A cursory search via YouTube reveals tons of, if not hundreds of movies that tie all of The Last of Us’ cutscenes collectively so viewers can watch them like a film. Depend The Last of Us Season 2’s Young Mazino as one of these viewers.
Beef star Mazino, set to play Jesse in HBO’s The Last of Us Season 2, instructed (*2*) that he’d by no means performed The Last of Us earlier than as a result of he was a PC and Xbox man. However he had watched the sport’s complete story through YouTube movies that cobbled collectively its cutscenes.
Mazino, who begins capturing The Last of Us Season 2 in simply two weeks, stated: “I solely performed Xbox and PC, so I hadn’t performed the primary recreation. Nevertheless I watched the cutscenes. They stitched all of it collectively on YouTube, so it’s a complete film. So I watched the entire thing like a film, after which years later I performed the second recreation earlier than the assembly. It’s phenomenal.”
The assembly Mazino referenced was with The Last of Us showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann to debate the present and Mazino’s potential inclusion. Forward of that assembly, Mazino really sat all the way down to play The Last of Us 2.
“After the strike ended I used to be capable of get a assembly with the showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and we sort of simply shopped it up,” Mazino stated. “I performed the online game earlier than the assembly and we had a lengthy discuss their course of and what they had been on the lookout for. I assume Beef pushed me the remainder of the best way.”
In accordance with Selection, Mazino’s coaching for Season 2 consists of studying trip a horse and firearm coaching. “I haven’t met Pedro or Bella,” he added. “I’ve DM’d Bella, however I haven’t had the pleasure of speaking to them, however I’ll quickly.”
Young Mazino will play Jesse who, as those that’ve performed The Last of Us 2 know, is a resident of Jackson and pal of Ellie’s. As HBO describes, he is “a pillar of his neighborhood who places everybody else’s wants earlier than his personal, generally at horrible value.”
We do not know an excessive amount of about The Last of Us Season 2 but, other than the truth that it is slated to debut someday in 2025. Kaitlyn Dever will play Abby, and Isabela Merced performs Dina. The first season, of course, was a large hit, and one of IGN’s favourite reveals of 2023 — as was Beef — and we gave it a 9/10 in our evaluation.
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