{"id":539730,"date":"2023-01-17T01:38:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T22:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-last-of-us-star-gabriel-luna-breaks-down-the-series-premieres-most-emotional-and-harrowing-moments\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T01:38:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T22:38:17","slug":"the-last-of-us-star-gabriel-luna-breaks-down-the-series-premieres-most-emotional-and-harrowing-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-last-of-us-star-gabriel-luna-breaks-down-the-series-premieres-most-emotional-and-harrowing-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018The Last of Us\u2019 Star Gabriel Luna Breaks Down the Series Premiere\u2019s Most Emotional and Harrowing Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a54bf1730\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a54bf1730\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-last-of-us-star-gabriel-luna-breaks-down-the-series-premieres-most-emotional-and-harrowing-moments\/#%E2%80%98The_Last_of_Us_Star_Gabriel_Luna_Breaks_Down_the_Series_Premieres_Most_Emotional_and_Harrowing_Moments\" >\u2018The Last of Us\u2019 Star Gabriel Luna Breaks Down the Series Premiere\u2019s Most Emotional and Harrowing Moments<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_Last_of_Us_Star_Gabriel_Luna_Breaks_Down_the_Series_Premieres_Most_Emotional_and_Harrowing_Moments\"><\/span>\u2018The Last of Us\u2019 Star Gabriel Luna Breaks Down the Series Premiere\u2019s Most Emotional and Harrowing Moments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>[This story contains spoilers for <em>The Last of Us<\/em>\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> premiere, \u201cWhen You\u2019re Lost in the Darkness.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Gabriel Luna had so much respect for fans of <em>The<\/em> <em>Last of Us<\/em> video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> franchise that he im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely started playing the games before he\u2019d fully landed the role of Tommy Miller on HBO\u2019s series adaptation. Once the show\u2019s brain trust of Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin officially cast him as Joel\u2019s (Pedro Pascal) younger brother and Sarah\u2019s (Nico Parker) uncle, Luna <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached the combat veteran as if he was a real person. He also took careful note of Jeffrey Pierce\u2019s performance as Tommy in the hugely popular Playstation game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cHaving been created 10 years ago, [Tommy] has a history with the fans and a place in the gaming space, character wise. So you approach it somewhat like a biopic about a person that exists in life,\u201d Luna tells <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cI tried to absorb [from the games] what I believed to be important and what the gamers are going to hope for in a true translation of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The <em>Last of Us<\/em> series premiere wastes no time arriving at the franchise\u2019s inciting incident, a fungal virus outbreak that turns humans into crazed bloodthirsty attackers. The Millers\u2019 Central Texas neighborhood quickly falls victim to the virus, forcing Tommy, Joel and Sarah to flee by truck. This led to one of the video game series\u2019 most defining tragedies as Sarah was shot by an overzealous soldier, and the creative team knew that the moment needed to adhere to the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cThis was a moment that Craig [Mazin] felt very strongly about and how it needed to truly take the gamers back into the game. So, the blocking and the framing, we drew a lot of it from the game, and I certainly drew on some of Jeffrey\u2019s [Pierce] physical geometry,\u201d Luna explains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Tommy\u2019s history as a serviceman also meant that he recognized Sarah\u2019s doomed fate before Joel could.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cI had very little to say in the scene, but it\u2019s the energy of a family being torn apart and not being able to take all the pieces with you. So it was a heavy one, man. It was a heavy one that I both looked forward to and dreaded,\u201d Luna shares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In a recent spoiler conversation with <em>THR<\/em>, Luna also discusses how Mazin had to occasionally talk Druckmann out of making changes to the beloved 2013 video game he wrote. Then he reflects on his most notable feature film role to date in <em>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em> and the lasting friendship he formed with Arnold Schwarzeneggar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>So how did your casting go down?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Well, casting for <em>The<\/em> <em>Last<\/em> <em>of Us<\/em> ended up being a pretty rapid process. They had some interest, and my team called over and asked if I was interested. And, of course, I was. It\u2019s a wonderful project with great people involved. Shortly after they mentioned they were interested, I started playing the first game just to have a sense of the story and to get a handle on the character. My approach is to always prepare as if you have the job, in the event that you might get it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And then they asked if I\u2019d be willing to throw something down for them, so I made a tape with one scene from the game and one scene from the first episode. And shortly after that, Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann and Carolyn Strauss wanted to talk. So, all in all, it was a six-day process from the time they were interested to the time they offered me the role. We then had a great conversation on Zoom, but it was weird to hear Craig\u2019s voice. My wife is a big <em>Scriptnotes <\/em>[podcast] devotee, so I\u2019d heard Craig\u2019s voice coming from the office many, many times. And there I was on Zoom, putting a face to the voice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1000px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((650\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gabriel-Luna-Last-of-Us-Still-1-HBO-Publicity-EMBED-2023.