The Last of Us series has sold over 37 million copies since its debut in 2013 and is currently in the spotlight thanks to the success of an HBO TV adaptation. Notice: To display this embed please allow the use of Functional Cookies in Cookie Preferences. I can’t say what it is, but that’s the process we went through, that there was a lot of consideration of different things, and we picked the thing we were most excited for.” “I hear about it all of the time and all I can say is that look, we’re already into our next project, so the decision has already been made. “I know the fans really want Last of Us Part 3,” he said. That’s how you, I think, make mediocre anything – if you lose your excitement from it.”ĭruckmann wasn’t willing to divulge if the studio has chosen to work on The Last of Us Part 3 or something else. “And if you pick the wrong project and then you burn out from that idea because you weren’t that passionate about it, two years into a four year project, you’re fucked. Some of them might be a sequel and then a bunch of new ideas, and then we really feel like, ‘where do our passions lie?’ Because that’s the fire that has to sustain for years to come.

“So at the end of every project, we purposefully explore several different projects. I know not everybody has that privilege but it’s not something I take lightly. “I joined a studio that was already so successful that we could be kind of prima donnas and just do whatever we want. If we get any hard confirmation about Druckmann’s appearance in ‘Infected’ or in future episodes, we’ll be sure to let you know.“I am very lucky that I don’t have to think like that,” he said.

The show’s companion podcast, featuring Druckmann, Craig Mazin, and Troy Baker, which aired immediately after ‘Infected,’ didn’t make any sort of mention of this potential cameo, so it may well just be a lookalike. Granted, long, brown hair and a beard aren’t the most unique of looks, and it could well just be an extra and not the man himself, but the camera lingers on the bloodied body for just a moment longer than it needs to, perhaps hinting that this isn’t just any other cadaver, but in fact the creator of The Last of Us. We should also note that Druckmann’s eyes are brown, and the corpse’s eyes are a pale blue/green, but it wouldn’t be the first time in popular culture a zombie-like infection has changed somebody’s eye color. Just past the 45-minute mark in the episode, Joel (Pedro Pascal) turns one of the corpses over with his boot, one of whom looks suspiciously like The Last of Us showrunner and video game director Neil Druckmann, seen in the image above.

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