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The Last of Us prima Anna Torv and creator Craig Mazin explained that shocking occurrence 2 death, detailing however the infinitesimal from the HBO amusement differs from the video game.
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Warning: This nonfiction contains spoilers for occurrence 2 of The Last of Us.
Another 1 bites the dust, truthful to speak.
Over the people of conscionable 2 episodes, HBO's The Last of Us has already proven that cipher is safe successful the satellite of deadly clickers, runners and bloaters. And the latest example is Anna Torv's Tess.
Despite being introduced arsenic a main quality who, alongside Pedro Pascal's Joel, is tasked with smuggling Ellie (Bella Ramsey) retired of the quarantine portion truthful they tin usage the teen's Cordyceps immunity to find a cure, Tess sacrifices herself during the show's 2nd outing.
As Torv explained successful a behind-the-scenes featurette from the episode, Tess' sacrifice was successful immoderate ways an enactment of redemption. She explained, "I deliberation Tess goes, if they bash this 1 happening that tin perchance prevention everyone, she tin be, successful immoderate way, redeemed for each the sh--y things that she's done."
"I had imagined that the country was gonna beryllium precise antithetic to the mode that it really turned out. I thought it was gonna beryllium overmuch slower and I thought it was gonna beryllium this magnetic benignant of pull," Torv shared. "And past erstwhile we came to bash it, I don't know, it was conscionable truthful not what I had thought it was gonna be."
While fans of the archetypal 2013 video game were alert that Tess was not agelong for the world, her decease connected the amusement was noticeably antithetic this clip around. Not lone was Tess infected arsenic opposed to being killed by authorities, she besides exploded herself to springiness Joel and Ellie a accidental to flight the horde.
"Tess was a quality that we did rather a spot of enlargement on. She doesn't person immoderate peculiar affectional transportation to the world, arsenic acold arsenic we know, truthful successful that regard, she's benignant of a cleanable survivor," bid creator, writer and EP Craig Mazin echoed Torv's sentiments. "Once she understands what Ellie is and that Ellie represents immoderate modicum of anticipation for the world, you spot that determination is thing successful her that was ever there, that is acceptable to travel backmost out."
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Mazin shed further airy connected Tess' sacrifice, adding, "Even successful getting spot and knowing that her beingness is gonna end, she is adjacent much committed to anticipation and inspires Joel to determination connected with Ellie for conscionable a small spot longer."
See however Ellie and Joel's communicative unfolds erstwhile The Last of Us airs Sundays connected HBO.
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