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Gabriel Luna\" srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"650\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Gabriel Luna in <em>The Last of Us<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Shane Harvey\/HBO<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>Ultimately, how much did you rely on the Tommy (Jeffrey Pierce) from the games?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    I felt it was important to play through it and get a true sense of what Jeffrey Pierce had done with Tommy\u2019s voice and performance capture in the games. So as I played through it and familiarized myself with Tommy, it became more and more evident that we were in the same channel, energy wise, historically and culturally. There were a lot of similarities there. After Craig and Neil watched my tape, they told me that they saw the soul of Tommy, and I started to understand what they were saying as I was being introduced to Tommy. That said, knowing the place where he was born and raised, it felt pretty natural to play him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    What\u2019s interesting is we talk about him like he\u2019s a real person. Having been created 10 years ago, he has a history with the fans and a place in the gaming space, character wise. So you approach it somewhat like a biopic about a person that exists in life. I tried to absorb what I believed to be important and what the gamers are going to hope for in a true translation of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Of course, you also have to live in the moment with all of the varying changes in the story that we incorporated into our version. You have to respond to those as naturally and as honestly as possible, so the character will naturally be different due to the new circumstance. But Tommy\u2019s from Austin. I\u2019m from Austin. The character and I were simpatico throughout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>The show has exact shots and dialogue from the game, but it\u2019s by no means a shot-for-shot adaptation. It takes a slightly different path to get to familiar destinations. But how would you describe the similarities and differences between the game?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    There are definite instances where we would require ourselves to adhere as strongly as possible to the source material. Sometimes, we would rivet it down to exact dialogue, exact blocking and exact moments that are so iconic that it would be counterintuitive for us to change them. So I appreciated Craig\u2019s awareness and his ability to know the line where things truly must be the same. Even in moments where Neil was like, \u201cWell, maybe we should do it this way, maybe we should change this,\u201d Craig was like, \u201cNo, that particular moment needs to be exactly how you made it, originally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And being the man who penned every letter of every script, all 600 pages, Craig had the freedom to pick the spots where we could explore other chambers of the story that you\u2019re not allowed access to when you\u2019re playing the game on its linear and specified track. So I liked Craig\u2019s approach. It was certainly a double-edged sword in that we had to know what is truly loved and what people will be searching for, while still giving people an exciting new experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>Did you know Pedro Pascal at all prior to this show?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Pedro and I have many mutual friends, so I felt like I knew him based on how he had been described to me through people like Robert Rodriguez. We both worked with Robert. He worked with him on [<em>We Can Be Heroes<\/em>], and of course, I worked with Robert on <em>Matador<\/em>. We also have a lot of shared crew on <em>The<\/em> <em>Mandalorian<\/em>. So I knew a lot about him, but I was excited to realize that there was this whole other layer to Pedro as an artist, as a person and as a spirit. The spirit of play is deeply ingrained and deeply infused in his makeup, and that was a pleasant surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    We spoke on a FaceTime call, and then we started to chat via FaceTime once I arrived for a couple of weeks of quarantine. So we truly utilized that time to the best of our ability in getting to know each other. We spoke about our families and our histories, and I discovered that he was raised in San Antonio, Texas, after having been born in Chile. His family moved when he was around two, so he also had a deep reservoir of experience and love for Central Texas, the same place where Joel and Tommy were born and raised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    So with me being from Austin, we were able to get on the same page in that respect, and we got to bring all of our knowledge of the area, from mesquite and cedar trees to bluebonnets and paintbrushes on the side of the highway. All of these specific memories helped inform our Joel and Tommy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>I believe you have a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQguteInE-k\/?hl=en\">brother<\/a> as well so did you draw on that during your work with Pedro?