After eight chapters, I think it’s hard to imagine a Joel other than Peter Pascal in the series of The last of us. But today we learned that there was another actor at the head of the technical team, an interpreter who would have changed the image that we have of Joel in the fiction of HBO. Who was this performer and why was he ultimately not selected?
Mahershala Ali iba a ser Joel in The Last of Us
Surely you can’t imagine now Joel from the series of The last of us played by an actor other than Peter Pascalbut the team’s first choice was Mahershala Alia well-known performer and who could have brought to life a dark Joel different from the one you met in video games. That’s how he tells it Jeffrey Piercefictional actor, in an interview with The Direct:
- “At first they spoke to Mahershala Ali to play Joel, so it was clear to me that he wouldn’t be Tommy on the show. (Joel’s brother). When they told me I was finally going to be Pascal, I thought there would be no chance either because I’m older than Pedro. So I tried not to be hopeful about my involvement in the show.“.
Jeffrey Pierce I wanted to be yes or yes in The last of usso he said to the team: “if i have to grab a stick and stand still in a corner i would if it helped maintain the essence of The Last of Us. In the end they let me play Perry and when i read the script i thought it was going to be a lot of fun.“. In effect, Jeffrey Pierce I end up being Pearalthough the most interesting thing about these statements is that Joel could have been played by Mahershala Ali. Would you have preferred the latter to Pedro Pascal?
Who is Mahershala Ali?
Mahershala Ali is one of the hot actors, one of those performers that everyone wants in their projects. However, in recent years he has made headlines playing Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a film that will be released in theaters on September 6, 2023 (probably because of her she couldn’t be in The Last of Us). Before, you may have seen it on The song of the Swan (2021), in Alita: Fighting Angel (2019) or en True Detective III (2019), but his most acclaimed role is that of green paper (2018).
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