[Ed. note: As you might’ve guessed from the headline, this post contains spoilers for a death at the end of The Last of Us episode 5.]
At some point in the end suburban slowdown, everything goes wrong for everyone Last of Us Episode 5. “Endure and Survive” concludes with an elaborate action-set piece in which the infected swarm out of the sinkhole, outrunning Joel (Pedro Pascal), Ellie (Bella Ramsey), and Kansas City’s allies and foes alike . many die. But few have died as brutally as Perry (Jeffrey Pierce).
It’s a particularly dangerous murder, even if the background in which Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey) escapes is out of focus. And Pierce, who voiced Joel’s brother Tommy. Last of Us And not just because it’s an Easter egg.
“Craig [Mazin, co-showrunner] “You’ll die the best death of the whole season,” he said. The idea of sacrificing yourself in the hope that Kathleen might be able to escape is as heroic and selfless an act as you could hope for.
That intensity was what Pierce wanted every moment Perry was on screen. In his view, Perry was an ex-military man, uninterested in joining the FEDRA and its death squads, moving around until he found Kathleen and her brothers and joined their cause. Pierce explains that he went back and forth with the prop department to build the look he needed for the character he envisioned. A plate carrier tactical vest, a personal weapon, a FEDRA Beretta, three separate knives (“In game lore, your knives run out,” notes Pearce), and a medical kit on his back. The goal was to make him feel professional as steel, in keeping with the “cowboy and samurai myth”.
“So yeah, I love the way he chooses to end things despite the fact that he’s not fully utilizing the window he bought,” Pierce says with a laugh. , someone may have sacrificed themselves and escaped!”
Finally, Kansas City’s cul-de-sac cordyceps network under the city. And Perry becomes yet another unique zombie killer in a world full of them, but Pierce will always cherish the memory of sacrificing himself to complete his mission.
“We did everything until the bloaters grabbed,” Pierce said, pointing out that there was a real man in a bloater suit. Like a rugby player, I loved seeing Michael Jackson dance in a bloater outfit between takes, but it’s kind of scary when a guy that big runs across the street toward you. […] None [the acting there] that was so hard. ”
