The Final of Us co-showrunner Craig Mazin is ready for an intense response towards the upcoming second season.
The Final of Us was a large success for HBO, however showrunner Craig Mazin advised Entertainment Weekly that he’s accepted that the second season will piss some folks off. I gained’t dive into any spoilers, however if you happen to’ve performed The Final of Us Half II, you probably know what Mazin is referring to.
It’s too early to say simply how intently The Final of Us season two will observe the second recreation, and Craig Mazin isn’t about to say. “I’m by no means gonna say there are issues which might be gonna occur within the present that occurred within the recreation. You by no means know what we’re gonna do,” Mazin stated. “However I’ll say that it’s the journey, the journey is the purpose. There are issues that may shock folks, issues that have been within the recreation, issues that weren’t within the recreation, and that’s okay. So long as they’re purposeful, they’re not there to simply merely shock. We aren’t taken with creating social media worry. We simply need to inform the story the way in which we predict it ought to be advised.“
Craig Mazin added, “Will there be furor? Yeah, in all probability. I imply, there often is, beginning even with casting.” Earlier than audiences had even seen a second of The Final of Us, some followers have been very vocal relating to the casting of Bella Ramsey as Ellie. “We knew they have been the precise proper particular person to forged and so they needed to undergo fairly a couple of months of individuals being terrible on social media till they noticed what we noticed,” Mazin stated. “That, to me, is the purpose. We don’t function to both make folks joyful on social media or keep away from making them upset. We simply do what we predict is correct, and we hope that individuals come alongside for the journey and luxuriate in it.” Ramsey not too long ago scored an Emmy nomination for Excellent Greatest Actress in a Drama Collection, one in every of twenty-four the present obtained.
The avalanche of Emmy nominations proved to Craig Mazin that what they did within the first season labored, and he goals to take the identical method with season two. “I’ve nice companions,” Mazin stated. “We’re all very humble with one another. Objections are at all times fastidiously thought-about. No person in our group operates out of ego or being defensive. We simply attempt to make issues higher on a regular basis, and we care for one another. I feel so long as we preserve doing that, and now we have extra unimaginable supply materials to work with, we’re gonna proceed to adapt the way in which we do, which is to shock those that have performed the sport. But additionally, I don’t assume anyone who has performed the sport is gonna watch a second season and go, ‘Wait, what is that this?’“
Manufacturing on the second season of The Final of Us has been delayed as a result of WGA strike, which implies that we in all probability gained’t see the sequence return till 2025. The chance of SAG-AFTRA occurring strike can be excessive, which may carry what’s nonetheless working in Hollywood to a halt.