Jeffrey Pierce, the actor behind the voice of Tommy in The Last of Us video game series, has been cast in HBO’s upcoming Last of Us TV show – but not as Tommy.
Earlier this year, Gabriel Luna was cast as Tommy, the main character Joel’s brother. Now, Pierce has instead been cast as Perry, a rebel in a quarantine zone.
Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neil have also been cast in the series. Bartlett will play Frank while O’Neil will play Bill. Deadline described the characters as “two post-pandemic survivalists living alone in their own isolated town”.
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As fans of the game will know, Bill is a character Joel and Ellie meet along their journey. In the game he lives alone, but he speaks about Frank, a partner of his.
The show is based on Naughty Dog’s video game version of The Last of Us, which takes place 20 years after a deadly virus decimated civilisation. Joel is hired to smuggle Ellie out of a quarantine zone to the Fireflies, an organisation looking for a cure.