The Final Of Us Season Finale Star Reveals A Great Easter Egg No May See – Gaming Reviews

The Season 1 finale of HBO’s The Final of Us contained a number of Easter eggs, considered one of which was by no means really proven on display screen however the particular person behind it has now revealed the main points. This story accommodates spoilers for The Final of Us.

Actress Ashley Johnson, who performed Ellie within the video video games, starred on the Season 1 finale as Ellie’s mom, Anna. She appeared in a flashback sequence exhibiting Ellie’s traumatic start and Anna’s dying, and now Johnson has revealed that the scene was hiding one thing.

In The Final of Us recreation, Ellie discovers a be aware from her mom through which she tells younger Ellie that life is value residing and that she ought to discover her objective and combat for it. Johnson mentioned she wrote out that be aware by hand and saved it in her pocket as she filmed her scenes as Anna.

“I wrote that letter out and simply saved it in my pocket as form of a reminder to myself of the place this character got here from and kind of the historical past of that,” she informed Deadline.

Johnson additionally spoke about passing the baton, so to talk, to Bella Ramsey, who performs Ellie within the TV sequence. Johnson mentioned it has been “such a pleasure” to look at Ramsey act as a result of “she’s so good.”

“I really feel like there’s been so many scenes which were elevated due to her capabilities and her expertise.” Johnson added that Ramsey’s expertise will assist much more in Season 2 when issues get “even darker and heavier.”

As for different Easter eggs within the Season 1 finale, we realized that Laura Bailey–who performs Abby in The Final of Us Half II–was one of many physicians within the hospital room the place Ellie was about to be operated on (and killed!) earlier than Joel (Pedro Pascal) stormed in and murdered the surgeon.

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The Final of Us will return for a second season, which can comply with the occasions of The Final of Us Half II. Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann says a 3rd season is coming as properly, so followers have much more to look ahead to. For extra, take a look at GameSpot’s rundown of all the pieces we learn about The Final of Us Season 2.