10 interesting behind-the-scenes shots from the filming of The Last of Us (14 photos)

Visual comparisons, including in the scenes on the roof and with the explosion of the building.





Comparative footage of the series based on The Last of Us with computer graphics and without were shared by DNEG specialists. IN In an interview with The Art of VFX, two employees of the studio said that played action games from Naughty Dog before they started working on series. One of the experts noted that he went through both parts of The Last of Us immediately upon learning that DNEG would be involved visual effects for the show.



Schelkunov in the series was played by real make-up actors, which were not chosen randomly. They are all big fans of the game and therefore, we tried to convey the movements and sounds of the clickers as accurately as possible during the filming of the first season.





The company's experts showed several shots with a comparison how various scenes from the series looked before computer processing. It can be seen from the images that in some cases almost the entire environment was created by visual effects specialists, while in others used real scenery.



Pedro Pascal is firmly bound by the contract with the series "The Mandalorian" and so he had to ask permission to star in "Alone of us". Given that for each episode of this series, he earns $600,000, and probably no less for The Mandalorian, he's on currently the highest paid actor in the world. television.



Pedro Pascal didn't have the skills to start walkthrough of the game on which the series was filmed. Therefore, he applied for help to his nephew, who played "The Last of Us" and Pedro I looked at it and studied my character, as well as interaction with Ellie. When Pascal realized that the creators of the series had decided quite accurately convey all the plot details of the original, he wanted to change a little Joel, to make him more different from Joel from the game, and in this the creators "One of us" went to meet him.



In the game "The Last of Us" a virus that people got sick, transmitted mainly from grain products brought from the South America. In the series, there was an opaque hint that it was all about flour. In the first episode, the radio said that Jakarta had begun disorder. It is in Indonesia that cordyceps are common. Soon the viewer showed scenes of Joel and Sarah's elderly neighbor eating cookies, from which Sarah refused, which then saved her life. Joel forgot. buy flour, although I wanted to make pancakes, and also forgot to take a cake for the day Sarah's birth. Joel's brother, Tommy, was in a bar where not much flour is common.



Nick Offerman, who starred in the first season of One of the us" the role of Bill, admitted that he had not played games for 25 years before. His first and last game was the platformer Banjo-Kazooie. After that, when Nick finished playing, he was horrified at how much time he spent on it pastime and decided never to run games again. Especially, according to him, the gaming industry is improving every year, so in otherwise, he would simply not be able to get out of the computer.



The first season of the series was filmed mainly in chronological order. This is interesting, since usually scenes in films and The series are filmed out of order. At the beginning of filming, the director can shoot the final scene, and at the very end - some kind of close-up actor from the middle of the movie.






Bella Ramsey after announcing what exactly she will perform Ellie's role, has faced huge vicious criticism from fans games. To put it mildly, Bella did not fit the type. After that, the actress vowed never to look at criticism on social media again.



Primordialbut it was supposed to shoot a full-length feature film with a completely different cast. Nile Druckmann and Troy Baker cast Josh Brolin as Joel, while Ashley Johnson, who voiced Ellie in the game, chose Maisie as her character. Williams, star of Game of Thrones. It was also assumed that the role Joel may be chosen by Hugh Jackman, who recently played Logan in the film of the same name, somewhat similar to the game "The Last of Us", however, production on the film was later cancelled.



Over a hundred actresses were considered for the role of Ellie. Eventually the producers settled on Bella Ramsey, who they thought could play a resourceful, quirky and potentially violent character. They then called Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who were asked how well Bella did the role Lyanna Mormont. David and Dan praised the acting skills of the young actress, which allowed her to get the role of Ellie.



The role of Marlene in the first season was played by actress Merle Dandridge, for whom the series "The Last of Us" was not something new, since she She voiced Marlene in the game of the same name. Ashley also reprized their roles. Johnson, Troy Baker and Geoffrey Pierce.



Several actors were considered for the role of Tommy Miller, among them which include Chris Pine, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Chris Pratt. For various reasons, none of them managed to get the role, which was eventually taken by actor Gabriel Luna.