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Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey step out for The Last of Us premiere

ByDan Selcke|
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 09: (L-R) Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey attend the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO's "The Last Of Us" at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 09: (L-R) Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey attend the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO's "The Last Of Us" at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

This Sunday will mark the premiere of The Last of Us, HBO’s adaptation of Naughty Dog’s zombie video game franchise. The show is really good, and I’m very curious to see what kind of reactions it gets once it’s on the air.

While we wait, the cast and crew stepped out the other night at the official premiere in Los Angeles, starting with leads Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey:

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey attend the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO’s “The Last Of Us” at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey attend the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO’s “The Last Of Us” at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s “The Last of Us” at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s “The Last of Us” at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)

Before The Last of Us, Pascal and Ramsey both acted on Game of Thrones, he as Oberyn Martell and she as Lady Lyanna Mormont. This time around they play Joel and Ellie, a hardened survivor of the zombie apocalypse and a precocious teenager who may be immune to the zombie contagion that has brought the world to its knees.

The pair of them grew close on the set of The Last of Us, as you can plainly see:

Meet the cast and crew of The Last of Us

Joel and Ellie are the heart of The Last of Us, but the show has a decent-sized cast. Bill (Nick Offerman) makes a big impression in the third episode:

This premiere was cool because not only did HBO invite the cast members of the show, but also the voice actors from the original video game. That includes Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, who played Joel and Ellie in both games released so far:

With original game creator Neil Druckmann on board as a producer, it’s no wonder that the show honors its roots as a video game:

Druckmann shares showrunner duties with Craig Mazin, the guy behind the HBO series Chernobyl:

This set they built for the photoshoot is great, by the way.

Get ready to fall in love with The Last of Us when it premieres this Sunday on HBO and HBO Max!

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Lamar Johnson, Jeffrey Pierce, Storm Reid, Nico Parker, Neil Druckmann, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Craig Mazin, Carolyn Strauss, Merle Dandridge and Gabriel Luna attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s “The Last of Us” at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Lamar Johnson, Jeffrey Pierce, Storm Reid, Nico Parker, Neil Druckmann, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Craig Mazin, Carolyn Strauss, Merle Dandridge and Gabriel Luna attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s “The Last of Us” at Regency Village Theatre on January 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)

And finally, shout out to makeup artist Kiana Jones, who showed up to the Australian premiere dressed as a clicker:

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 11: Kiana Jones attends the Australian premiere of “The Last of Us” on January 11, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 11: Kiana Jones attends the Australian premiere of “The Last of Us” on January 11, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

I don’t even know if Jones works on the show, but I appreciate the commitment.

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