That reaction is being projected onto Joel and Ellie’s relationship.” But it can be inferred by a magazine Ellie finds and shows Joel.)Īccording to Straley, the reason for Bill’s existence in the game is that he’s “a person who had genuine feelings for another human being in that world, and is having a reaction to that. (As Druckmann himself says in the game’s commentary, Bill’s sexuality and the nature of Bill and Frank’s “partnership” are never explicitly mentioned in the game. Earl Brown, to interpret whether the character was gay. Although he had written Bill and Frank’s relationship to be romantic - because that would be a greater loss - Druckmann left it up to Bill’s actor, W. ‘The Last of Us,’ HBO’s new prestige drama based on the video game, stands apart from other zombie fare despite a shared post-apocalyptic premise.Īccording to Druckmann, Bill’s backstory involving a previous partner was something thatwas developed up over the course of the game’s production.
Television Review: As video game adaptations go, HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ is in a league of its own The idea behind Bill, Druckmann said, was to introduce “someone that lives on their own” who is “kind of kooky, because what are you surviving for at that point?” Neil Druckmann, the series co-creator and executive producer who also wrote the original game, credits the initial idea of Bill to “The Last of Us” game director Bruce Straley. Some optional digging around can lead to the player finding a letter Frank has left for Bill, telling him, “I hated your guts.” Along the way, Bill mentions a former “partner” named Frank before the group discovers a body and learns that Frank has hanged himself after being bitten by the infected. They encounter Bill alive, and the player must work together with him to make it across town to get necessary equipment.
Much like in the show, Joel and Ellie seek out Bill because they need a vehicle for their cross-country journey. “The story of Bill and Frank and the letter that Bill leaves behind is such a huge part of why Joel decides he’s going to keep going with Ellie … Their relationship ultimately becomes kind of the skeleton key to unlock all of this show, as far as I’m concerned.”īill and Frank’s story is far more tragic in the game.
“For people who played the game and loved the game, this is pretty much all entirely new,” said Mazin.
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