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I_Like_Grills t1_iydzn4h wrote

Lamar Johnson looks like Henry jumped straight out of the game and into real life. I don't know what he's acted in previously, but looks-wise, that is A+ casting.

And of course Merle Dandridge literally is Marlene. I'm not sure how they decided which in-game actors would return for their roles (I'm not sure if any did besides her), but I'm happy she's back.

I vaguely remember her talking on Retro Replay about not being able to play Alyx Vance in the new Half-Life for whatever reason. I'm glad she didn't lose another one of her iconic characters.

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kah88 t1_iye6bba wrote

No idea how true this is but rumors were Troy will be >!David!< and Ashley will be >!Ellie's Mom!<. Again those were just random internet rumors so who knows.

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I_Like_Grills t1_iye7ncp wrote

The longer HBO stays silent on >!David!< the more convinced I become that Troy Baker's playing him.

There's no way they'd keep such a high-profile casting a secret if they got a "normal" actor for him. Every other major character from the game has been announced ages ago.

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kah88 t1_iye8y4h wrote

Have they said if Season 1 will cover the entirety of LoU1? I could see >!David!< being saved mostly for season 2.

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jez124 t1_iye9t2b wrote

could have sworn I read season 1 is entirety of season1(plus the left behind stuff too(?))

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Mentoman72 t1_iyf39rd wrote

Never did the left behind stuff so I'm down for that.

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8biticon t1_iyf4qbg wrote

At 1:15 in this trailer there's two shots of Joel grabbing Ellie's face which to me are pretty clearly from the end of the Winter segment. Although they're outside instead of in the building.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBRRDpQ0yc0

If that is from Winter, then I don't see why they wouldn't cover the whole game in season 1. That's basically the end of the game.

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presty60 t1_iyee47d wrote

I don't think filming time has anything to do with the length of time covered in the show. It took a year because it's the first season of a big budget 10 episode TV show.

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The-Soul-Stone t1_iyeiw5h wrote

The game has 4 segments set in different seasons of the year. The shooting schedule was spread out to match that. It’s definitely the whole thing.

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Future_Legend t1_iyesztz wrote

Craig Mazin (show runner) has definitely confirmed that the first season is a full adaption of Part I. However, the shooting all year thing isn’t actually a great piece of evidence of that btw. Shows and movies commonly shoot in different seasons than what the scene calls for. You’d be surprised how well a good set crew can do to make any season plausible on-screen, no matter what really is happening outside.

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The-Soul-Stone t1_iyeuga2 wrote

Most of the info about the filming has shown a pretty close match to the timing in the game. And I’d be very surprised by a crew making a different season look right on screen since it would a major first. Apparently some early snow came while filming the Autumn stuff, so I’ll be curious to see how they handled that.

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kidkolumbo t1_iye2v72 wrote

I imagine looking close to her character and being an on-screen actor helped. Troy couldn't be Joel for another few decades and Ashley maaaaybe could've been Ellie if we skipped TLoU 1's story and aged her up a little bit.

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jogoso2014 t1_iye0kyo wrote

Yay for Anna Torv.

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swmill08 t1_iye1hcy wrote

That’s Dr. Carr to you! :p

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tomtomvissers t1_iyejeb6 wrote

Check out the ozzie series The Newsreader starring her, it's great

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jl_theprofessor t1_iyeipux wrote

Anna Torv is in this? My excitement just went up by magnitudes.

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SG420123 t1_iyeo22h wrote

Sam and Henry 🥺

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Ghost_Ghost_Ghost t1_iyduavu wrote

Why does bill look weird? They made Nick Offerman look somehow less rugged.

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sunbass_ t1_iydx1xu wrote

I'm thinking it might be for scenes with Frank, where he'll probably look less rugged vs when Joel and Ellie meet him.

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ohbuggerit t1_iyedfih wrote

If you shoot him as is then he'll make everyone else look less rugged by comparison - gotta fancy him up a little

Also, [game spoilers] >!given that we have a Frank we may be seeing some of him when he gave more shits about self care!<

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mBertin t1_iye02yo wrote

Too much Swanson Family Mash Liquor will do that to you.

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SadShots t1_iye1n1r wrote

His hair looks photoshopped on I think. And it's a weird looking haircut too.

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Ghost_Ghost_Ghost t1_iye26sb wrote

it's most definitely a wig, but yeah it's the hair that's ruining it for me. Too clean and fluffy. Maybe it'll look dirtier in the show or I'm gonna have a hard time taking bill seriously.

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Salmakki t1_iye25xf wrote

He looks like King Richard from Galavant

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charmcitykeys t1_iydupjk wrote

Maybe the lighting is bad? Hopefully he's a little dirty with some scars.

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ZParis t1_iye8y19 wrote

Every other character being kind of dirty makes him being clean stand out even more. Plus, that wig is awful.

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jl_theprofessor t1_iyepsrk wrote

I mean, Frank does not look great in the game either. Edit: Am I thinking of Bill?

