Following the finale of HBO's The Last of Us, actor Troy Baker has reflected on his time working on the show and revealed his most memorable moment from Season 1. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Episode 3 and Episode 9 of The Last of Us.
In an HBO Max Q&A, Baker--who originally played Joel Miller in The Last of Us games--discussed what it was like seeing Ashley Johnson, the original Ellie, starring as a different character. In Episode 9, Johnson plays Ellie's mom Anna, where it was revealed that she was bitten as she gave birth to Ellie. Baker said that this scene was «meta» for him, adding, "...you do have this handoff from one Ellie to the other."
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The actor said that although he's known Johnson for over a decade now, he sometimes forgets «how fierce of an actor she is» and «knew she was going to crush it» in the role of Anna. Baker added that he thought that scene was the most «dense, dramatic moment of the entire season» and he wasn't ready to witness it when he saw it for the first time.
In a separate Q&A, when it came to revealing his most memorable moment from the series, Baker said it was from Episode 3, which featured Bill and Frank. He explained that it was the final supper scene that had him ruminating and unpacking the most.
«Hope, fear, love, gratitude all conveyed without a single word of dialogue and you see it wash over his face and all disappear into a smile as Bill emerges with the
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