Pedro Pascal says "beautiful" scene that made him want to join The Last of Us got cut, but it’ll thankfully appear in season 2: "He was like, ‘That’s half the reason I’m here!’"

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Pedro Pascal says there was a cut scene from The Last of Us season 1 that made him want to join the show - but showrunner Craig Mazin says it'll appear in season 2.

"There was a scene, early in Season 1, where Joel met with a therapist in the QZ in Boston," Pascal told Variety. "I found it a beautiful way into the character and the walls that are guarding his traumas and losses." The scene in question, however, didn't make it into the show's first season.

"And he was like, 'That’s half the reason I’m here!'" Mazin said, clarifying that the scene would indeed appear in season 2. "Therapy is a fantastic mirror to say not just ‘What are you really thinking?' but what people are refusing to talk about."

Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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