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cthaehtouched t1_iyeujsq wrote

You’re thinking of Bill. >!Frank was Bill’s partner. Died before J+E get there. Joel recovers his suicide note.!<

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theweepingwarrior t1_iye1fn8 wrote

His hair is too clean, it needs that greasy hair-strand look everyone has in the games most of the time.

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kidkolumbo t1_iye2kr0 wrote

Love seeing Frank and the implications of what we'll get to see in this story.

Sarah is wearing the same shirt from the prologue.

I still find joy that Marlene's VA is TV Marlene. That's so cool. I also didn't realize she was Half Life 2's Alyx Vance.

All the characters look great. I don't know who Anna Torv is but Tess was my favorite character from TLoU 1, I hope she does her desperation justice.

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jobentank t1_iye5zg4 wrote

Anna Torv is an incredible Aussie actress. She was kickass in Fringe and awesome in Mindhunters. I am confident she'll do Tess justice.

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kvetcha-rdt t1_iye68h1 wrote

She's also got an absolutely incredible face, it's very fun seeing them go Monster on her with the make-up.

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metalslug123 t1_iye624g wrote

Anna Torv was on Mindhunters and was the lead actress on the Fox show Fringe.

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5am281 t1_iyewy0p wrote

Who was Frank again, I don’t remember him from the game

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kidkolumbo t1_iyeyf1n wrote

Bills "partner" that he's mad about when you meet him.

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SuperAlloyBerserker t1_iyf1l1v wrote

"Love seeing Frank and the implications of what we'll get to see in this story"

I'm guessing Bill just mentioning "There's this dude called Frank that I loved, but he died" like in the game won't cut it in terms of homosexual representation

So the writers made Frank a whole characters to make his and Bill's sexuality more apparent

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Vismal1 t1_iye6v08 wrote

I’m actually really looking forward to exploring Frank a little more the story tou uncover in the game is great and Murry Bartlett has impressed me lately.

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jellytrack t1_iye7z0s wrote

Loved him in the White Lotus! D:

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Vismal1 t1_iye94pz wrote

Same ! I just started Chippendales last night and he’s great in that. It took me so long to realize that it was him.

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cthaehtouched t1_iyeurkl wrote

Cool. Cool. Scrolling down the list of character names and trying not to preemptively cry.

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Three_Froggy_Problem t1_iydzg3p wrote

I didn’t realize they had Gabriel Luna as Tommy. That’s great casting.

I’m still not convinced that this show needs to exist, but I hope they do justice to the source material at least.

Also, if they end up adapting the sequel I’m not sure I could handle it. The first game is sad, but the second one is fucking heartbreaking.

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Ash_Killem t1_iye2nt6 wrote

I think the show has reason to exist. It’s a great story and the show lets other people get exposed to it who wouldn’t have played the game.

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SnappyTofu t1_iyeiv26 wrote

Exactly. My gf will never ever play or watch the video game because story video games just don’t interest her, especially scary ones. She will watch the show for sure, though.

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BuckDestiny t1_iyeiid5 wrote

I'm confident they will do the source material justice... considering the showrunners are Neil Druckmann (creator of the original game) and Mazin (wrote/created Chernobyl, which is a fantastic show).

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goddamnjets_ t1_iyf0ali wrote

As someone who doesn’t play video games anymore, I’ve heard nothing but incredible things about this game in particular for its story. I’m very happy they are translating this to TV so I can see it for myself.

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Jackoftriade t1_iye6783 wrote

I mean the video game is basically a movie or TV show adapted into a game.

It's obviously heavily derived off The Road, Children of Men, and a bunch of other apocalyptic films.

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samsaBEAR t1_iyeu21m wrote

Was he already announced or is this new because I had no idea he was in it, didn't even recognise him on the poster he looks so different to me

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bobdebicker t1_iye69vf wrote

I love Nick Offerman but why didn't they just have Dan Dority come back? He's an HBO darling.

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detectiveriggsboson t1_iyeg8iz wrote

I'm not sure why, because it would've been great. I think I saw him on Twitter a while back saying they didn't even ask.

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bonsai1214 t1_iye0juo wrote

Did we know that they race swapped Sarah, or are we in for a round of outrage?

That said, very happy with the castings and greatly looking forward to the show.

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Carninator t1_iye1qvj wrote

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bonsai1214 t1_iye1v5g wrote

That’s good. At least we won’t have to hear the complaining then!

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DeedTheInky t1_iyfaoyk wrote

If the second game is anything to go by, there'll still be an entire subreddit dedicated to complaining about it 2+ years after it's already out lol.

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Lifesaboxofgardens t1_iye2dfh wrote

For all of one episode she is in the show excluding flashbacks, I am sure people will still bitch. Despite Sarah being in the game for about a total of 20 minutes.

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Drakengard t1_iyen6g6 wrote

True, though the fact that Sarah and Ellie are both white in the game helps to push Joel's uncomfortable feelings when he first runs into Ellie.

Sarah and Ellie not looking much alike physically removes that though perhaps it also opens the story to easing Joel and Ellie into a slow burn father daughter relationship. The game kind of slaps you upside the head with that early on for pacing purposes that a show doesn't have to do given that it'll probably run 3-4 seasons at a minimum.