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Absolutely. I have a younger brother, Timothy, so there\u2019s a slight change in dynamic. But knowing what it\u2019s like to grow up with a brother who\u2019s only 22 months apart was really fruitful and fertile ground, from the butting of heads to the need to protect him. His mouth writes checks that I have to cash, so I got to draw from things of that nature. I love that kid even though he\u2019s a 38-year-old man now. So I\u2019m really thankful for this character and what it\u2019s allowed me to access and ultimately put on the screen from my own personal life. There are moments that are all the more genuine and authentic because I got to put so much of my life into it, and so I definitely drew on my relationship with Timothy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large is-resized alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:750px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1088\/750)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gabriel-Luna-Last-of-Us-Still-2-HBO-Publicity-EMBED-2023.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Gabriel Luna\" srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1088\" width=\"750\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Gabriel Luna in <em>The Last of Us<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Shane Harvey\/HBO<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>According to Joel, Tommy is a joiner, whether that\u2019s the Army or the Fireflies, and he wants to be the hero who saves the world. Do you think Tommy would agree with that assessment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Yeah, some people are naturally self-reliant or loaners, if you will. They are closed off with a harder exterior, and that\u2019s Joel, obviously. But Tommy, being a man in the service, may have had to acquire some of those same traits. When you\u2019re in a situation like that, you have to hide the softer sides of yourself until you get out on the other side. So he is tough in that way and has conditioned himself to be tough. He\u2019s more of a playful, fun-loving, very spirited bon vivant. He\u2019s somebody who loves life and wants to live life to its fullest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In terms of Tommy being a joiner, that just comes with him being that open spirit. Communication is his strong suit, as is empathy and understanding people. He knows how to build a team and what it means to be a part of a squad or team. So Joel was right to call him a joiner, but by joiner, what he truly means is that he\u2019s a communicator and an empathetic person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>There\u2019s a very emotional moment in the premiere involving Sarah (Nico Parker), and you have your own heartbreaking moment inside of it. Was that a difficult sequence to take part in and also watch unfold?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    That scene was obviously very important to me. I circled it on the schedule many weeks prior, and I looked forward to it because of the action and timing involved. There\u2019s emotional gravity that comes with the iconic nature of the scene, so all of that was weighing on my mind in terms of how I would ultimately want to execute on the day. So I did incorporate a lot of what was in the game. This was a moment that Craig felt very strongly about and how it needed to truly take the gamers back into the game. So, the blocking and the framing, we drew a lot of it from the game, and I certainly drew on some of Jeffrey\u2019s physical geometry. So it was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly very important to keep it the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    On the night, as Tommy, I looked at Joel, my brother, and saw him in pain. I witnessed what happened to this young girl, who is like a daughter to me. I saw the severity of her wound, and based on my experience in the military, I knew that it was fatal. I was the first person to come to terms with what was happening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>Yeah, Tommy\u2019s delivery of \u201cJoel\u201d said it all.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Yeah, I had very little to say in the scene, but it\u2019s the energy of a family being torn apart and not being able to take all the pieces with you. So it was a heavy one, man. It was a heavy one that I both looked forward to and dreaded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>Was the truck sequence a bear to put together?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Yeah, it really blurs in my memory. We shot it over four weeks at night, and we were trying to do it as a oner. Our DP Ksenia [Sereda] was in the backseat, with a camera that was hanging from a hole in the roof so that she could have full 360 range. We had very specific camera choreography, but the blocking was very simple for me. I just had to sit in the driver\u2019s seat and try to get us out. The dialogue was also pretty linear and being driven by the action around us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    We were shooting in the summer in Calgary, so we only had about four-and-a-half hours of night each night. We were truly running and gunning, and we were doing our best to get as much as possible out of each of those nights. We had a very strict format that we were trying to operate by, and when you\u2019re shooting a sequence with hundreds of \u201cinfected\u201d extras, you have to create this sense that anywhere you look, there\u2019s a really incredible and terrifying story being told. So we tried to work quickly and intelligently, but at the same time, you want to get the most out of these other artists that you have at your disposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    So we ended up losing a lot of time just trying to craft these vignettes, these smaller stories that are happening all over the street. As the world is descending into chaos, all of these really horrible things are happening, and in the game, you can watch certain moments as you\u2019re changing your perspective. So that was one of the larger tasks for us in that prologue. It was both dreamlike and nightmarish all at once, just because of what we were dealing with at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1000px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((550\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gabriel-Luna-Terminator-Dark-Fate-Everett-MCDTEDA_PA017-EMBED-2023.