Current Events > Jeffrey Wright will reprise his role as Isaac in The Last of Us HBO show

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https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/last-of-us-season-2-cast-jeffrey-wright-isaac-1236015555/

Jeffrey Wright has joined The Last of Us Season 2 at HBO, Variety has learned.

Wright will appear in the role of Isaac, whom he previously played in The Last Us Part II video game. The character is described as the quietly powerful leader of a large militia group who sought liberty but instead has become mired in an endless war against a surprisingly resourceful enemy.

Wright will appear in the series alongside returning series leads Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, and Rutina Wesley. New cast members this season include Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, and Danny Ramirez as Manny. Catherine OHara also guest stars in an undisclosed role.

Wright is one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation. He recently received his first Academy Award nomination for his leading role in the film American Fiction, for which he also got a Golden Globe nod. He is a five-time Emmy Award nominee as well, winning the award for best supporting actor in a miniseries for HBOs Angels in America. He had prevously won a Tony Award for the Broadway production of Angels in America. He was nominated for three Emmys for his work on HBOs Westworld, and most recently for best voiceover performance for the Marvel animated series What If? Wrights other credits include The Batman, three of the Daniel Craig James Bond films, Asteroid City, and the two The Hunger Games: Mockingjay films.

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Hell yeah. Hope he gets more screentime compared to the game.

I seriously can't wait for the reaction to Joel's death from people who didn't play the game

Bruh, that is kind of fucked up to put even with spoiler bar.

HighSeraph posted...

I seriously can't wait for the reaction to Joel's death from people who didn't play the game

I'm sad I know what that is even though I've never played the game. :(

I remember liking him a lot in the game. He was so quietly sinister that even when I was playing as Abby early on I could tell that something was off. Good to see him reprising his role.

HighSeraph posted...

I seriously can't wait for the reaction to Joel's death from people who didn't play the game

Me too. lol

lol gonna be amazing like the red wedding

HighSeraph posted...

I seriously can't wait for the reaction to Joel's death from people who didn't play the game

I wonder how much they try to stretch out the beginning of Part 2 in order to push this as far int o the future as they can.

I'm thinking a lot of "Backstory" scenes, perhaps full episodes.

bigblu89 posted...

I wonder how much they try to stretch out the beginning of Part 2 in order to push this as far int o the future as they can.

I'm thinking a lot of "Backstory" scenes, perhaps full episodes.

Maybe put the Ellie/Joel backstory from later on in part 2 in first, so they can end the second season with it.

Then Season 3 can be Ellie's murder hobo rampage and Abby's redemption arc.

season 2 will be 2 parts guessing to stretch it out as far as possible for a last of us 3

nice, he played a great (though underused) figure in TLoU2, and I can't imagine anyone else playing him as well.

HighSeraph posted...

I seriously can't wait for the reaction to Joel's death from people who didn't play the game

And that's exactly why I hope they don't do that at all for the TV series to fuck with the video game players who've played the second game and spoiled the big moments to non-show watchers. Fuck those assholes lol.

Xenogears15 posted...

He was so quietly sinister that even when I was playing as Abby early on I could tell that something was off

Oh yeah? You picked up there was something off about the guy who is introduced torturing a barely conscious naked guy tied to a chair?

Frolex posted...

Oh yeah? You picked up there was something off about the guy who is introduced torturing a barely conscious naked guy tied to a chair?

He was introduced before that though, wasn't he? I have it in my head that he was talking to Abby before that scene.

who plays Abby?

WingsOfGood posted...

who plays Abby?

Kaitlyn Dever, poor girl

Quorthon109 posted...

Kaitlyn Dever, poor girl

wonder how much hate mail she got already