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I_Like_Grills t1_iydzn4h wrote

Lamar Johnson looks like Henry jumped straight out of the game and into real life. I don't know what he's acted in previously, but looks-wise, that is A+ casting.

And of course Merle Dandridge literally is Marlene. I'm not sure how they decided which in-game actors would return for their roles (I'm not sure if any did besides her), but I'm happy she's back.

I vaguely remember her talking on Retro Replay about not being able to play Alyx Vance in the new Half-Life for whatever reason. I'm glad she didn't lose another one of her iconic characters.

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kah88 t1_iye6bba wrote

No idea how true this is but rumors were Troy will be >!David!< and Ashley will be >!Ellie's Mom!<. Again those were just random internet rumors so who knows.

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I_Like_Grills t1_iye7ncp wrote

The longer HBO stays silent on >!David!< the more convinced I become that Troy Baker's playing him.

There's no way they'd keep such a high-profile casting a secret if they got a "normal" actor for him. Every other major character from the game has been announced ages ago.

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kah88 t1_iye8y4h wrote

Have they said if Season 1 will cover the entirety of LoU1? I could see >!David!< being saved mostly for season 2.

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jez124 t1_iye9t2b wrote

could have sworn I read season 1 is entirety of season1(plus the left behind stuff too(?))

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Mentoman72 t1_iyf39rd wrote

Never did the left behind stuff so I'm down for that.

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8biticon t1_iyf4qbg wrote

At 1:15 in this trailer there's two shots of Joel grabbing Ellie's face which to me are pretty clearly from the end of the Winter segment. Although they're outside instead of in the building.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBRRDpQ0yc0

If that is from Winter, then I don't see why they wouldn't cover the whole game in season 1. That's basically the end of the game.

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presty60 t1_iyee47d wrote

I don't think filming time has anything to do with the length of time covered in the show. It took a year because it's the first season of a big budget 10 episode TV show.

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The-Soul-Stone t1_iyeiw5h wrote

The game has 4 segments set in different seasons of the year. The shooting schedule was spread out to match that. It’s definitely the whole thing.

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Future_Legend t1_iyesztz wrote

Craig Mazin (show runner) has definitely confirmed that the first season is a full adaption of Part I. However, the shooting all year thing isn’t actually a great piece of evidence of that btw. Shows and movies commonly shoot in different seasons than what the scene calls for. You’d be surprised how well a good set crew can do to make any season plausible on-screen, no matter what really is happening outside.

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The-Soul-Stone t1_iyeuga2 wrote

Most of the info about the filming has shown a pretty close match to the timing in the game. And I’d be very surprised by a crew making a different season look right on screen since it would a major first. Apparently some early snow came while filming the Autumn stuff, so I’ll be curious to see how they handled that.

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kidkolumbo t1_iye2v72 wrote

I imagine looking close to her character and being an on-screen actor helped. Troy couldn't be Joel for another few decades and Ashley maaaaybe could've been Ellie if we skipped TLoU 1's story and aged her up a little bit.

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