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, Gabriel Luna\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gabriel-Luna-Terminator-Dark-Fate-Everett-MCDTEDA_PA017-EMBED-2023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gabriel-Luna-Terminator-Dark-Fate-Everett-MCDTEDA_PA017-EMBED-2023.jpg?resize=125,70 125w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"550\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Gabriel Luna in <em>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>So I have to tell you how much I enjoyed <\/strong><strong><em>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Thanks, man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>Knowing that it\u2019s the best-reviewed <\/strong><strong><em>Terminator<\/em><\/strong><strong> film since <\/strong><strong><em>Judgment Day<\/em><\/strong><strong>, does that make the box office performance even more frustrating?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Yeah,<strong> <\/strong>you can never anticipate the timing of things and how people will respond. That one was even harder to gauge with so many years in between films in that franchise. But not only that, there had been nearly 30 years between the film we were making and the one we were truly trying to be a sequel to [<em>Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/em>]. So there was a lot of space in there, and there was a lot of time that was unaccounted for in terms of <em>Terminator<\/em>\u2019s presence in the minds of the audience and the folks who love the franchise. So it was disappointing in that we knew what we had in the can. We knew we had a great film with some really cool performances and some great action. Tim Miller did a phenomenal job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    I truly find sanctuary in the fact that it was a great film and that people do enjoy it. Everybody who speaks to me about it has had a positive experience. I\u2019m not Paramount Pictures; I don\u2019t do the accounting for them over there. So a disappointment to them is different from what it is to me. I\u2019m a hired hand, and I did my best in the role. They paid my freight long before the box office receipts came out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    With Jim [Cameron], Arnold and Linda [Hamilton] coming back and Tim putting his heart into it, you obviously want people to see it, but all that said, I\u2019m extremely proud of the film. I\u2019ve gained some lasting friendships and a relationship with one of my heroes, Governor Schwarzenegger. So I wouldn\u2019t trade it away for a billion-dollar picture, but once again, I don\u2019t do Paramount\u2019s accounting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>Will you ever get used to the fact that you\u2019ve smoked <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cf15PuJOl0B\/?hl=en\">cigars<\/a> with Arnold on a boat?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Oh man, no. I won\u2019t. Every moment you spend with him is time spent with a historical figure, and it doesn\u2019t grow mundane by any stretch. It\u2019s truly impossible because of the nature of who he is, the energy he has and the awareness he has of what he means to people. His discipline, his work ethic and his drive are all prominently displayed whenever you hang out with him, and he\u2019s truly awe inspiring each and every time. So I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever get used to those moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    We were just at his Christmas party, and we were sitting around with his family while he\u2019s holding court. It\u2019s kind of a modern-day version of lords and ladies at court, and he\u2019s the king. He\u2019s a very kind person and really loyal to his friends. He keeps his circle close to him, and that is something to aspire to and take into one\u2019s life. It\u2019s discipline, loyalty and devotion to your work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <strong>So have you closed the book on Robbie Reyes\/Ghost Rider, or does the MCU multiverse give you a glimmer of hope?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It\u2019s wonderful that people love Robbie and grew to love him as much as I did. I\u2019m always open to telling a good story. So if it all comes across and the pieces are there, then I\u2019m absolutely happy to do it. I keep myself physically able, and with the way they\u2019re taking things, truly anything is possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    If you asked me the same question two-and-a-half years ago, I probably would\u2019ve said, \u201cI\u2019m happy with what we did, and if all people ever get to see or remember are those ten episodes of <em>Agents<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>SHIELD<\/em>, then that\u2019s something I could live happily with my entire life.\u201d But when I talk to fans now and I hear that they\u2019re still holding a candle for Robbie after six years, it makes me very proud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    So those future plans are all kept safely under lock and key in the Marvel vault. Kevin Feige has his ideas and designs of what\u2019s going to happen, but should they ever come knocking, my door is open. You\u2019re right. From the way that the story is unfolding, the multiverse certainly opens up that door that I previously may have been on my way to closing. It\u2019s Hollywood, man. Things change overnight, so I\u2019d be open to a conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    ***<br \/>The Last of Us <em>is now airing on HBO. 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