The Last of Us: Actor Troy Baker reveals why he trusts HBO adaptation

At the beginning of last March, we heard the news that HBO will take care of hosting a series that adapts the video game to the small screen The Last of Us. The project has the presence of the creator of the acclaimed Chernobyl, Craig Mazin, and with Neil Druckmann, who is responsible for the video game. The voice actor Troy Baker, who is in charge of giving life to Joel in the saga, has expressed that he trusts in this production: on the one hand, praising the work of Craig Mazin; on the other, holding that the television format is more advisable when it comes to adapting a story like that of The Last of Us.

Baker trusts HBO series

The truth is Both Troy Baker and Nolan North are more inclined to the television adaptation of The Last of Us, that for the cinematographic project that Sony prepares on Uncharted

. They were already in charge of affirming it at the beginning of April, when they criticized the choice of Mark Wahlberg as Sully in the movie starring Tom Holland. In an interview with FandomBaker wanted to delve into his point of view on the HBO project.

First of all, what made Baker fully convinced about this project was that, in addition to being a big fan of Mazin's work, it was that the creator of Chernobyl stepped forward to dare to carry the success of The Last of Us to other formats beyond the video game: "A lot of people like this, we should make it into a movie. 'Craig said from a fan's perspective. He just wants everyone to know about this experience, "says Baker.

"Craig Mazin wants everyone to know about The Last of Us experience"

The truth is that in 2014, Sony wanted to launch an adaptation to the big screen with Neil Druckmann in charge of the script and with the same Sam Raimi

directing the movie. At the time, Baker admitted that he did not see the need for an adaptation, but he remembered the words Druckmann said to him: "The story of Joel and Ellie is so important that it must be told". We will have to wait until March 2020 for HBO to finally announce that the project had been transformed into a television series.

The format provided by television fits better with Baker's thoughts: "I think you can tell this story in an epic way much more effectively", he began by saying. "Trying to condense this entire 16-hour experience into 2 hours is impossible." In this sense, he maintains the following: "You can say: 'We will do this in three or four seasons' and you can tell practically 1: 1 the story of the game"

"In an episodic way you can tell this story much more effectively"

For his part, Baker is confident that a television series will be able to better capture the multiple details that dominate the game's narrative: such as the interactive aspects. "With the television series we can get closer to that feeling. We can offer a different kind of experience

for those who, for whatever reason, don't want to have this kind of interaction with the characters. "

To make the aforementioned experience even more similar to video games, HBO will have the composer of the saga, Gustavo Santaolalla, to participate in the project. As for the details of the series, looks like he will put the magnifying glass on Joel and Ellie's first trip through this post-apocalyptic world. An odyssey that will continue with the launch of The Last of Us Part II the next 19th of June, exclusively for PS4.