“The beauty of what Pedro is doing on the show, is that he’s suppressing all that and he’s not revealing it — then, when it comes out in little bits and pieces as Ellie draws it out of him, it becomes these really compelling moments of humanity that you see it slowly emerge.” “I just love how committed everybody was to bringing this to life the right way — they’re going beyond what’s even on the page. I felt like it was in such safe hands, that I could trust all these people to do right by this story and experience that we worked so hard at Naughty Dog for.” “Here, we’re going to spend a bit more time with them — show more of their living arrangements, their working relationship, and how they complement each other. There was an opportunity to show her crawling into bed with him and answer that question, in case anybody had any doubts. What I always found fascinating about them is that they’re both committed to each other, and yet they keep each other at arm’s length. This isn’t a fully healthy relationship, where they’re both being vulnerable and completely honest with each other and about each other’s feelings towards one another.” “Beyond that, I know there’s a bunch of people wondering about The Last of Us Part 3 and whether that will be a thing or not. All I could say is, at Naughty Dog we’re very, very privileged that our publisher is Sony — which means Sony funds our games, supports us, and we’re owned by Sony. They have supported us every step of the way to follow our passions — meaning that just because something is successful, people think there’s all this pressure and we have to make a sequel. That’s not the case. For us, Uncharted was insanely successful — Uncharted 4 was one of our best selling games — and we’re able to put our final brushstroke on that story and say that we’re done. We’re moving on. “Likewise, with The Last of Us, it’s up to us whether we want to continue it or not. Our process is the same thing we did when we did Part 2, which is if we can come up with a compelling story that has this universal message and statement about love — just like the first and second game did — then we will tell that story. If we can’t come up with something, we have a very strong ending with Part 2 and that will be the end.”
