The Last of Us Season 2: the series may shock you, prepare for the worst

Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us is going to put audiences to the test, according to showrunner Craig Mazin. We advise you to prepare the handkerchiefs.

Generally, adaptations of games into films or series are synonymous with frustration and disappointment among fans. It took until 2022 for players to be completely won over by one of them. The series The Last of Us came to prove that it was possible to touch the heights by adapting a video game work, like Arcane had just before him. As a result, the expectation aroused by season 2 is enormous and recent statements by showrunner Craig Mazin will again raise the hype a notch.

Season 2 of The Last of Us will not spare anyone

Craig Mazin, one of the showrunners of The Last of Us series with franchise creator Neil Druckmann, gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter. The opportunity for him to discuss what awaits the public in season 2 which will partly adapt the story of The Last of Us Part 2. Craig Mazin was logically asked about how the production team would adapt the moments highlights of the game. He warns, you will have to have a strong heart and strong nerves to support season 2 of TLOU, because it will spare neither its viewers nor its characters.

If you plan to make a show last as long as possible, you protect your main characters until the actors ask for too much money, or the ratings drop, and then you kill them. That’s not what we do, or what HBO does. As far as I’m concerned, anyone can die at any time.

Fans of the game may think they know what to expect, but the showrunners could also play the Naughty Dog saga lovers and make changes from the events of The Last of Us Part 2. In any case, Craig Mazin expects criticism regarding the decisions made by the production, but says he is ready to assume them.

Which actress for the role of Abby in the show?

We will therefore have to be ready to see strong characters disappear, but also to face the violence exposed by this season 2. Last June, Bella Ramsey, who plays Ellie, declared that this season would be “ much darker than the first with Vanity Fair.

In his interview, Craig Mazin also recalls that the story of the game will require more than a single season to be adapted, as he and Neil Druckmann had already announced earlier in the year. Unfortunately, the showrunner did not want to reveal the name of the actress who would play the character of Abby during this interview, but it’s a safe bet that the production has already made its choice. Recall that according to Francesca Orsi, director of drama series at HBO, season 2 of The Last of Us should be released in the course of the year 2025.