Af🐭ter a wild ride of a day, the news is finally confirmed: The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal✨ is set to star as Joel in the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us.
The news was confirmed Wednesday night after a flurry of rumors put True Detective star and Academy 🌟Award winner Mahershala Ali in the role. However, it was later confirmed that Ali was considered but the deal never materialized. Now, ✅via both a and Naughty Dog itself, Pascal has been actually announced to play Joel.
Pascal will be joined by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bella Ramsey in the role of Ellie. Ramsey is best known as the fiery young leader 𝓀Lyanꦗna Mormont in Game of Thrones.
Pascal's casting news comes at the end of a long day for Star Wars and Last of Us fans. Around the same time as the Mahershala Ali rumors came about, Lucasfilm revealed it She will now no longer appear in Mandalorian or any Star Wars spinoffs. Then cam🀅e the Bella Ramsꦑey announcement. Now we have an actual Joel, an actual Ellie, and no more Cara Dune.
The Last of Us show will follow the events of the first game. The second game got more Game of the Year awards than any game 🗹in history🐟, so unless the show bombs, we're likely to see that story told at some point. Prepare for more furious rumors and hot takes when they cast Abby.