The Last Of Us: Joel Actor Troy Baker Discusses Passing The Baton To Pedro Pascal
Baker talks about what makes Pascal such a great actor and a good match to play Joel in the HBO series.
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Troy Baker, who played Joel in The Last of Us video game series, has commented on what it was like to pass the baton, so to speak, to Pedro Pascal, who plays Joel on the HBO series. Speaking to Variety, Baker said he is a big fan of Pascal and went on to sing his praises.
«He does this thing where he's so confident in his grasp on the character that it allows him to just sit comfortably in his own conviction,» Baker said. «He does everything on a knife's edge. There's nothing that's wild. If you watch all of his choices, [they're] so minimal, and because of that, they're profound. And it makes Joel, in a lot of ways, more dangerous.»
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Baker went on to say that Pascal brings a new layer of physicality to the role of Joel that wasn't possible in the video game series.
«When you're stitching yourself up from bullets and shivs, you can't go, 'Ow, my hand still hurts.' But then in the show, we could say, 'I broke my hand and it's bruised,' and it stays with him for months,» Baker said. «That, to me, is something that helps to ground the story and present it in a very tangible way to a whole new audience.»
Baker plays a villain names James, and he said one of his biggest challenges with the role was playing an enemy to Ellie as opposed to a protector as he did as Joel in the video games.
«From my perspective,
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