'It seemed like such a rich and yet unseen story,' TheLastofUs exec. producer Craig Mazin said of Bill & Frank's relationship from the game. 'It just went differently in my head than what was there in the game.'
as the primary mechanism for spreading the fungal apocalypse. All of it has been done not just with Druckmann’s endorsement, but his active participation.
Initially, Con O’Neill had been cast to play Bill, but scheduling conflicts with a different show O’Neill was shooting for HBO Max kept him from joining the “The Last of Us” shoot outside of Calgary. “It’s the most intimate, private moment that you’re trying to create with a scene partner — you know, with 16 people standing four feet away, scrutinizing your every move,” he said. “So that discomfort was easy to channel into the unease and vulnerability that Bill felt in that moment.”
The lack of prep time was more than made up for by the length of the shoot, which ran for a month in September 2021. “There was loads of layers to all of this, which I also love because it’s a huge, huge undertaking,” said Hoar. The town had to fall into disrepair under Bill’s neglect, then rejuvenate after Frank moves in — and then deteriorate again as Bill and Frank become more infirm.
“I remember being blown away at the amount of propane they had,” Offerman said. “They kept having to make these fireballs, and I was like, ‘Where are you getting all of this gas?!'”Liane Hentscher / HBOWell before he was approached to direct “Long Long Time,” Hoar had played “The Last of Us” and loved it.
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