When The Final of Us Season 2 begins, there’s a “painful distance” between Joel and Ellie, in keeping with star Pedro Pascal.
What did Pedro Pascal say about Joel and Ellie in The Final of Us Season 2?
With how issues resulted in The Final of Us Season 1, Joel and Ellie grew aside through the five-year time bounce between seasons. Whereas talking at a press convention moderated by Selection, Pascal recalled his first day filming Season 2 with Bella Ramsey.
“I really feel prefer it was a lovely setup by Craig [Mazin] and Neil [Druckmann] that the very first thing that I received to shoot was simply you and I and in form of an intimate setting,” Pascal stated. “There’s extremely painful distance between the 2 of them and the enjoying of the scene, however we nonetheless received to be on set and fuck round and snigger and stuff like that. And that was extremely comforting, that was like coming residence.”
Joel is carrying a variety of grief to start Season 2, particularly in his relationship with Ellie. Joel lied to Ellie concerning the Fireflies, telling her they couldn’t discover a treatment. In the meantime, Joel killed them earlier than they may function on Ellie’s mind.
Pascal spoke about returning to play Joel, which could be tough as a result of emotional weight of portraying the character.
“My mindset was grateful to be again,” Pascal stated. “And but, on the identical time, this expertise, greater than some other I’ve had, is difficult for me to separate what the characters are going via and the way it makes me really feel in a method that isn’t very wholesome. And so I form of really feel their ache.”
Pascal laughed, including, “I suppose I used to be in an unhealthy mindset.”
The Final of Us Season 2 premieres April 13 on HBO and streams on Max.
(Supply: Selection)