ellie, but she's a super talented and convincing actress in GoT where she plays a relatively similar role: a girl who acts as a tough, fierce, outspoke, 'wild' adult because had to grow in certain difficult context. In the case of GoT, being a young queen? of a kingdom that is in the middle of a constant war.

I'm pretty sure she will do a great job and will surpise many people.
 
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Yeah, and set shots always don’t do the final product justice. The Witcher looked terrible in those early shots and it turned out just fine. I’m guessing this has a much bigger budget. Just relax and wait for the final product.
The Witcher is one of the most expensive shows ever. I don’t think this gets close to it at all.
 

Tripolygon

Banned
whatever you say, this show has failure written on it.
You still don't make any sense. This is an HBO / Sony Pictures Television production with a massive budget. It has failures written all over it because of gay people? Do I need to start listing successful TV shows with gay characters and actors?
 
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Twinblade

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You still don't make any sense. This is an HBO / Sony Pictures Television production with a massive budget. It has failures written all over it because of gay people? Do I need to start listing successful TV shows with gay characters and actors?

No, it's because they got everything wrong and it's a show based on a video game.
 

Evil Calvin

Afraid of Boobs
. . .why does she have to? She has excellent genre chops (FRINGE was fantastic once they were able to let loose) and she is a good actress. Why wouldn't that be your driving motivation for the actor as opposed to "Let's limit our casting to actors who explicitly look like their digital counter-parts?"
If the show was based off books then no, it doesn't matter but since it's based off the game which millions have put dozens of hours into, it would make sense that the characters SOMEWHAT resemble their videogame counterparts. Otherwise why make a show about that game?
 

Doczu

Member
I'm not a big fan of this change but they probably want the show to feel more current. I liked that the game was set in the future.
How will they make it feel current? This will be 2003 + 20 years after the apocalypse. Piterally no progress happens during these 20 years.
 

VulcanRaven

Member
How will they make it feel current? This will be 2003 + 20 years after the apocalypse. Piterally no progress happens during these 20 years.
I meant that they just want to set it to the year the show gets released.
 
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Did she just become popular because of her cringey role in GoT?

She was good in the first scene in the show but holy fuck she overstayed her welcome and they tried to turn her into a '' badass '' in the most on the nose and obnoxious way ever.
Her acting wasn't even good it was just okay in the first scene but then it just became annoying.

Like what other qualifications does she have?
Blame the writers if anything. She performed what was scripted as she was directed.
And I'm sure we can agree the writers were shite, so... I don't blame her too much for the cringe shit they made her do.
 

Yoboman

Member
I expect the reason for that is so the current day is aligned with now.

They will probably be making use of flashbacks rather than having the first episode start in 2013 and then flashing forward 20 years
 
Yes, they confimed Henry Cavill to play Abby in season 1. :messenger_beaming:


I watched GoT. Her face doesn't look like Ellie, but she's a super talented and convincing actress in GoT where she plays a relatively similar role: a girl who acts as a tough, fierce, outspoke, 'wild' adult because had to grow in certain difficult context. In the case of GoT, being a young queen? of a kingdom that is in the middle of a constant war.

I'm pretty sure she will do a great job and will surpise many people.

Imagine fucking the casting to piss off legit fans..I loved the first game, everything, including the DLC.
I HATE the casting for this... minus Riley...lol.. they got one thing right. Fucking, Druckman.
 
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