TheLastOfUs co-creator Craig Mazin reveals Episode 1 originally had a completely different opening scene.
HBO's adaptation of the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us has finally debuted amongst great fanfare and hype — and initial responses suggest it was well worth the time and investment on the network's part.
The show's cold open begins in 1969, where John Hannah's Dr. Neuman explains, on a period-accurate television program, the threat that fungi would pose to the planet "should the temperature rise significantly." It was a departure from the game, which allows players to discover these key details about the fall of humanity through collectibles and throwaway dialogue from characters, but allows things to get moving at a swift pace once the action moves to modern days.
However, the opening sequence to the series was originally meant to be something drastically different, and in the eyes of co-showrunner Craig Mazin, probably "a little boring to watch" as he explained on HBO's official The Last of Us Podcast. The show was meant to introduce a clip of ants being infected by the virus, and what happened to them once the strain took hold of them, before ultimately being scrapped.
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