**Spoiler Alert! This video contains spoilers for ‘The Last of Us’ S2E2**
Pedro Pascal (Joel Miller), Kaitlyn Dever (Abby Anderson), and Bella Ramsey (Ellie Williams) sit down to unpack the emotional gut-punch that rocked The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2. Pedro opens up about knowing his character’s death was always part of the plan, joking that “everyone was ready to kill me,” and compares Joel’s tragic end to his ‘Game of Thrones’ demise. Bella shares how she mentally prepared for this devastating moment with a positive mindset and a deep bond with Pedro, while Kaitlyn—who calls playing Abby a dream role—admits filming the scene was heartbreaking, especially after watching Pedro and Bella’s season 1 chemistry. From prosthetics and long rehearsals, this candid recap blends humor, heartbreak, and admiration for the original game.
HBO Original series ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 is streaming on Max.
Pedro Pascal (Joel Miller), Kaitlyn Dever (Abby Anderson), and Bella Ramsey (Ellie Williams) sit down to unpack the emotional gut-punch that rocked The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2. Pedro opens up about knowing his character’s death was always part of the plan, joking that “everyone was ready to kill me,” and compares Joel’s tragic end to his ‘Game of Thrones’ demise. Bella shares how she mentally prepared for this devastating moment with a positive mindset and a deep bond with Pedro, while Kaitlyn—who calls playing Abby a dream role—admits filming the scene was heartbreaking, especially after watching Pedro and Bella’s season 1 chemistry. From prosthetics and long rehearsals, this candid recap blends humor, heartbreak, and admiration for the original game.
HBO Original series ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 is streaming on Max.
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00:00Sweating. Me too. Me too. From the first question.
00:18I knew I was gonna die before they offered me the part. They're like, don't worry,
00:22you're gonna die. And I was like, okay, I'll take it. The series is based on very specific source
00:29material. And so that was always a part of the presentation of the idea. Go all in on season
00:37one. Shoot for 11 to 12 months in Alberta. And then it would take a totally different shape
00:42in the second season. And this is why. That's why I'm here. Oops. Oops. Everybody was ready to kill me.
00:49I felt the anticipation, definitely, because I knew that this was coming. And I was actually
00:53terrified of not being satisfied with everything at the end of the day, because I know how important
00:57it is. I had to walk around like a bloody pulp. All of the incredible prosthetics are done,
01:04but you don't really understand what you look like. And then you walk into a room and everyone's
01:10kind of chatting and like having a, you know, getting ready and socializing. And then they're like,
01:16oh, this heartbreak in people's eyes. It was heartbreaking for me to watch because I watched
01:21you guys in season one and your relationship was so beautiful. And watching was sort of like really,
01:26really hard for me. Don't feel bad. I do. I killed your dad like that. Just like that.
01:41You and I hadn't, well, we had met, like we ran into each other in a picket line. I admired your work
01:47for such a long time. And then I got to hang out with you for the first time. And the first thing
01:52that we had to do was to see. But that's what made it wonderful too. It made it incredible. It made it
01:57great that we didn't really know each other at all. We really took care of each other through that.
02:02And I think that's kind of what made it really fun and heartbreaking because the characters of Joel
02:09and Ellie are very separated. You and I had already kind of had this first episode where
02:15you're so mean to me. I'm pretty mean. Yeah, you hurt my heart. And as a byproduct,
02:21hurt my own. Right. That was profound. Yes, it was very profound. A long rehearsal process on the day
02:28when we were prepping for it. Everything was really there on the page. It's easy to bring to life. And
02:33obviously you guys spent so much time together. My prep for it was just the season one, being buddies,
02:41honestly. I really tried not to think about that scene until we got there. And then I was like
02:47singing like the most insane songs, like the happiest, most like crazy things. I don't want
02:53to come into the scene and be like, okay, this is the scene. I'm going to feel really sad. It's going
02:56to be a big day. Yeah, none of us were really treating it as more important than it was, I guess.
03:05Does that make sense? Like we weren't sitting there being like, wow, today's the day. We just did it.
03:11Yeah.
03:21This death, I think, is probably in competition with Game of Thrones. I'm thinking about the
03:29audience reaction every single day of my life. I wake up thinking about it. I go to bed thinking
03:33about it. What about you?
03:34It is hard not to think about that. I sort of went into this wanting to do my best and I was
03:44thinking about the fans, but I think also there's something about just like really seriously living
03:49in the moment. I mean, it's, it's obviously so heartbreaking. It's so terrible and it's going to be
03:54so hard to take. This is so sad for me because I love them so much. So do I.
04:00We're in love. We're all in love. I've been a fan of the game for years. To sort of take on the arc
04:07that Abby has throughout the story is really something that I'm just, it's like an actor's
04:12dream. Really, really exciting for me. These characters that you love, but you can't justify their
04:18actions. Yeah, you kind of want to. The villain of the story really shifts, like it's unclear as
04:24to who the bad guy is. And you live on in my mind and don't leave me. It becomes my life's journey now
04:32after this, the effects of it and seeing what happened. And I really hate you. It gets pretty
04:37dark. Not that it's already not been dark. It has been pretty dark, but it gets worse.
04:42I'm so glad I don't have to deal with it. I'm just joking. I'm just joking.
05:12I'm just joking.