Troy Baker, who played Joel in The Last of Us, said that his vision for the ending of the first part of the game was changed by the birth of his son

During Milan Games Week, Troy Baker, who played Joel in The Last of Us Part I&II, talked about how the birth of his son changed his vision for the finale of the first part of The Last of Us.

Warning! The material contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part I 

Here's What We Know

Recall that in the final episode, Joel refuses to let the Fireflies organization turn Ellie's immunity into a vaccine at the cost of her life. In order to save the girl who became his own daughter, he destroys absolutely everyone in the hospital and saves Ellie.

During the filming of Troy, Joel did not like this decision. The vision of the game's director Neil Druckmann and Troy Baker on the character was radically different. However, Baker explained why this was due.

"When we were making part one I was at a disadvantage to Neil, because Neil was a father. I was acting. And now I have a son, and I don’t know what I would look like if I lost him," explained Baker. "But I do know that if I had the opportunity to save him I would do anything. I would do anything to save him. So people have asked me, why would Joel do that when he could have saved the world, and my answer to them is always this — he did, he did save the world. It’s just that the world was that girl, and that’s it" The world"When we were making part one I was at a disadvantage to Neil, because Neil was a father. I was acting. And now I have a son, and I don’t know what I would look like if I lost him," explained Baker. "But I do know that if I had the opportunity to save him I would do anything. I would do anything to save him. So people have asked me, why would Joel do that when he could have saved the world, and my answer to them is always this — he did, he did save the world. It’s just that the world was that girl, and that’s it"

The actor also said that some elements of the game, such as Joel's desire to play guitar and Ellie's desire to become an astronaut, came from conversations with Ashley Johnson and Druckman on set.

Flashback

The Last of Us is a series of games from NaughtyDog. The first game was released in 2013, and in 2020 MetaCritic users voted it "the best game of the decade".

A TV adaptation of the game is currently in development. It is being developed by Neil Druckmann, the creative director of The Last of Us series of games, as an executive producer and co-writer of the TV show, and Craig Mazin, who directed the Chernobyl series for HBO, is also a writer and executive producer. The plot of the first season will tell the events of the first part of the game with a diverse expansion of the universe.

The series will be released on January 15 , 2023.

Source: ign

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