Warning: This publish incorporates spoilers for The Final of Us‘ premiere.
A lot of The Final of Us’ story hinges on an occasion that occurred close to the beginning of Sunday’s season premiere. And a lot of that huge second rested on the shoulders of Nico Parker. No strain!
After all we’re speaking about Sarah’s demise on Outbreak Day, an achingly unhappy interlude wherein Joel’s teenage daughter is fatally shot by a soldier as she, her dad and her uncle try and flee a zombie-esque apocalypse that’s overtaking their metropolis (and, as we later study, the world. Yeah, it’s rather a lot. Learn a full recap to catch up.)
What’s extra, the scene is one which followers of the online game on which the HBO collection is predicated have identified and liked for years. Due to this fact… “I used to be extremely confused,” Parker tells TVLine within the video above. “It’s an iconic second. I’ve cried at that second, myself, previous to even in any means being concerned within the present. So I feel I used to be very conscious of how necessary it was to sort of execute it appropriately.”
She additionally mentions that co-star Pedro Pascal, who performs Joel, had some phrases of knowledge previous to capturing their huge, heartbreaking scene: Don’t watch the video-game model, as a result of “‘it’s going to freak you out,’” she recollects, laughing. “I take his phrase because the gospel, so I used to be like, ‘OK! I’m not watching!’”
Press PLAY on the video above to listen to Parker go deep on capturing Sarah’s ultimate moments — together with the Billie Eilish track that helped her get there — then hit the feedback along with your ideas!