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SoulCruizer t1_iyf12f9 wrote

Wtf it doesn’t push anything. Personality and connection matters not race. Besides Ellie and Sarah don’t look that much alike other than being white. I can guarantee you Joel would feel no difference if their skin color was the same or not unless you want to install implicit bias into a fictional character.

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SnappyTofu t1_iyejqym wrote

Well it would have been a little weird to race swap Joel and not do it to Sarah too

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Duke_Cheech t1_iyeo25v wrote

Pedro Pascal is actually completely white (Spanish and Basque). And Sarah's actress isn't Hispanic so I wouldn't say the change was necessary (not saying it's necessarily a bad thing but just sorting out the facts).

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DisneyDreams7 t1_iyfe911 wrote

Bella Ramsey also looks nothing like Ellie and isn’t Hispanic either

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ohbuggerit t1_iyecnhu wrote

I knew when I saw the headline the obvious choice would be to present Riley [game spoilers] >!with Left Behind's whole fairground vibe but I wasn't prepared. 10/10, heart already breaking again!<

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WakeUpOutaYourSleep t1_iyevgie wrote

I’m really interested in how they’re gonna expand Frank’s role. Murray Bartlett playing the role only makes me more interested.

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reddig33 t1_iyejk39 wrote

Nick Offerman is morphing into Timothy Omundson.

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metalslug123 t1_iye6bu2 wrote

I'm still sad that Annie Wersching didnt get to reprise her role as Tess but at least Merle Dandridge is still reprising her role as Marlene.

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elbobo19 t1_iyf66tc wrote

Am I crazy or does Pascal look like he could be playing an old Nathan Drake in that pic?

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BabyElephantWalks t1_iye9scu wrote

I love anything Pedro Pascal touches. Great choice for Joel

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AutoGen_account t1_iyeyk1h wrote

Bella Ramsey was such a bright point in the not so hot greater seasons of GOT, I absolutely cant wait to see her in this.

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kush_grooda t1_iyfarw9 wrote

funny how the series was shot just outside my office, I could see them from my window and walk past fake post-apocalyptic vehicles in the mornings

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Copperbae t1_iyeqdi9 wrote

Murray Bartlett is in this yay!! Loved him in The White Lotus S1.

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tonytony87 t1_iyf49s3 wrote

I just want to see their rendition of the opening scene from the first game. That piece of cinema was so damn riveting it’s stayed with me since the first time I played

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nomorepartiezz t1_iyejptc wrote

they did storm reid so dirty with that poster

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GrecoRomanGuy t1_iyfb5sb wrote

All I want to know at this point is who plays David.

This looks like it will be amazing.

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Kolipe t1_iyebf2j wrote

Murray Bartlett looking like a skinny Zach Galifinakis

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[deleted] t1_iyfaild wrote

“You raped her, you murdered her, you killed her children!”

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SignificantTravel3 t1_iye12oq wrote

It all looks a little too clean and polished. It's only promo posters, though, so I'm hopeful it will look better in the show.

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Jeffy29 t1_iyenr91 wrote

Not sure how I feel about the look of Grabiel Luna as Tommy. It's not the actor's fault (it's a positive in fact) but he doesn't look 39 (his actual age), I would at most guess 30. They should have put a beard on him, made him look a bit older and scruffy.

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MRintheKEYS t1_iyfce49 wrote

I really hope this deviates a lot from the game series. I’m much less interested if I already know the story and where the characters are going.

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OceanDevotion t1_iyf3vov wrote

I am not sure why, but I’m just really sad at the casting for Ellie for some reason. Everything about game ellie those is amazing, so I guess maybe I’d never be happy lol I just pictured someone different!

Also, I do feel Jaime Lannister would have made a perfect Joel! Lol I always thought Joel in the game looked uncanny.

The show is gonna be awesome though, I’m so stoked

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SpaceOdysseus23 t1_iydzeg1 wrote

I'm still assblasted that Dafne Keen wasn't cast as Ellie

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-Captain- t1_iyf94c3 wrote

I'm happy with what we have, but I fail to understand why people are downvoting this so hard. Like it's just someones opinion, a bit higher people are upvoting another suggestion for an actor for a different character.

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yazzy1233 t1_iyef4hx wrote

I'll take the downvotes with you, my brother. I dont dislike Bella as ellie, but I think dafne would have been perfect.

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Couch_Licker t1_iyesby3 wrote

You might as well just replay the game if you just want a 1:1 remake

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gregorycole_ t1_iyeygdf wrote

You cast based on acting ability not exact physical appearance

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Jeffy29 t1_iyephbr wrote

Jake Gyllenhaal was least of that movie's problems, I think they actually got the look of him quite right.

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-Captain- t1_iyf9cbu wrote

Because a character is more than their looks? Because an adaption does not need to be a second to second copy of the source material?

You are in for a wild ride if you expect the exact same story beats to happen in order without anything new added and other parts removed.. gonna be rough.

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