The Last Of Us
Summary
The Last of Usguest star Nick Offerman addresses a potential Frank and Bill - focused spinoff . Reviewed as one of the video biz adaption ’s unspoilt episodes , The Last of Usepisode 3 , " Long , Long Time , " spends the mass of its feature - length runtime on the human relationship thatdevelops between Bill ( Offerman ) and Frank ( Murray Bartlett ) . The instalment , written by Craig Mazin and send by Peter Hoar , find extolment for the performances , script , and focus .
After winning the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys viaDeadline , Offerman addressed the chances of deliver for aLast of Usprequel and mentioned that theme have been pitch . The Emmy victor also jest about how he wound up capture the function of Bill after being asked if he would be willing to reprise the role in any capacity . Read the full comment below :
“ Oh , great dubiousness but I would have to take somebody with a high pay grad than myself . It certainly has been slant . I mean we pitched a whole miniskirt - serial of a prequel of their life before they met each other . It could be a musical . We ’re not short on idea . We ’ll just we ’ll see what Craig [ Mazin ] and [ creator ] Neil [ Druckmann ] fare up with . ”
“ Oh sure . I was lucky this metre . They require a cat who could use a shovel . Three of us in Hollywood , Harrison Ford passed and Jane Lynch was not available . ”
This is the first Emmy win for Offerman , who is also acknowledge for hisParks and Recreationrole as Ron Swanson .
A Frank & Bill Prequel Would Be Missing The Point
The episode is a major deviation from the video secret plan author since Bill and Frank ’s storey is original in the show . Because these characters are either in short mentioned or just cameos in the secret plan , this allowed room to expand on Bill and Frank ’s arc , which turned into a love story . Part of the power of " farseeing , Long Time " is its economical storytelling . The report of two people finding love in a post - apocalyptic landscape is n’t fresh . It ’s in reality a common image link with the zombi spirit subgenre . What make theLast of Usepisode unique and one of the most acclaimed 2023 episodes is what it accomplishes in a brief timeframe of 75 minutes .
Frank and Bill do n’t have the full sequence to themselves . It starts and finish with Joel ( Pedro Pascal ) and Ellie ( Bella Ramsey ) , removing a small bit from the running fourth dimension . But in the brief quad that Frank and Bill take , they convey a utter life . They successfully convey their characters ' love and arc with only the highlights and no need for elaboration . The narration also challenges typical revelatory tropes . While movies and show emphasize the cataclysm of characters ' lives in such configurations , installment 3 shift this position with insouciance by showing Bill and Frank ’s evolving family relationship and trust .
Series co - God Almighty Neil Druckmann explains why The Last of Us installment 3 changed Bill and Frank ’s story from the original video game .
WhileMazin previously hinted at possibleLast of Usspinoffs , there have been no confirmed details about any spinoffs or prequels . However , a foresightful and drawn - outLast of Usprequel would just be capitalizing on an episode that received plaudits , ignore that the brevity of " tenacious , Long Time " is one of the thing that makes it more of a catgut punch . moreover , Bill and Frank ’s electric discharge seems complete , so try out to extend their screen time would take away their near - perfect dearest story .
reference : Deadline
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